2 JUNE 1923, page 1

The Reason Why Mr. Chamberlain Was Not Invited Is Plain

enough. It was he who tried to sway the Carlton Club meeting last November in favour of a continuance of the Coalition. The majority of Unionists felt . that this was an error......

News Of The Week.

.THE new Government is complete and starts life with . - 1 - splendid prospects. Mr. Baldwin is both trusted and liked as a man of character, ideas, sympathy and a truly......

At A Meeting Of The Conservative And Unionist Party At

the Hotel Cecil on Monday, Mr. Stanley Baldwin was -unanimously -elected leader. Sir Robert Home and .Sir Laming Worthington-Evans were both present, but Mr. Austen Chamberlain......

On Monday In The House Of Commons The Govern- Ment

had at once to face a determined 'attriek upon its Indemnity Bill. - Mr. Bridgernan defended the action he had taken in deporting men and 'women to the Free State on the ground......

" The Very Criticism That Is Made Of Mr. Chamberlain's

action last November implies a respect for his motives which we believe to be universal. Mr. Chamberlain was intensely loyal to his leader, Mr. Lloyd George. Every decent man......

- Mr. Austen Chamberlain, In A Letter To His Constituents

which was published in the papers of Monday,: said that they . had so of - ten expressed the hope that he would . rejoin the Unionist Government that he owed them some......

It Was, Of Course, Right And Natural For Mr. Chamberlain

to make this explanation to his constituents, and our firm. belief is that he intended it to be an explanation rather than a rebuke to Mr. Baldwin. It was, however, at first......