LORD BEAVERBROOK .
SI11,—The comments made by "Janus " in your issue of September 14th on the subject of Lord Beaverbrook's Election activities are open to ob- jection. It is becoming a convenient fashion to lay the blame for the recent Conservative defeat at the door of the proprietor of the Daily Express, whereas the causes of their defeat, varied and complex as they are, should be sought elsewhere.
It is difficult to understand why, as " Janus " says, "Lord Beaverbrook's storming away on public platforms at Paddington and elsewhere " was " an electoral disaster." Lord Beaverbrook, like Mr. Churchill, passionately be- lieves in the Conservative and Imperial cause, and, thank heaven, in these days of distressing Conservative diffidence and defeatism, says so honestly, emphatically and forcefully. Is it seriously suggested that he should have made apologetic speeches and pandered to those irrepressible Socialists who endeavoured, wherever he went, to shout him down? It may be easy to take up Lord Beaverbrook on points of detail, but the Conservative Party greviously needs to-day more of the drive and faith which he supplies in abundant measure. The Tory Reformers should remember the fate of the Liberal Party and learning its obvious lesson preach Conservatism and not "Pink Socialism." That way assuredly lies disaster, not only for the party but for the country, too.—I am, Sir,
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