In the House of Commons on Thursday, April 19th, the
Prime Minister was asked questions about " contri- butions to the Press " by Lord Birkenhead and Mr.
Churchill. It was suggested that these contributions violated. the embargo which the Prime Minister had framed in careful language in 1927. Mr. Baldwin pointed out that he had distinguished between journalistic articles on Party controversies and Departmental matters on the one hand and literary, historical or philosophical writings on the other. Mr. Churchill had informed him that none of his contributions violated the conditions. As for Lord Birkenhead, he had been writing certain articles on criminology which were to be published in a book, and in accordance with a modern method of business these articles were being published serially in advance.
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