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Show ' LOYD GEORGE THREATENS TO RESIGN POST I QUITS JOB IF i ClfERWIN! This Is Declared to Be Threat Uttered By Premier POLITICS RED HOT Labor Leaders Conducting Vigorous Campaign But Speaking Little LONDON". Oct. 18. (By the Associated Associ-ated Press) The British political fever fe-ver has now reached Its height and there Is every Indication that the maximum max-imum temperature will be maintained for .some days. Everybody 19 guessing a- to inrljLi i th crista v.i i pass agd what turn It will take but the future j remains obscure pending tomorrow's unionist meeting at the Carlton club. One antl-coafltion newspaper, the Dally Mall, today attributes to Prime Minister Uoyd Georee the doflnlto statement tiiat he will resign from of-1 flee jf the unionist meeting declares against. Austen Chamberlain whose I outspoken adhesion to the premier has Moused strong opposition in the party ranks. HADE AT MEETING Mr Uoyd George's ytate.ment Is said) to have been made at a private me t-ing t-ing Tue-day nlsrht of 'he Liberal mln-istf mln-istf rs and under secretaries. None of the papers professes to know exactly what passed at the meeting, although agreed that Lloyd George received cordial support. Whether or not the premier moJo the declaration attributed to him some Of his best Informed political eorr -BpondontS believe be will resign if Mr.) Cbaniberlaln Is voted down at the Carlton club. It would then be up to J the l.inp. In accordance with political , precedents In this country, to Invito the conservative party to try Its band at forming a cabinet. wil l DISSOL1 E PARLIAM3 N T If, on t'he contrary, the meeting gives Mr. Chamberlain support, tne pn mler, it is reiterated, will advls" king to fllsaolxc parliament, and tnts l. im; done, will appeul to the country on a coalition ticket. Thus, if these prophets be correct.. , iv,.. .liocnluilnn -f iMnltomant ci.n, , 1 Imminent In either caa as it Is not Supposed the conservatives could car-1 ry "ii without the prominent and t ri 1 i lead rs who would quit the govern-I no nt with i 'hamli. r'.ihi if he resigns Ammo; the other reports publish.- I by tie morning papers is oue to the effect that the ministers tried new ef-lor's ef-lor's TUejday to ensu.ro postponement of the jreneral elections until January, prompted, It la said by fear of a complete com-plete split In the conservative party. Such a contingency, however, seems almost inevitable, and one of the sur-csi sur-csi prospects of the present ferment pi ems to bo a new alignment of parties par-ties which will obliterate some of Brit-j aln's oldest political landmarks. I I I 11 K LABOR TATjK Perhaps one of the strangest features fea-tures of the British crisis Is the comparative com-parative absence from tht columns of the principal daily newspapers of reports re-ports on the activities of the labor, party, notwlthstan ding the announced Intention of that parly to put more than 4 00 candidates Into the electoral field Labor certainly Is mentioned, but the space given the labor movement Is trifling compared to that devoted to the doings of the two other parties. par-ties. There Is no reason to suppose,) however, that this reflects the amount of Importance attaching to the industrial indus-trial attack on the various constituencies constituen-cies The labor leaders thus far have been less vocal than their rivals, but they are known to be conducting an energetic campaign. PRINCIPLES SET FORTH Some of the political prlnciies for Which labor Is fighting are already w . il known. They were put succlntly by the moderate labor leader. Arthur Henderson. In a speech Tuesday at Newport. Monmouthshire, where there Is a by-eleotion today In which labor will have the opportunity of showing Its strength. The Beat In this constituency constit-uency hitherto has been held by a oalltion liberal, but the coalition l. not contesting tods.) and the fight will be between the laborlto and conservative conserva-tive liberal candidates in bin address Mr. Henderson said labor seeks national financial reform on the principles Of ability to pay. and would lighten the nation; I debt by n war debt redemption fund through a If---? cu accumulated wealth, bcgln- ( , jni limed ou Page Two) QUITS JOB IF CHAMBERLAIN IS CENSURED (Continued From Page One.) ning with all fortunes exceeding 5 000 pounds. ' " Labor also declares war against private pri-vate industrial enterprise and advocates advo-cates greater extension of collective responsibility. This especially anpll oftr(drt';:r;nst'r-n-:: must bo an elevation in lZr status full employment or maintenance and tjwhumanlslng of mi working condl- DemocraUzation of public institu- Of "the nSCing !'o?eiW po iS 01 the nation under the control otl popularly elected and aiembHeTand interest were among tho other act. set forth by tt.laboT fflE |