London, Feb. 17.
Government shortcomings and. ancial alarums have bulked largely this week that women's affairs have rather gone into the background. It is amusing. to see that. while the Cabinet's supporters declare that the recent slump in Government stocks was solely due to Tumours of an impending election and the danger of the Socialists' coming back to power, the Socialists attribute it to the pepper crisis, for which they darkly hint the Government was seally to blame. What a Dlece of work is q man, particularly when he is also a politician looking for precious balms wherewith to break his opponent's head.
Yet it is a woman who has borne off a major share of such honours as can be awarded to anyone in this! ugly week of temper and abuse. In thr debate on the Socialists' vote of censure, Lady Astor laid about her with an impartiality in which male members of Parliament were conpicuously lacking. She told the Encialists they were a lot of hyporites in attacking the Government for measures with the unemployed: which they themselves had accepted. fu 1981; and she rounded - on' the Government for weakly caving in 10 Popular disturbance (much of it undoubtedly got up by Communists) and allowing itself to be bullied by noise, out of a position which It had held against all reason. Lady Astor cam Bit'as nara as her trend, Me. perament from Beethoven, Hech owe He apa ie he nec Me deve, "Ginette awa wt. thes the own epee trid hughtrSpuse ipo see ne cee acts Salle plecuret "He I suey ants Bee treat odad tug: which brought hn eons sposalc benedeni neat leted him at much Dt heat used ae ea nee erner please me "auc tiuefie "la ompealton:
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