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...advice of Premier Stanley Baldwin, King George V bestowed the dignity of an earldom upon the Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Asquith, Premier of Great Britain and Ireland from 1908 to 1915-the longest period of time that the office has been held by one man since the Ministry of Lord Liverpool (1812-1827). The new peer chose the historic title of Earl of Oxford*, and His Majesty's sanction for the revival of that title was obtained...
...their legs doing a slow, rhythmic, painful imitation of the goosestep. The sombre field-grey gun-carriage, bedecked with floral tributes, came next, bearing its coffin shrouded in a Union Jack. Behind came the mourners?Lady Stack, Lord Allenby, Lady Allenby, Captain Campbell, Premier Zaghlul, onetime Premier Herbert H. Asquith (on a visit to Egypt), all the members of the Egyptian Cabinet, all the diplomatic representatives. Overhead a squadron of airplanes mournfully circled. At several points, guns belched forth a major-general's salute...
This statement was made while ex-Premier Asquith, the leader whom Captain Benn prefers, was "journeying to Egypt to consult the Sphinx on the Liberal riddle," in the words of Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The political significance of the incipient revolt is little, because most of the Liberals in the new House of Commons are faithful to Mr. George. If, however, Mr. Asquith should decide to return from Egypt to contest a Dundee seat made vacant by the death of Laborite Edmund D. Morel, and if he should be elected, the small Liberal group...
...most prominent defeats: ex-Premier H. H. Asquith (Liberal), Dr. MacNamara (Liberal), J. A. Pringle (Liberal), J. M. Hogge (Liberal). None of the chief Laborites was defeated. Mr. Asquith said, on hearing the result of the ballot in his constituency: "I am done." He said he would run again...
Liberal. Ex-Premier Asquith: "There is nothing whatever in the nature of a compact arranged at the headquarters of the Liberal and Conservative parties. All that has happened is that in a number of constituencies there has been a strong feeling that at this election only, when Socialism is being made the dominant issue, some steps should be taken to avoid a splitting of the anti-Socialist vote and the return on a minority vote of candidates pledged to Socialism...