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LIBERAL'S RETORT LORD MAYOR OF

TO LL G.

CANDIDATE AND SPEECH AT..

MANCHESTER.

UNITY POLICY FIRST.

Mr. S. Copo Morgan, the defeat

PORTSMOUTH” ·

DOCKYARD CITY'S CLAIM.

GREATER DIGNITY.

The people of Portsmouth have ed Liberal candidate in the recent a real grievance. Públic opinion by-election at Northampton, has is becoming, more and more con acnt the following letter to Mr corned with regard to the anomaly Lloyd Georgo:

of the designation of its civic hond.

1, New-squaro, Lincoln's Inn, Should not the chief magistrato: .14 Feb. 1928. of so important a place, with Its The Right Hon. D. Lloyd George.great naval dockyard and its Sir, I was astounded to find peculiar geographical position as that you had, "after careful one of the chief "gateways of the thought," occupied a large portion Empire" boast Its Lord Mayor? of your Manchester speech in a personal attack upon me. I prefer the word personal to acrid, though I am not sure that both would not be.applicable.

The claim to this greater dignity is sanctioned by the fact that so long ago as. April, 1926, greatness was thrust upon Portsmouth when It was a city in its civid right. It was all the more surprising.

Four months later the Prince of that you should publicly charge my Wales became the first Freeman candidature at Northampton with of the new city, and last October responsibility for the result of that the Home Secretary, Sir William. election, since the last official com- Joynson-Hicks, and his Majesty's ment I received had been a most Lieutenant of the County of flattering letter from Sir Herbert Southampton, Major-General J. E. Samuel, who begged me to fight B. Seuly, became the next two the seat at the General Election. Freemen (the first Freemen of the

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at my special request, outlined in Northampton the then town of Portsmouth received the unpublished proposals of the honour back in the fifteen-hun- Liberal Industrial Report,

|dreds), Then, too, in October, Apart from the fact that 1927, Portsmouth became a cathe- Northampton Liberals and dral city, the Bishop (Dr. Novilla financed the election, I had the valu-Lovett) being enthroned on the able support of the party organisa-Uth of that month.

tion.

"Two Charges."

Citizens" Views.

"Let our city have Its Lord You make two charges against Mayor" is the point of view ex- me: First, that the battle "was pressed by a number of prominent fought on a programime which is citizens. One of their number en- associated with rather a factional umerated several Important func- organisation of the party."

tions which the Mayor, as civic

Of course you refer to the Liberal head, had been called upon to Council. In the interest of unity perform in the name of Porls- at Northampton-a singularly mouth

difficult place in which to achieve. During the past three years It I declined an invitation to join alone there had come to Poris- that body. With the same object mouth representatives of the Aus- in view, the speakers at my tralian Fleet, in 1924, and again principal meetings, in a very short in 1926; of the Italian Fleet, in campaign were Sir Herbert Samuel and Dr. Macnamara, a member of French Fleet towards the end of 1920; and representatives of the your Coalition Government, Not

last year. without success I have done my level best to heal the division in; Northampton,

Your charge that I did not fight "on the whole programme of the party" is not only unfair but un-

true.

Confusing on

such occasions, and certainly embarrassing for visitors from abroad to be re- ferring to Portsmouth as a city, and to its civic chief as Mayor, the designation, "My Lord Mayor' Your second charge is personal would be more usual, and would to yourself. You said: "I under- more adequately convey the res- atand his attitude towards me ia ponsibility of the position which what I should call frigid. . . . He for the time now reats on the went out of his, way to make it shoulders of the Mayor. clear that he had nothing to do; From time to time there have with me or my programme both by been attempts to draw attention to his speeches and his silences.. the present' anomaly, and to see both by the testimonials which he whether something could not be circulated and by the testimonials done to remedy it, only for the which were absent."

How am I responsible for "testi-matter to be relegated to

"great postponed." monials which were absent?"

I specially asked whether a wireless message from yourself could be

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obtained, but it was not forth-THREE SENTENCES BY coming. I suppressed no single "lestimonial" that I received.

I was certainly not aware that before accepting the Invitation of a Liberal Association one must not only support Liberal policy, but must also proclaim a warmth of admiration for yourself and for "your policy" in so far as that is a separate entity.

MR. MEAD.

REDUCED AT LONDON SESSIONS.

Three sentences of imprisonment passed by Mr. Mead, the Magistrate, were reduced at London Seasiona.. I frankly admit that my "In our view this is exactly a case enthusiasm for you le not warm, in which the Probation Act was but I have in the interests of unity intended to apply," said Sir Robert deliberately refrained from any Wallace, K.C., when the Court, criticism of you. In the absence while upholding the conviction of of enthusiasm. I thought that the Margaret Bade at Marlborough- better course.

street Police Court for stealing

That the course you have adopted dresses from a shop where she was in attacking me is calculated to pre- an assistant, reduced a sentence of| judice that party unity which I de-four months' imprisonment passed sire, is, I think, clear from the fol-by Mr. Mead and ordered her in- lowing extract from the leading stead to be bound over. article upon your speech in the "It would be a fearful thing for | Northampton | Daily Echo. "It a woman with such a good character: would be idle to pretend that the us she has to have it destroyed," speech Mr. Lloyd George måde is said Sir Robert. "That is practi- not embarrassing to Northampton cally what it means if she is sent | Liberals. It is embarrassing, to prison."

We have had keen divisions in The woman, it was stated, had! Northampton, they have almost en- employment to go to. tirely been swept away. There was A conviction again John Ittle sign in December and January Christian Reid, a young Australian, of any party differences. Mr. Cope who was sentenced by Mr. Mead to; Morgan had the good support of a month's imprisonment in the all good Liberals."

second division for being drunk in charge of a motor car, was upheld, by Mr. H. W. Wilberforce and other Magistrates, but they altered the sentence to a fine of £50 and costs. Reid was disqualified from hold- ing a driving licence for three years. "It is a most amazing sentence,” Capt. A. G. Renton (Con) 14,616 was Mr. St. John Hutchinson's S. Cope Morgan (Lib)... 0,584 comment on a sentence of two

I am, Yours, faithfully, S. COPE MORGAN. The result of the Northamption election was declared on January 10 as follows: Lieut.-Col. C. L'Estrange

Malone (Lab)

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E. A. Hailwood (Ind Con)- 1,093 | months" imprisonment, also passed

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afternoon, The pictures, numbering nearly 100, are all of

to take him into his employ again. paintings, and were chosen as tion, but reduced the sentence by The Court confirmed the convic- representative of the best work binding him over under the Pro- of contemporary British artists.bation Act.

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