Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-11-25 | Page 21 | Lloyd George Declares America Bluffed Baldwin

LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES I AMERICA BLUFFED YIN BALDWIN LONDON No Nov NOT UA What 14 tW from the th Englishman Englishman's viewpoint iwas hlas the th mot mOet arresting feature far of the tho th present election campaign occurred when 1 a publio pu bile formal reconciliation be- be bei between b i tween Herbert Asquith and David Lloyd George after atter a tr about seven even yeara estrangement was staged at atI I Paisley where the two former pro pre pre mien to every vry of lIberal enthusiasm l appeared to speak peak on the th came Ham platform In Nr Mr Asquith's constituency t PremIer Baldwin It w was wa re- re ro by those thor present could scarcely ly have haT foreseen toran what but n a afew af few w months month ago aro seemed an urn urn- probable event when he h decided to dissolve parliament and nd l to IM 5 Ithe the country The Th town hall hail which was wai the tho th scene c n of the th meeting 8 holds hold 1000 p r ut tully I struggled for admittance In In- In introducing In the th speakers the th chair chair- chairman chairman man said cald th the marriage of the tho 11 b 11 beral ral party had ben been celebrated 11 1 In London but thre honeymoon was to tobo tobe tob bo be p nt In Scotland M Mr AsquIth rising to his feet first first spoke pok rather briefly briefly- remark remark- lo log ing that be h shared to the th full tho the impatience of his hili hi constituents In Mr Mc Lloyd Georges George's ad- ad addres ad dreu dres In the th presence ot of o my rIght li friend and colleague collean no ho added I X may say ay that hIs hi nc here hr Is conclusIve and sincere evidence that w wo are ar allone all One on Mr Lloyd Llod George replying after a storm ot of o cheers and the tho th singing of For Tor or H Res Re's a Jolly Good Tellow Isaid It has been ben II ft deep dep and sincere r riot c-riot to me thAt we over separated It Is 8 real and sincere joy to mo me moI meI meto moto I to find ourselves on the th same sam plat plat- platform platform plat tonn form and side ld by sIde aid ld In the th same battle 1 Th The remainder of his speech an nn attack upon the tho protectionist policy of o the th govern govern- government ment mont ment Mr Lloyd had spoken earlier earlle In the tho day at Gt malt male malting malting ing his huis theme themo a severe vr attack on Premier Baldwin foreign orelen py p Zy yand and a 0 repetition of hi hia strictures against the premier for tor his share hare sharin in funding the tho th debt to Co America 1 ho he h as a foolish settlement InsInuating that Mr I In had been ben bluffed by the Americans American Thi This question of tho the funding of the debt Is becoming a IL favorite su subject ct for Mr Baldwins Baldwin's opponents opponents opponents who elaborate on the th theme that through it British taxpayers are tho the Americans American Income tax this being a reference to the report of ot tho the probable reduction In the th amount of that tax tox In the United States State The Th end of the tho th first week of electioneering g finds find the th liberal and ond labor partle parties s If It anything loss less confident confident dent while the tho conservatives are much moro more over thel their chances than they zero ero ver on enter enter- entering Inc enter Ing the th campaign This change chance of feeling Is duo due to the tho now acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged fact that there thero Is I not the th slightest chance chonce of any agreement bet een the th two free treo trade trad par par- parties tie ties liberal and labor for the th allo- allo allocation allocation allo allocation cation of ot ts se to avoid sp split lit votes and a 1 three cornered fight 4