Sir EdWard Cation in a letter to the Morning Post
of Wednesday said that, though its disadvantages were obvious, a General Election was inevitable as soon as the new Register was complete. The gravest question, he thought, was that of the issue. The• Coalition Government as such might appeal for a new mandate to win the war, or they might put forward a programme on which their members, as representatives of the various Parties, were agreed. Sir Edward Carson remarked that an all-party programme would occasion great difficulties and split the *Unionist Party ; we should say that it was utterly impossible. He added that " of course Mr. Lloyd George can appeal to the country on a pro- gramme of his own," and that " would be a very different matter." It is no secret that this is the object of those who are conducting a newspaper agitation for a General Election. However, most people will agree with Sir Edward Carson that " the Parliament will really be elected on the question of the prosecution of the war, and that it will have but little mandate after victory is secured and without again consulting the constituencies." The difficulty, will be to persuade a House chosen at a Khaki Election that it has outstayed its welcome when peace returns.
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