| Show balfour government is in last stage of dissolution london nov 23 the recent rumors of an early dissolution of parliament and an appeal to the country are gradually into moro definite form and while no official intimation ti has been forthcoming the idea is prevalent in well informed political circles that premier balfour will take an early opportunity to placa hia resignation in the handa of tho king should this materialize tho liberals will be invited to forma government ern ment parliament will meet tor a few days session and a general election will occur early in the new year the political situation was so radically altered during the last woe that even the government supporters no longer argue that balfour has A sufficiently united party at his hack to again meet parliament with the object of initiating any legislation to public advantage the premiers appeal to tho unionists at new castle a week ago to unite on his fiscal policy bai not met with much success on the contrary joseph chamberlain the most powerful private member of tho unionist coalition directly joined issue with bis chief by a speech at bristol tuesday calling on unionism to rally to the support of his own more drastic fiscal proposals which include 1 fifty cent tax on grain the cleavage of the party was thus more marked any many politicians hold that no good purpose could be served by a longer retention of office and that the weakness of the party will only be further accentuated by a perpetuation of existing rivalries between the two sections A cabinet meeting has been called for tomorrow this will be only the second held this fall and the tact thai there will be few conferences between the ministers is taken as another indication of the imminent change of the government on the stock exchange definite announcement of 1 nalo not the government is at aar the whole markelo day wag flat inconsequence ry the liberals are inclined to resent mr balfourd Bal fours resignation at the arps ent moment they contend that ahe premier should remain in office a few weeks longer and himself dissolve parliament and appeal to the counte the liberals see no reason why iha political opposition should put themselves to the inconvenience of forming a government in the dark without knowing what forces they will command in the new parliament and chev object to what they designate a mr balfourd Bal fours tactical maneuver whereby the liberal attack would be turn ed into a defense before election and mr balfour woula be given a frea hand to arrange with mr chamberlain for concerted action against iha liberal party at |
