Since Mr. Ramsay Macdonald very biterly and in extravagant. terms attacked the Liberal Party the Labour Party Conference, there have been many reprisals, and an amusing episode of the week is the Jattack of the "New Statesman" on jthe Prime Minister. The "New ]Stateman" fs the organ of the Liberal left wing, and it has steadily advocated the ce-operation Jof Labour and Liberalism, and confessed a warm admiration of Mr.
MacDonald. But the violent attack that the Prime Minister made on the Liberals at the Labour Party Conference, and his refusal to accept Br. A'quith's olive branch, has revolted the soul of Mr. Clifford Sharp, the editor of the "New /Statesman," and in the current number of his journal he smites his former idol hip and thigh.
Foreign Secretary be has been an Jas boat calculated to, exneerbate party Feeling." "And again, "he inchs enero. slips ite in foals ct thoes who Breath of critica he gets up on Eis Sigh horse and complains cit hee Some idea of the changes will be gathered from the following Tittle statement, showing how merlcurial we are getting in our political arrangements, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald took office zen days are.
"The Premiership has changed 18 times place to Mi. Gladstone after holding since' 1085, when Lo
fice for 221 days, while Mr. Gladstone's Administration lasted only 175 days.
"The Coalition of Mr. Lloyd George, eric wake in December, 2016 ist= for just on six years.
Since October, 102%, when the Coalition fel, there have been three Min trless—that of Mr. Bonkr Law, tasting Big" days: ae of Me Baldwin I fne 34 days and that of Mer Ramsay General elections have taken place in 19021895, 3000, Toba, Told Dio (Dee.), 1918, 1922, 1028, The Poet's Chance Posters are beginning to appear everywhere, nearly all based upon unemployment - and the Russian issue, the latter being the accepted picture of the typical Bolshevist with the invariable slogan: "It your money we want." The poet is false in the field, and T quote one! Jor two "poems" which are, going! round "ohn Smith voted for Labour Dut with Soclaiats the saddle "ohn. noted. with Tat thou Jobs 'They didnt matertalis. sce, of course far the 'Who' sought his aid And. were sgl "They. had thole Jobo all right.
'The army of unemployment "Grow zrener an mathe went by, the Fomedy wan' forthcoming wht he eudetk Ero darker aint the door for Labour.
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