London, Feb. 8.
'The House of Commons, by 438 votes to 39, today rejected the Labour vote of censure on the Government for dropping the principle of Cabinet. responsibility, for falling to deal with the poverty' lof the people and for initiating "a reign of terror in Indi Mr, Stanley Baldwin, Lord Pres dent of the Council, justified the departure from Cabinet responsi fty on the ground that it would have been a grave matter for the world at large if, within a few months of the inauguration of the National Government, any of its. members seceded.
He declared that the Government had adopted a new method to deal new emergency in a new condition of things.
'The Government, he added, had collective responsibility for' the departure from collective action and its action had been approved by the broad common sense of the man 1 the street, The vote of censure was submitted by the leader of the Labour Opposition, Mr. George Lansbury, who condemned the lack of a united policy and the violation of the Principle of Cabinet responsibility.
Mr. James Maxton, the fire-brand from "this obsolete principle." but for ug said he fully agreed with the charge that it had failed to deal with the poverty of the people and that it fa India. oral, to which the majority Gabinet had agreed, were all express their wens on the subject ter vote aa they wished. Among the! esentients were Sie Herbert Samuel Lord. Snowden, Sir Archibald. Sinclait and Sir Donsid Mackean—euter.
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