Show PREMIER MAY MAYBE I IBE BE MAN OF O L STRAW STRAI FEAR I Baldwins Baldwin's Failure Might I Put Lloyd George Back ack In Saddle addle Hi n A G G RTH cn ll Britain's Britain s Greatest Liberal Editor special Cable to The Standard Standard-Ex Copyright 13 1023 LONDON Sept 22 22 com corn comm m which was sas as Issued follow follow- followIng following following ing Prime Minister 1 Baldwins Baldwin's In- In In Into to lew with Premier Poincare In which the public was as n assured that thata II a common agreement had been reached and that no difference of purpose or divergence of o principle between them has aroused much surprise In England Iq Il this the usual make believe e or 01 has Mr 1111 Baldwin eaten his own words ord at luncheon table It If the statement Is to be accept accept- accepted accepted ed at Its face value It a final triumph for M II I end the most public and tc humiliation of British ship ship In the memory of an any one now li Ing T ILLIG T Lord Curzon's great Indictment of the French policy Is still fresh in the public mind No Xo mOl mole moie e do- do de devastating criticism of ot the proceed proceed- proceedings proceedings ings of on one great 10 power er was ever made by another It left no point of agreement bet between cen the thet t 0 countries and culminated In Inthe Inthe the tho declaration that the whole Ruhr fluhr Invasion was Illegal Premier Poincare's Poincare reply widen widen- widened widened f ed d the tho breach and eelY succeed succeed- succeedIng succeeding ing Sunday his speeches hn hae e grown more harsh and unyielding the collapse ot Ger Ger- GermanY Ger- Ger Germany many policy under pressure presure of the pol icy Icv which the British gO Illegal hs proceeded WIth Ith gathering momentum and every every- everyone everyone one ono bolle believes es th the end Is near In these circumstances Premier Bald Ins In's plan to visit isit M 1 Poin- Poin Poincare care caro aroused some criticism but the general view prevailed pre he heas as as to make maleo a II courtesy call The statement of the tho ho results of the Interview has has been haled b the Parl Paris pres press a as a complete sur- sur surrender surrender sur surrender render of the British premier and anda a restoration of the entente on the basis of a acceptance by land Dna of the Fait D ON ox O T The writer rIter prefers to await fur fur- further further fur further ther developments de before beCore accepting reading of events All de- de depends depends de depends upon the real ot o Premier Bald Baldwin BaldIn In which is still un- un un unknown known to the public He ITo had been heard of until after the fall of Lloyd George coalition government r ery one agrees that h hc Is an amiable and an honest honet ran lan but hut no one knows hether he I is a strong man Ills His to Premier Poincare Is and If it it i Is true that he has walk walked alk- alk ed Id Into the latter's parlor and anol of- of ot unconditional he ill III go to ss s's swell Ill eli the list of discredited discredited lJ- lJ politicians who ho s swarm arm about Westminster I Still it is almost safe to say I alde from Mr Mi Baldwin ln there Is 19 lano no statesman in any party aho ho lOW commands the public confidence dice ence lIce or 01 creates a ripple of public Interest Lord Lorol Cecil Clell per per- per perhaps haps hans arouses the highest degree ot Of I on In account of ot Ills high character and pure purl and enlighten enlighten- enlightened ed motives moth es but he Is ii without pal ty Ing I It If Premier Prunier Bal Baldwin pr proves pres es a man ms cC f straw It is difficult to see ee isho ho 11 1 aill succeed him The feling ff cling pre pre- pre prevails ails vails ails that the bankruptcy In states states- stat statesmanship statesmanship eo- eo 1 man manship may e even eien en give David Llod d George Georgo an another ther His tock stock I is very cry low and nothing he I heI las Joas done since his fall has Ms tended tende t tI tto to i aise it But his a witnesses are areis areis I 1 is keen and his electioneering go- go gop pui ge rus p Is so Incomparable that morA morp thins things than hl his re reh h al alcan can be of An Anything thing may happen in the pre present ent stagnation of manship and bankruptcy L In leadership TRADE TR Ati L L In the meantime another phase of the International Is as- as as assuming suming Importance British trado depressed ed by the failure of the et cc- ex export port market is now alarmed by losses In the home markets The attack comes chiefly from where here low exchange enables minu- minu minu to undersell their British rh Nottingham als in En England land Tho The Notting Notting- ham barn lace trade and tho the Yorkshire woolen trade trado trade have been especially hard hit hit hit- by Imports from L Lons ons ond The coming Imperial conference Is expected to be he chiefly occupied with consideration of trade prot c tion protection and mutual preference |