London, Oct. 13.
A crowd of 500 Labour supper'. ers gave Mr, Ramsay MucDonal a hearty send-off from Euston this morning for Glasgow to commence a whirlwind electioneering tour of Scotland and Wales. © Mr, Mac Donald was accompanied by his daughter Ishbel and his son Alistair, Lord "Arnold, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, and Mr. William Graham, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
The Prime Minister in a speech said that this was the biggest fight that the Labour Party had ever had, but they had never begun a fight in better spirits, The Campbell case had nothing to do with the Government's defeat. The other two parties "had decided that the life of this Parliament must be ended because a Labour Government was in power and was doing 9 well, The Labour Party was now challenging them in the country to do their worst, "We have come to stay and Iam perfectly certain that by a sano appeal to all the patriotic clements of the State we are going to return tantiily. strengthened, 1 have never felt more like now is the day, now is the hour: see the franz of battle lower."
The crowd sang "For he's a jolly good fellow" and the "Red Flag." Miss MacDonald was presented with bouquet of red geranium The Prime Minister sent a mes: sage to London Labourites,' saying, "Fight hard and fight well, Keep your principles high. They will hit below the belt all the time, Dut don't you do the sam Later, In a speech to 8,000 persons at gow this evening, which was broadcast throughout the country, Mr, Ramsay Macdonald declared that the charge against the Government in connexion with the Campbell case was sheer humbug, Their opponents were afraid of them because the Labour Govern ment had not failed.
The Prime Minister emphasized that, at any rate, two-thirds of the Russian Joan would be spent in British industrial centres, When they came into office, the League of Nations was practically dying. "We went to Geneva and gave a lead, and the League to-day is more vigorous than ever.
Mx., Macdonald dwelt on the Government's social programme, and complained that the Government had not had fair play 1 Parliament, where they had met with pettifogging, partisan trickery to prevent an honest. Government from doing their work. Finally, the Prime Minister appealed to the nation to put an end to contempt tible party tactics by giving the Government a clear majority (loud cheers).—Reuter.
Later, Mr. EN. Crisp, the son of Mfr. Charles Birch Crisp (of Crisp Loa fame), has been adopted as labour candidate for Windsor.—Reuter,
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