23 OCTOBER 1926, Page 3

* * At Greenock, on Friday, October 15th, Lord Oxford,

in a farewell speech, announced his resignation of the Liberal leadership. The speech did not contain one allusion to his dispute with Mr. Lloyd George, but the peculiar and powerful emphasis which Lord Oxford laid upon the democratic duty of resisting the general strike left his audience in no doubt of the severe con- demnation of Mr. Lloyd George which was implied. We have written in our first leading article of Lord Oxford's character and political services.