27 SEPTEMBER 1930, Page 3

The autumn political campaign began in earnest last Saturday when

several speeches were made. Mr. Neville Chamberlain said that the first duty of the Conservative Party, when it was returned to power, might be to bring in " an emergency tariff." This would give home manu- facturers a breathing space while negotiations were conducted with foreign countries and the Dominions. He thought that the mere announcement of such an intention would restore hope among despairing people. Thus Mr. Chamberlain gave a plain hint to Mr. Baldwin. Or shall we say that he took the lead ? In this connexion we note that in a letter to the Times of Thursday, Lord Brentford also took the lead by stating his conviction that the Referendum policy was dead.

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