Sir Alfred Mond No More a Liberal: The Prime Minister's Care for Farmers: Mr. Churchill's National Economy. Campaign From Ove Own London, Jan. 28.
Parliament meets next week, and on the eve of it we have several surprises, In the first place Sir Alfred Mond has formally, in a letter to Mr. Asquith announced his secession from the Liberal party, and his coming ce-operation with the Conservatives. He bases his action largely upon his hostility to the new land policy of the Liberal party, which is of course not much removed from nationalization, though he also indicates that he despairs of the Liberal party ever becoming united -and effective, In this action he has been followed by his bon, Mr. Henry Mond, who was Liberal M. P. for the Island of Ely the 1924-4 Parliament,—-Te-cannot be said that there great deal of surprise at Sir Alfred's decision, as he has been gravitating for a long time towards the fight wing of the Liberal party. He took a particular interest in the Jand question because he sits mainly for an agricultural seat, and, although an industrialist, he has 1 big estate of his own on which he raises stock of all sorts, Probably. Sir Alfred is one of the best iked men of the House, and cer~ tainly one of the most able.
'One speech of his will be long remembered in the House of Commons—that in which, in March' 1923, he stated the case for capitalism when Mr. Snowden moved a resolution calling for its gradual supersession by a system public ownership and democratic control of the instruments of production and distribution.
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