" The success of the first day's debate was undoubtedly
the speech of the Prime Minister. Improved health showed in his every word and gesture, and he appeared more at ease in the House of Commons than at any time since the General Election. It was not surprising that the Government's supporters cheered him fran- tically, for he is the key-man of inter-party co-operation, and it is more than ever necessary that he should lead now that the resignations of Liberal Ministers have thrown doubts on the reality of the co-operative effort. The speech brought out three points which have a profound bearing on the continuance of the National Government. The first is that Mr. MacDonald is physically stronger ; the second that he has persuaded himself that the Ottawa agreements were inevitably such as they are ; and the third that his overwhelming interest in foreign affairs continues to confirm his in-, difference to domestic party issues."
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