19 JANUARY 1924, page 1

If The Nation Loses Confidence It Will Mean That It

has lost faith in itself, and that will be the beginning of the end. No doubt statesmen are not incapable of the folly of placing partisan interests and personal bitterness......

It Was Hardly On Moral Grounds, However, That Mr. Jones

protested, for with engagingly frank cynicism he declared that he believed in the principle of " the spoils to the victors." " We claim the right to make the appointments," he......

Nowhere Was It Implied In The S1:eech, However,: That 88

the Government intended to make any effort to cling to office. Mr. Baldwin's own remarks were obviously framed on the . motto, Moriluri to salutanius. After referring to the......

Tile First Business Of The House Of Commons After The

reading of the King's Speech was the question of appoint- ing a Chairman of Ways and Means and a Deputy- Chairman. Mr. Baldwin moved that Mr. James Hope be appointed Chairman......

News Of The Week.

A S the inevitable defeat of Mr. Baldwin's Administra- tion draws nearer there is a tendency, which we note with satisfaction, to view events in a more reasonable perspective.......

On Tuesday The _king, Aceompanied By The Queen, Opened...

in state. - --The King's Speech, though- it excited the derision of the Opposition speakers, was exactly what a Government who know that their fate is scaled ought to have......