NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WHEN we wrote last week, only the first of the series of important political decisions necessitated by the election had been taken. That was Mr. Baldwin's decision to remain in office till the new Parliament meets On January• 9th. It then remained for the other two parties to define their attitude ; nor have they been tardy in doing so. By Friday, the 14th, the Labour Party had made it clear, both at a joint gathering of the National Executive of the Labour Party and the Council of the Trades Union Congress, and at an executive committee of the Parliamentary Labour Party, that Labour would, immediately on the opening of Parliament, seek to bring about the Government's downfall, and, having done so, would, without hesitation, assume the responsibility of office without agreement with either of the other parties.
