I doubt, however, whether any frontal attack on the Prime
Minister at the present time is helpful to the situa- tion. Mr. Baldwin cannot, of course, expect to be immune from criticism, but an attack from Sir Austen is likely to weaken rather than strengthen his attitude on these all- important questions. He has now as difficult a task as any man in the post-War years, and if he is to face it suc- cessfully he must be assured that he still retains the complete confidence of the House of Commons. Sir Austen's criticism would be intelligible if there was any possible alternative Prime Minister. But there is not. It is also pertinent to remind his critics that the last, election was primarily Mr. Baldwin's. triumph and that without the Baldwin legend there might well have been no National Government majority.
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