"Mr. N. Chamberlain Cheered in the House London, May 31. Mr. Neville Chamberlain was teceived with loud cheers to-day on hhis first appearance in the House of Commons as Prime Minister. Immediately after the questions, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr.'C. R. Attlee, paid tribute to Mr, Stanley Baldwin, Mr. Chamberlain's predecessor, in which the Liberal Leader, Sir Archibald Sinclair joined a to which Mr. Chamberlain replied.
Mr. Attlee said that future his torious would doubtless disagree as the Opposition disagreed about. the mnerils or demerits of Mr. Baldwin's policy and actions, but he was cer-{ain that they would be as one in reclaiming him asa great pavliamontanan, who possessed in singular agree a' faculty of judging the temper of the House and responding its moods. They would recall him alo as one who inspired affection 'The passing from the House of a man who, for fourteen years led great and' historic party, and—for the greater part of that bore a heavy weight of responsibility in dimeult and anxious days, marked the close of a notable chapter in British Parlin-
Chamberlain, in acknowledge ing, the tributes to' his late leader, spoke of him as one who gave his confidence freely and fully' to. his colleagues, who was a wise and sagacious minister and an affection-ale friend whose friendship has been to him "not only a delight in itself Dut a liberal education as well, Conservative Leadership a meeting of the Conservative Pony to-day, acknowledging his election "as Leader of the Party in succession to Mr. Stanley" Baldwin, the now Prime Minister, Mr, Neville Chamberlain said, Vike Mr. Baldwin, was convinced that the best Interests of the country would be served by a continuance of the national character of the Government, "These next two years may well be critical in the history of Burope, Whether they end in chaos or in a gradual appeasement of old enim tics and the restoration of confl= dence and stability, will depend very Inrgely' upon the part played by this country, which is bound to be imperlant and may well be decisive, "It we are to exert our full in-nonce in the tight direction, we shall require. something more. than devotion and loyalty to purely party allegiance, the Prime Minister added,
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