Differences in Labour and Liberal Camps: Lord Birkenhead's Books Frost Our Own London, Nov, 26.
Since the plenary mesting of the Conservatives at which Mr, Baldwin gained.a vote of confidence by a majorly, the Party ranks appear to have closed up and no more is heard internal differences. Now itis the turn of Labour and Liberals.
The East Renfrew by-election, Where the National Labour Party has refused to recognize the Labour candidate. Bailie 1 who stands London, asa Left Winger, has rallied members of the Left. Wing, including Mr, Maxton, DIN, Fenner Brock way and Miss Jenny Lee to his side In defiance of the Governnient. Oswald Mosley has telegraphed:
Your return to Pallament fhe'country demands notion to deal itn unemployment: Trould) Srce ueeton"to'vere or you on these rounds.
'At a mesting of the National Executive of the Labour Party held yesterday at the House of Com mons, Sir Oswald submitted a vote fof censure on. the Government on the subject of unemployment, but witkdvew it on a promise that the Government's "attention would drawn to the dissatisfaction within the party, meanwhile the Liberals have made no. response to Sir John Binion's challenge to them that the come honest men they can. no. longer support the Labour Government from fear that to, vote againat it would bring, in Conservative administration. "On the contrary there ave strong 70- rumours toulay that Mr. Lloyd George has come to a fresh agreement with the Government. The latter are to be' allowed to put through the 1 peal of the Trade Disputes Act, and Ehg Liberals are to get electoral form, "Phe, Government have had to eld to Liberal objections on the question Billy which would raise Feomp alsory school age to 1. Enforcement of the measure is postponed from next April till Septem-Ber, 1932 (for the gocd reason that fete would be neither buildings hor teachers available. by April) and local authorities will be allowed inquire whether parents need a maintenance grant before paying i.
Sotho Liberals ave jubilant, al~ though many' of them agree with Sir John Simon, The Chancellor's Unpopularity Mr, Phillip Snowden is in very bad odour. His rigid adherence to free trade is universally held responsible for the - Government's failure to meet the Dominion Pre-mulcts) proposals in any way? looked dispassionately "the Imperial Gonference was a sad fiasco;_ Graham of the Board Trade, axe blamed for the Government's decision to allow the Dyells Act to lapse on January 15; he. has refused. to reconsider. the decision to take off the safeguard ing, duties on cutlery, gas-mantles fand. glove fabrics on December, 22 view of the prevailing unemployent. Yet he announces. that a Lai of £20,000 I tobe given to hin, inPeontrant with his other rand opera. at Covent Garden.
decisions has raised an outery, and provoked a vote of censure, the re-Sults of which will be known before this reaches you, The Dyestuffs Act was passed in 1920 to protect an infant industry, the monopoly of which by Germany during the war had proved a great evil, Judging by letters to the Press, the textile manufactures do nots Want the Act to lapse, they being the people most likely' to be affected; and it is averred that. while British manufacturers get all the. dyes they want, at or below. world costs, Germany is preparing dyer in England at a loss up the difference in her orders) la order to ruin succeed: to a title with insuffcfent-money to: keep it up mus be wretched. The Into Lord Bir-
[ken head must have made a great deal of money in his time, but he spent lavishly. As is well-known be Jwent into the City to make what political life could not offer, but ldied before he had succeeded.' The present Earl is still at Oxford and will probably go into business. The family are Keeping their country house but getting rid of the one in Now most of the late Earl's Ubrary, amounting to 10,000 Jvolumes is to be sold. One of the books kept in his bedroom and much read by him was Boswell's "Life of Johnson." He was also a great reader of the Latin ang Greek classics, a number of which he had bought just before his death, There Jare nearly 100 volumes on India, which he got in order to prepare himself for the India Office. He was a lover of fine bindings and many books, ho had had rebound in jealf or vellum—a charming taste but costly, Another alluring but expensive hobby were the first editions of Scott, Dickens, Thackeray other great novelists.
Lord Birkenhead's latest volume lof essays. "Last Essays" has just been published and is well reviewed. One of the best it would seem, is fence of "The Despised Pol jean:" who never needed it more than now,
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