13 OCTOBER 1923, Page 3

The urgency of the announcement which we publish this week

in regard to the conversations between Mr. Baldwin and M. Poincare has compelled us to hold over Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's article on "The Purpose of an Opposition." We shall in all probability publish it at the, opening of the next session of Parliament. In this issue we should particularly like to draw our readers' attention to the second article of the series, entitled "Can the Farmer Save himself? "by Mr. Philip Morrell. Mr. Morrell is, of course, well known both as a practical farmer and for his work on agricultural co-operative societies in Oxfordshire. The bearing of his contentions on the fiscal policy which is being dis- cussed at the Imperial Conference is too obvious to dwell upon. Owing to great pressure on our space, Mr. Wrench's notes under the heading "The English- Speaking World" are withheld this week.

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