MR BALDWIN’S PLEDGE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 26, 12 November 1935, Page 5

MR BALDWIN’S PLEDGE.

rest of his life for country DIFFICULTIES OF DISARMAMENT LONDON, Nov. 9. In his final election broadcast, the Prime Minister, Mr Stanley Baldwin, referred to international disarmament, to promote which, he said, no countiy had done more than Britain. In this matter, however, an agreement must bo secured among a numuer of countries, among which were to be found every variety of conditions in then history, in their surroundings and ways of life, in their strength and in their weakness. That explained why progress had been much slower than the people in this country would have wished. “I pledge myself to you,” lie concluded, “that if you give me confidence now, I will give you all tnat; is in mo to give you during the fewi years that are all that can remain to me at my present age, and I pledge that service to you and to my countvy.”

CONTESTS FOR LONDON SEATS.

LONDON, Nov. 11. The “Daily Telegraph” says that the Labour party will ( receive a shock from the London electorates. It believes that it will recover the 19 seats lost in 1931, bill the Conservatives believe that Labour is oversanguine, and hope to hold several, including Mile End, because of the popularity of Dr. O’Donovan, due to his excellent work in the hospitals. . The Conservatives believe that Mr C. R. Attlee’s seat is endangered. The electorate of Britain totals 31,305,527, of wdiom 16,525,246 are women. The total of the electorate is 1,345,456 above the 1931 figure. CONSERVATIVES OPTIMISTIC. LONDON, November 10. Baron Stonehaven (chairman of the Conservative Party organisation) told tlie “Observer” that reports throughout the country were most encouraging but it was essential that everyone should vote. The Labourites privately estimate that they will win 150 seats, ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS. WEST END HOTELS AND CLUBS. \ LONDON, Nov. 10. There will be a lull in the election campaign to-morrow, owing to it being Armistice Day. The speeches will reach the climax on Tuesday. West End hotels, restaurants, and clubs are making the most of election night. Some have obtained an extension of licenses until two a.m. oh Friday, when cabaret turns and election

results will alternate. The Savoy restaurant has arranged a.model Big Ben with ladders, up which effigies of the party leaders wil? mount as the results arrive.