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Since 1921, when he resigned the offices of Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Commons, Leader of the Unionist Party, Mr. Law has not enjoyed good health. Last October his condition improved to such an extent that he again stepped into the political arena, but was forced to quit his post last month owing to throat trouble...
Premier Baldwin, answering a question in the House of Commons, defined the position of Lord Robert Cecil, Lord Privy Seal, in the Cabinet. He said that Lord Robert represented the Government in the Council of the League of Nations as Lord Balfour had done, but was not a "Minister of the League" in the British Cabinet. He added that questions relating to the League should continue to be addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
...Lord Birkenhead, former Lord Chancellor, assailed with his famed invective the Labor and Socialist movements in Britain. His chief point of attack was on an Act of Parliament passed in 1914 which gave trade unions the right to raise levies for political purposes. This act, he said, also gave the union the opportunity of making their members support candidates who are not their choice. Commenting upon Labor and Socialist propaganda: " These men are our enemies and we are to fight them. I am appalled at their propaganda, and I am alarmed at the apathy of other parties...
...Lord Astor (who is the son of the first Viscount Astor and who succeeded to his father's title in 1919) said all this before the Durham clergy...
Marshal Tsao-Kun, Tuchun of Chihli, probably the richest War Lord of all the Tuchuns, is also a strong man. He wants to become President, but has no policy except the plagiarism " reunification of China...