Liberal Party's Re-organization:
Yearly Ingome of £1,000,000
Asked: Huge Upheaval Pees oe Gwe Coneesroxoesn, London, Jan. 29.
For clys, in fact ever since the ection, the "Daily News" has been Kiscussing the question of Liberal ganization. The frst. National Convention of Liberals was opened to-day by Mr. Asquith, who was ac= cisnpanied by Mr. Cloyd Gear oth of whom gave it a sympathetic send-off. The Convention then went into private session for the diseussion of the Maclean Committee's interim report on re-organization, ort matters down for debate at this, and to-morrow's, private ses sion, wer -A million fighting fund; Method of choosing a leader; Central fund control; and the Chie party Boiled down, it all means that the Party wants a million sterling me come every year, instend of the prevent, £600,000. Tu fuet, the Liberal arty at the present time is main concerned with collecting finances, At times there are people who sug est mildly" that what they. want re principles sand enthusiasm, but these are, Tam atvaid, in a minors ity. Yet' even "Sir John Simon speaking Inst week at Dewsbury, suggested in cold, analytical form that the soul of the Liberal Party was disembodied at the present time und was wandering: yound trying. to find a home, Tahould be very sorry to sce the Liberal Party disappens, Ihecause "if we get down to twe Parties, the Conservative and
swing of the pendulum. will bri Sicaits then sooner or Tater the in the latter, s iis though, impossible to. shut yes to the fact that "the Liberal organization at the present time is controlled "by the "ultras Radical wing, who are very it views, and why practically ntt all these Liberal of broader sentiments. "Mere organization, however, will never revive Liberalism and T think the country wene lof these old, who never vevm to be alive to the meets of the Une.
Bread and Hutter Polities ors nowadays vote ageording own particular views on the wreat issues of the day, They are concerned with all the scheming pla of rival" Part machines, act, they are hard interested in hich "politics all. Theve are only four issues at the Hesent time on which the electors take any interest at all—t Unemployment, Less Taxat Cheaper Food.' 1 a Party can do athing effective in any os all of these four directions the country WHO po om supporting it, but all ior ismness are quite sbsidiory. We discuss the latter in the public res, butt we al know that they are Suimbortant and many of the agi Hons a connexion with the Politics are Wand butter, Even our Party bares its main peal on pu ism. 1 think essential to define the present political outlook on the veeasvemblinge of Parliament, is quite as well to make it clear that hiss polities, white they: interest the students, only appeal to the average from the standpoint of how ws will affect any of the four ea rations T have mentioned bow The seriousness of these issues ix still very great. The pru-vision of houses is very madoqua ince many of the sped the mon ment dues not possess the powers at hrccent to forse them ints activ wan fail tu have sympathy with the Victims. "The sisting dtey-Crowd-fine mut Jed to such deerinration in the health ut the community, and ale to a ye deal of inimarality. In thes next place, unemployment is still very fowl, althowgeh Tam eons! viveer thet the existence of the dole is gradually previo denoralizin and some of Une papers are callings uitention to the fact, by quoting ances which must' give rise to a cool dal of serious reflection, Food prives are still very high, and for prices are going up stenchly, Indeed, there xv already: fear that the ib, leaf will go to 1d., which sas high as it was in the War. really think something will have to
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