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...successful record as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Baldwin nevertheless represents the most uncompromising section of the Conservative Party. He was instrumental last fall in the overthrow of the Coalition, and he has maintained since that time an attitude of reserve toward such insurgents as Austen Chamberlain and Lord Birkenhead. This has been enough to win him the support of the Die-Hards and to make him Prime Minister...
...Birkenhead, prospective visitor, who cannot escape the adjective "brilliant...
Commenting on the Secretary's statements, Lord Birkenhead, the former Lord Chancellor, stated that France could, if she wished, destroy London and almost every center of industrial population in England. The usually conservative Viscount Grey in a debate in the House of Lords said that unless a sense of security could be attained in Europe, England could not possibly rest content with her present inability to defend herself against attacks in the air. The entire British press is discussing the problem and urging an increased air program. Even A. G. Gardiner, editor of the liberal Manchester Guardian, criticizes France...
...gods of the heathens are ipso facto the demons of Christianity." We note that the eminent novelist and historian. Mr. H. G. Wells, running for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University, has been overwhelmingly defeated by Lord Birkenhead...
...election becomes especially significant when we consider that it is the custom in Scottish universities for the student body itself to elect its Lord Rector. Lord Birkenhead, campaigning on the Unionist ticket, received 1,165 votes while Mr. H. G. Wells, as the Labor candidate, received only 353 votes. The result is indicative: whatever other changes England faces at the moment--its University men stand predominantly Conservative...