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Knowing what was about to be said in the House of Commons last week Premier James Ramsay MacDonald climbed into an airplane to hide his idealistic head in the Scottish calm of Lossiemouth. When he had safely gone two of Britain's most important statesmen rose, the first to abandon China to her fate, the second to admit that Britain is preparing...
Scot MacDonald made no rejoinder, flew north to enjoy a short vacation in the soothing air of Lossiemouth. He left to heavy-jowled Deputy Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin the defense of their Government, which was suddenly attacked last week not only by the sharp-tongued Labor Peer but by a solid phalanx of Tory diehards. The Tories had three complaints: agitation against the Government's lukewarm policy in India, failure to take a half-promised sixpence off the income tax, and a demand for the removal of the heavy land tax imposed in 1931 by Philip Snowden as Chancellor...
...days after this scene Premier Ramsay MacDonald boarded a seaplane at Lossiemouth and flew St. George's Channel to the Marquess of Londonderry's house at Mount Stewart. County Down, Northern Ireland. In Ireland observers leaped to the conclusion that he was there to hold a series of secret meetings with de Valera representatives on the annuities problem. Some added an additional detail: Scot MacDonald's trip to Ireland was at the request of delegates to the Ottawa conference (see p. 12) who are restless for an early solution. All these stories Scot MacDonald went to great...
...fine, though tired after Lausanne," replied the son of Great Britain's Prime Minister. "He sent you his very best regards. Both operations on his eyes were very successful. The short rest he is taking now at Lossiemouth should...
...Eager to make Lossiemouth a prettier place, her Professor E. L. Collis offered a trophy to be called the "MacDonald Cup," specified that the Town Council shall award it annually to the villager having the prettiest garden. On the date when entries for the competition closed, there were no entrants...