The Liberal Party is not only fighting for its existence
against external opponents but is also suffering from an internal struggle which must be decided before the party can make outward progress. The Daily News of Friday, November 14th, published a letter from Captain Wedg- wood Benn in which he declared that lack of machinery was not responsible for the Liberal defeat at the General Election. " The vital thing," he says, " is the loss of trust. The people have no confidence, and rightly so, in Mr. Lloyd George." Captain Wedgwood Benn then points out that some of Mr. Lloyd George's followers in the present Parliament have expressed their willingness to support a Conservative Government, and he adds, " I desire to say plainly that I cannot acknowledge in any way direct or indirect Mr. Lloyd George as my leader in the House of Commons."
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