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...crown, grasped his sceptre and seated himself on Brit ain's Throne in the House of Lords. Standing in a subway crush behind the bar of the House of Lords, eager M. P.'s squashed each other in their efforts to hear His Majesty read a speech written by Scot MacDonald: "My Lords, Mem bers of the House of Commons. . . . My Government is giving particularly close attention to . . . the approaching Disarmament Conference...
...Herbert Samuel, who led an equally large bloc of Liberals to Scot MacDonald, was rewarded last week with the Home Office. His Liberal bloc met in caucus during the week, elected him leader of what hereafter will be the Liberal Party. David Lloyd George, from whom all but four Liberal M. P.'s? have bolted, sourly announced on the eve of Leader Sir Herbert's election that he, Mr. Lloyd George, was "not a candidate...
...British law, no rule of Parliament bound Stanley Baldwin, party leader of 476 Conservative M. P.'s, to continue his support of Scot MacDonald, party leader of 13 National Laborites...
...Scot MacDonald was soon able to announce that Honest Stanley had granted him what the London Times called "power to exercise his unfettered choice as to Ministers, regardless of any claim based on long party services or the precise proportions of parties in the ranks of his supporters." To exercise this choice the Prime Minister rushed off to Chequers, his official country seat, while London buzzed with predictions...
...factions who broke away from Mr. Lloyd George under Sir John Simon and Sir Herbert Samuel to support the National Government (TIME, Oct. 19), were uniformly successful in the General Election. Together they won 66 seats, assured Sir John and Sir Herbert places in the revised National Government which Scot MacDonald will soon announce...