He was one of three or four men most responsible for the creation and development of the Labour Party. He spread the gospel of Socialism at a time when its adherents were few and its opponents strong and, apparently. impregnably entrenched.
In his mission, the Labour Leader House, a two-storeyed building at 1120 Broadway. When the fire was subdued, the building wes badly /damaged. At 9.09 pin. a bigger fire in Penang Road, near Kiaochow Road, necessitated the attendance of machines from the Ichang Station. Twelve country houses were destroy ed asa result. The third fire was in houses near the.corner of Broadway and Kungping Roads at 921 p.m. Two machines from the—Yangtszepoo Station attended and were still there at midnight. added, Mr, MacDonald had spent himself, freely working at immense pressure. They on the Labour benches would always like to think of him as he was in the fulness of his powers, fighting for the cause in which he believed.
In conclusion, Mr. Attlee recalled that five British Prime Ministers had died since the War.
Sir Archibald Sinclair associated the Opposition Liberals with the sympathetic references made by Mr Chamberlain and Mr. Attlee.
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