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Show BRITAIN ASTIR I OVER POLITICS 'Two-to-one Bet Against Holding Election Before Be-fore Year Ends I LONDON, Orr. 12 (By the As 0- elated Prss.) udds o nearly two to one ficninst an election before the end -of the year nre belnu accepted in the IX)ndon lnnuranc market now with 'the positive assertion In the press I and in political ciro.lp9 than nn appeal) , to the country 1-efore Christmas Isj I inevitable. The discrepancy thus man- 1 ifestod is slp;nifir:int of the completei uncertainty surrounding the political1 situation for the moment. The morn In? newspapers a sain Kive over their ehlef columns to discussions, discus-sions, prediction and supposed revelations reve-lations Prime Minister Lloyd Ocoige's friends continue to Insist that h will not resign, while others assert with equal confidence that he has determined to nsk the country for a voto of confidence at the polls and that his speech at Manchester on St' urday win be the first Kun fired In the great electoral campaign. ONE POINT VGRE1 l There Is frenral concurrence on onr point, namely, 'hit the crisis has been brought al.out i,v th- restUrn. ss ot the rank und file of the Conservatives I who are tired alike of the coalition! government and Lloyd Oeorge's leadership lead-ership and eagr to gpt hack to party llnrs n is stated In several quarters, quar-ters, however, that tho Conservative leaders In the coalition cabinet continue con-tinue loyal to the premier and that the situation in that retfpect la practically prac-tically Identical with the situation When Lloyd George previously threat- end to resign unless tho Conservatives Conserva-tives gave greater support to his leadership. BIAX ivv LABOR AIMS. It is said this loyalty on the part of his Conservative colleagues is hav-Inc hav-Inc a great Influence n th premier's attitude and. according to some versions, vers-ions, he Is relying upon It to securo the country's support and wreck In advance the convention scheduled for the middle of November which. If held, might attempt to compel the Conservative leaders to resign their coalition posts. Around this revolt In the Tory rank and file numerous conjectures, spec ulntions and predictions are framed. Austen Chamberlain's speech at J Birmingha m tomorrow is expected by 'some observers to be mainly a strong plea for a continuance of the coalition coali-tion as a means of averting the advent ad-vent of the Labor government-WOMEN government-WOMEN OMING OUT Amidst the many uncertainties one thing Is certain that the next fe days will supply tho public with more excitement concerning domestic politics pol-itics than It has enjoyed sine the outbreak of the world war. One of the features when an election elec-tion Is declared will be the number of women seeking the limelight of par- llamentary life. The two present Women members. Lady Astor , Itn Mapgaret Wintrlngham. are understood un-derstood to desire to return aud nearly a score of others are already in nounced as candidates, the great ma Jority being for Liberal and Ibor constituencies. |