The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary - correspondent writes : There
is general disappointment at the fact that Mr. Eden has not been made Foreign Secretary. Indeed, when it became known that it was very unlikely that he would be offered the post last-minute efforts were made to convey to Mr. Baldwin the strength of the feeling of the House of Commons on the subject. For long he had wavered between the rival counsels of Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who was strongly against the appointment of Mr. Eden, and Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, who was strongly in favour of it. It was an interesting conflict which reveals that Sir Philip is not, as • has been generally supposed, a tepid friend of the League and collective security. The outcome of it incidentally illustrates the power of Mr. Chamberlain, attained by virtue of his popularity with the Conservative caucus.
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