News of the Week The Political Programmes T HE programmes of
the three political parties are now, in Substance, before the electors. The electoral addresses of the leaders may fill in small gaps, but the range and sense of the policies are in each case already clear. Mr. Baldwin spoke at Bristol on Thursday, April 25th, and the Labour prograinme was published in the papers of WedneSday this week. The surprise of the Labour programme was its relative moderation. So far from being intimidated by the demand- of the Independent Labour Party for precipitate. action, Mr. MacDonald has increased his caution. Of 'course; there is always the full Labour Party policy behind this immediate programme. What was published on Wednesday was only a selection from that vast quarry of inchoate ideas embodied in Labour and the Nation. -
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