Signs of unrest among the British Government's Conservative support fers continue to develop. The result Is that the commentators are unable 10 Keep their balance, One day thet a definite repudiation of anything: in "the nature of a crisis. On the next day, come plain hints of the growing discomfort of Mr. MacDonfds personal position. The smoothing of differences over the Unemployment Assistance Act has probably helped to undermine Mr. MacDonald's Jascendancy. The reference to his tllhealth will be taken to point the Intensity of the desire to sce him ina position of greater dignity and ese responsibility. But the question his successor remains. It) would fern that the solidarity of the N tional Government is not as seriously in doubt as the solidarity of the support given to the nominal head that Government. As there is 2 distinct aversion from the thought of an early election, Me. MacDonald's placement may be the solution. A change of Prime Minister would not} necessarily involve an appeal to the country, Mr. Lloyd George's tenta-{tive offer seems to have been politely Jemothered with honey—and rejection. Does Mr. Winston Churchill nourish the same ambition? His latest pronouncement suggests that he is not unwilling to discuss the subject. Yet, fon all grounds, with proper defer-fence to the Press Lords, it is reason-fable to believe that Mr. Stanley Bald. win's claims still carry weight. And Mr. Churchill does not entirely finch' from the notion of serving that leadership.
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