10 OCTOBER 1931, Page 11

" If ever there were a constructive Opposition policy it

was that revealed here in England when the Liberals prevented the English people from throwing themselves headlong into an experiment which would be simply a gamble on the whole future of England. Instead of submitting to the ramp for economic autarchy, the Liberals forced the English people to reflect over one of the most serious decisions in its history. . . . Liberals interpret their mission to-day to consist in an attempt to protect England from a ` rushed ' Conservative protectionist tariffs programme. This they have done, but with a personal brio which betrays the hand of Lloyd George, and which in view of the prevailing disunity in the party's own ranks, is a great political achievement."—Berliner Tageblatt, 1.10.31.

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