It is in my view a mistake to assume, as
some com- mentators have done, that, with the crushing defeat of the Diehards at the Queen's Hall, so far as-the battle on the Government of India Bill is concerned, " it i§ all Over but the shotiting." Mr. Churchill has a grand chance by the energy of his attack and his superb gifts of oratory of making an impression on the huge Govern- ment majority. The Bill will, of course, go, through but it will not be without a " long and bitter struggle." The Government have done wisely in enfisting the services of Mr. Ormsby-Gore for special duty in the fight. He has just that resource and resilience in debate which are vital to successful resistance to Mr. Churchill and which Sir Samuel Hoare and Mr. Butler have not yet shown signs of possessing.
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