The East Islington By-Election The East Islington by-election is becoming
a circus like other by-elections which have fallen under the influence of the friends of " Empire Free Trade." Lord Beaverbrook put forward Mr. Paul Springman as a " Crusader " and lie announced that Mr. 13aldwin's dilatoriness and ambiguities had turned the advocates of Empire Free Trade into tigers who would spring like tigers. Mr. Springman, however, did not justify this sportive play upon his name. He compared notes with Miss Cazalet, the Unionist candidate in East Islington, and came to the conclusion that she wanted and demanded everything that he wanted and demanded. Instead of springing he therefore retired gently into the jungle with compliments to Miss Cazalet. He was lost to view and Miss Cazalet remained in possession of the whole field of food-taxation. Then recriminations broke out between Lord Beaverbrook and his retired tiger. The tiger said that he had written his letter of blessing to Miss Cazalet with Lord Beavcrbrook's full approval. Lord Beaverbrook says that the letter to Miss Cazalet was not the letter which he approved. Now a new tiger has been found. The combined forces of Lord Beaverbrook's Crusaders and Lord Rothermere's United Empire Party will be represented by General Critchley.
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