The revolution in Greece seems to have been effectively suppressed. this distance it is dimeult to understand how this storm so suddenly arose in the Balkans, susceptible though that arena is 10 unpremeditated upheavals. In January the Government's six year programme of expansion, which included plans for the reorganization of the country's defences, was apparently approved by all party leaders. of February, the strengthening frontier defences in pursuance of this policy raised certain issues with Bulgaria, whose own defence pro-Dosals were stated to have made Athens "uneasy." This problem seemed to be well within the com-potency of both Governments to solve in a mutually satisfactory fashion, The outbreak, involving the veteran Cretan statesman, can hardly be connected with those developments. 'The Greek. Government has vindicated its authority and At will be hoped that the restoration of order will be accompanied by a minimum of bitterness and recrimination, although, obviously, certain punitive' measures will have to be taken, the sad result of seeing the glamour lof Wavertree wasted on a Norwood forfeiture of deposit. Plainly, the /National Government cannot ignore the forcefulness of Labour's challenge.
a constituency where Conservative ties were not so strong Mrs. Gould might easily have carried the day. She was a formidable candidate, by virtue of her experience in leading forlorn hopes. In 1929 standing for the second time for Northwich she was defeated by four votes. Two years later that" margin of four votes against her was swollen to 14,315. In the days of the women's suffrage movement Mrs. Gould was an Jorganizer of the Women's Social and Political Union and later she became honorary secretary of the Women's Internationel League. She was a member of the Royal Commission fon the Civil Service in 1929-31 and 1983 she was made chairmen of [the Standing Joint Committee of Women's Organizations. Altogether the on new tines. Too long. has. it been content to allow its merits, to speak through its undeniable achievements, without impressing the significance of those achievements on the British public.
some ways, it has been too successful in coping with the problem of recovery. The voter in 1935 is not uflclently alive to the dangers of 1931. "Human memories are short and a Uttle judicious Jogging would 43 them no harm "Incidentally the Agures at Norwood should bring to their senses the right-wing Conservatives who have belittled the danger of ning the Conservative forces at this time of preparation for an appeal to the country. Thesy figures give no sort of encouragement to anyone who would waste oime or political resources in opposing the thoroughly well-thrashed-out scheme for Indian constitutional reform. Both at Nor-[wood and Wavertree the candidates with the Indian bee in their bonnets had to switch to domestic affairs. Mr. Winston Churchill and Sir Henry Page-Croft might note that fact.
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