So the fuss about Lord Baldwin is over, and the
Governor goes back to his charge. The attempt to pillory the Colonial Secretary and convict him of making needless mystery about the business can find no warrant in the facts. Mr. Creech-Jones was perfectly explicit in his statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The position is quite clear, being, indeed, as I stated it in this column a fortnight ago. Things, in various ways, were not going well in the Leeward Islands. Many problems could only be discussed adequately in personal discussions, so the Governor was recalled, as Governors frequently are, for personal discussions. Lord Baldwin would appear to have permitted himself some injudicious observa- tions both before and after reaching England, but he both "repudiates and regrets " them, and a satisfactory understanding has clearly been reached between him and the Colonial Secretary. Lord Baldwin therefore returns to the Leeward Islands. If an under- standing had not been reached he would not have returned. How could Mr. Creech-Jones have conceivably said anything one way or other about his return while the issue was still in doubt ? • * * * *
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