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the defeated by any chance, Lord Oxody had adopted Mr. Lloyd George's will at once retire from the adership view, we should have been doing our best of the Liberal Party Othe weaken the authority of the Govers signatories to the reply all but Lordment, which was for the moment the em-
The District Attorney declared recent Lincolnshire are members of the Labodiment and organ of the national self- 5.00 Shadow" Cabinet and Lord Lincole defence against the gravest lorestio dan-ly that the bribery and corrpution' of ser which has threatened the country in public officials had gone on, on a con- shire attended a recent meuting of that body. Six members of the Shadow our time. We felt that we were trastees siderable scale, as part of the scheme Cabinet have not signed the letter of the traditions of the party and were forhandlegging" creant. It is be Four of them Lord Beauchamp, under a apecial responsibility to see that lieved that only a small part of the McCurdy, Dr. Minenamaro, and Mr. Mashit played a part worthy of its past terman, may be eraided na supporter I did not think it necessary to reply operations has as yet been discovered. of Mr. Lloyd George Mr.Jan Macph to Mr. Lloyd George's letter until after or hins veca Nt and away from Loidou the general strike was recalled. My an- dating the controversy while -Captaier, which like his letter of May 10th, Wedgwood Benn, M.P., declared was it no sense a private communication, nothing could make this reunion effective, than a year ago that he did was not published until I had waited for except a willingness to forget past differ Frecogniter. L. George as his leader the best part of five days for a reply. I ences and an identity both in machinery.
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a Pope nor an autocrat; but he has al-abandoped the idea of a new Coalition. ways claimed and exercised full liberty His nation during the recent general of choice as to his colleagues and ad-strike has to be regarded in the light of visers Mr. Lloyd George, in the exer this recard. It is obvious to us that his of his own judgment, and for reasons letter to Sir Godfrey Collins was written 1 am the last to question the with at ere to its possible future tse, House of Commons, one of which continue to recognize the leadership of Bravity, whose to separate himself in the if events had turned out as he anticipat Mr. Lloyd George and another which most formal, mancer, from our delibera ed in his communications to the foreign tions in a moment of great emergensy Press. When the strike was over, be will definitely reject it. In the mean- time Mr. Lloyd George has accepted an He was not driven out; he refused to stated at Llandudno Junction (May 28th): During the progress of the invitation to luncheon at the Manchester come in.
I come how to the coal dispute. It is general strike, I refrained from urging Reform Club, and it is taken for granted that he will deal with the present con complete and wilful travesty of the criticism as to the past. The nation had dition of the Liberal Party. He visited facts to represent those who, like myself to concentrate on-fighting the strangle Manchester and consulted his friends and the large majority of my colleagues, bold." It is astonishing that Mr. Lloyd there after he had received Lord Oxford's differed from Mr. Lloyd George's at George should have persuaded himself letter and before he spoke at Llandudno titude on the general strike, as having that this version represents his attitude, Junction last week. An emergercy meet adopted and pursued, in regard to the for, in his letter to Sir Godfrey Collins (May 10th), refusing to meet you, he ing of the Executive Committee of the coal dispute, what is absurdly called an National Liberal Federation has-been-anti-Liberal or reactionary line. We are wrote: I cannot see my way to join accused, I see, by some of our new moniin declarations which condemn the gen summoned, while Lord. Oxford is to pre-tors in the Prese of being content with eral strike while refraining from criticism side at a luncheon which is being given sterile platitudes and constitu-of-the Government, who are equally, if at the National Liberal Club in honour tional pedantries." In my speech in the not more, responsible." of Sir Jolut Simon.
House of Lords, I pointed out in a prac
Practical suggestions for dealing with tical spirit the lines upon which, as 500 the coal dispute are welcomed by all of LORD, OXFORD'S, POSITION.
as the general strike had been cleared out! us and have been made by none more Appended are the letters.
of-the-way roads might be found to a clearly and usefully than yourself, but KING EDWARD peacefal and practicable winding-up of it seems to us to be pure opportunism to the quarrel. between the coal-owners and My dear Godfrey Collins, I address the miners. Some of my suggestions were these few lines to you that there may be subsequently adopted in substance by the afraid of facing cold steel" to re- no doubt in the minds of the rank and Archbishop of Canterbury and those as fuse to meet his colleagues at the crisis file of the party, as to the line which Isociated with him. Others, and in par- of the strike on the ground that he was have taken in recent transactions, or as ticular my advocacy of a return to the opposed to the demand for unconditional precedent set by my own Liberal Govern withdrawal, and, when that withdrawal to my present position.
I will deal first with the general strike, ment in to when we stepped over the took place, to tell his constituents that and next with the coal dispute. The bends of both the recalcitrart parties to he was alwaye in favour of the policy our own, that he refused to discuss with you. The general strike attasked some of the coat the dispute with legislation of principles of Liberalism the supremacy are, I believe, now regarded by practical disculties of co-operation in such cir of Parliament, the freedom of the Press, ly all Liberals, and by many who belong cumstances are well known to you and the right of the individual man to carry to no party, as still indicating the most to us, although they may not be always on his work, the protection of the hopeful way to a settlement The-at-appreciated by the general public elementary liberties of the whole comtempt to claim for any section of Liberals wood therefore think ourselves munity against the organized invasion of a monopoly of interest, or of construe
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Later on in the same week both I and month completing 40 years of service to Lorit Grey seat meninges through the the Liberal Party For a considerable GREY OF FALLODON. onis available organ, the British Garelle, part of the time I have been its Leader, Jon Simex. which were framed with the sole object and I have honestly striven, during the WALTER BUNCIMAN. of encouraging and stimulating the last two years, to recreate and to revive! LINCOLNSHIRE magnificent efforts of the nation. They the broken fabric of Liberal unity. It BUCKMASTER. were sent (of necessity) without any has been a burdensome, and in some of BUXTON. priceding consultation either between ourselves or our colleagues as was. Mr. Lloyd George's simultaneous communica tion to the American Press.
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Mr. C. A. McCurdy, K.C., stated last nights I am surprised to read in the letter addressed to Lord Oxford. to-day by Lord Grey of, Fallodon and others the following paragraph:- He (Mr. Lloyd George) discouraged the putting forward of more than 300 Liberalican-
I summoned a further meeting of the
OXFORD. "Shadow Cabinet for May 10th in order that we might explore again the SUPPORT FOR LORD OXFORD.
June 1st, 1928. possible ronds to an ultimate settlement of the coal dispute Mr. Lloyd George.
Dear Lord Oxford, We cannot allow declined-to-attend the meeting (in a letter not marked "private") on the you to bear the whole brunt of the didates at the last election.' I was ground that the messages sent by myself criticisin which has been directed against (jointly with Lord Gladstone and Sir and others were declarations of policy yon on the ground of your letter to Mr. Robert Hudson) in control of the ar made in the Government Press from Lloyd George. It is due to you that we rangements on behalf of the Liberal which he dissented, and that denuncis should say unreservedly that we aup-headquarters for the election in question. tions on our part of the strike ought port the course, which you, after end- Mr. Lloyd George was never consulted to be accompanied by denunications of less patience and life-long service to as to the number of Liberal candidates the Government who were equally if Liberalism, bave felt obliged to take to be put forward, and never interfered Bince Mr. Lloyd George broke up the in the matter in any way. The election. not more responsible."
first Coalition and became Prime Minis found the party unprepared and insuff ter, he has played many parts, and when ciently provided with candidates, but so in opposition, for the mutual Cabinet he rejoined you at the General Electionfar as I know & constituency and an when they are in office, and it has al of 1923, it was obvious to everybody that opportunity to stand were found for
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