Grant discovered him late one night strap-hanging in the Tube on his way home to Hampstead, and in-isted that for the sake of his health e Premier should accept a motor car with an adequate sum for its attendant expenses. there was an outburst of wrath in the other political camps and cries of scandal when the donor received a baronetcy—an honour merited by his gift of the National Library to Scotland.
The tramway and transport dispute provided one of the more serious political contretemps with his own Party, but fortunately the strike was settled without an open guarrd. He denied a loan to Russia in June, but adopted the policy in August, and in the final cataclysm. the Campbell prosecution and the Zinovieff letter, Mr. MacDonald's attitude was again marked by contradictory words and actions.
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