The Archive · 1935

Follow Summer

London, June he reorganization of the Notional Government could, in the nature of things, only be a. pre-ludo to a General Election in' the next six or ten months, declared the Attorney-General, Sir Thomas Inskip, Ina speech at Porte-mouth today. " Bleotions, he said, were not likely before the summer holidays, but they were Ukely almost any time after the summer was over—Reuter. the King, after which he presented the resignation of the Cabinet.

'A while later, Mr. Baldwin was summoned to Buckingham Palace, where he kissed hands on his appointment as Prime Minister and then handed the King a list of Ministers.

Subsequently, the King held a meeting of the Privy. Council, at which the retiring Ministers returned their seals of office and the King resented seals fo the new Ministers.

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