20 JUNE 1925, Page 3

During the past week there has been a good deal

of discussion inside and outside Parliament caused by the growing dissatisfaction, not only in the Opposition, but in the Unionist Party, with the journalistic output of Lord Birkenhead. One gathers both from abstract con- siderations, and from his somewhat embarrassed answers, that Mr. Baldwin dislikes seeing one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State dealing in the Press with general topics instead of confining his intellectual efforts to the Cabinet or House of Lords, his Office or the platform.