28 OCTOBER 1922, Page 3

Lord Grey of Fallodon, speaking at Bradford on Tuesday, said

that what Mr. Lloyd George regarded as " a crime against the nation," and Lord Balfour as " political insanity," he himself liked. Although the new Govern- ment was Conservative he had a sense of relief. Some- thing which was unwholesome had gone out of the political atmosphere. Naturally he would prefer a Liberal Government, but if that were impossible he would in- finitely rather have a straight Conservative Government than a return of the old Coalition. " Quietness and steadiness " were the chief things wanted. Since the War foreign policy had been " full of fits and starts," but there was no reason why the old continuity in foreign policy should not be restored.