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Ever since the fall of his Government 16 months ago, the post of Leader has been torture to Mr. Baldwin. Every morning, every evening the newspapers of Baron Beaverbrook, ruthless "Hearst of England," badger him to resign, give insulting reasons?the real reason being that Lord Beaverbrook wants to become Mr. Baldwin's successor. Last week was one of the worst poor Stanley has ever gone through, supported by indomitable, pious Lucy, one of the last great Victorians...
Badgered Leader Baldwin had announced a meeting of all Conservative M.P.'s and peers to vote on the question of his leadership. As fast as presses could print, Baron Beaverbrook demanded that all Conservatives who had stood at the last election or are scheduled to stand at the next should also attend. Logic of this demand: men who were defeated under Leader Baldwin would be likely to vote against...
That afternoon Mr. Baldwin announced that the meeting would be composed as Lord Beaverbrook wished...
Result: From within Leader Baldwin's own party he was mocked by Baron Beaverbrook for first swallowing the Canadian scheme whole, then spitting out the wheat kernel. "Baldwin! Baldwin! Again Baldwin!" sneered the press peer in one of his papers. "We want no more of Baldwin!" (Baron Beaverbrook of course advocates food tariffs.) As a matter of expediency the MacDonaid cabinet pigeonholed Canada's straightforward proposal last week in an especially created committee, sorely vexed Canada's Bennett who soon afterward gave a dinner to all important correspondents in London, thereby, perhaps, increasing their sympathy with...
...bottom the public does not mind them, does not feel what they do is wrong. You cannot blame the police in such a case. The police are merely the instruments whereby the public sense of what is right or wrong expresses itself. . . ." Neither of the "Press Peers," Baron Beaverbrook and Viscount Rothermere, cares a hoot for "Civilization." The Daily Express (Beaverbrook) merely hung upon Legs a second screaming series of articles about "American desperadoes" (the first series was hung on the shooting of Alfred ["Jake"] Lingle in Chicago-TIME, June 16 et seq.). Meanwhile the Daily Mail (Rothermere) hired Edgar...