Lord Grey said that he had returned to active politics
because the House of Commons had allowed the Government to do what they pleased, and the coming election would afford an oppor- tunity of calling the Government to account. He welcomed Lord Robert Cecil's co-operation. The Coalition must be ended. Its policy had fluctuated too violently. In particular, the new methods of the Supreme Council had undermined the Entente with France. " The re-establishment of good relationship with France is the most vital thing in European politics to-day." It could be achieved only by " the more usual, the quieter and steadier methods " of diplomacy. Mr. Chamberlain had said that it was an advantage for us to be always represented by Mr. Lloyd George, but Mr. Lloyd George did not always uphold the same policy, and therefore was not trusted. " The trail of domestic electioneering had got mixed up with international affairs," as in December, 1918, and as at Cannes. We must get back to " those healthy, straightforward, wholesome party politics without which this country will never have a con- sistent, safe, and sound policy."
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