COMMENT OF PRESS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 19, 23 January 1924, Page 7

COMMENT OF PRESS

MR. ASQUITH CONDEMNED

PARTY WHICH BETRAYED ITS

Mr tf M Oi) TDON. 22nd January. wi^\? ','," haS arran Sed to confer seethe 3K^ 1168 *** h° succeed I can only say that no Government ever responsible for the affabs of this country will h ave more honl^ tried to serve it than we shall Party. What has happened will be a great inspiration to every workinman and woman to Work and Sa cri°

Owing to the newspapers printing earlier, editorial comment was mostfv written beforehand, based on ?Zegone conclusion. The "Daily Tele graph says that the blindness of Mr" Asquith s followers will not be forgotten by the anti-Socialist forces when the S? consequences of theft tra^iftLr *°™ A *» m k K I", M?™ ing Post" remarks that Mr. Baldwin is serene in defeat, because r!b wa? f e eatec! in a good -i Liberal betrayal of the present order Fart^ f, Ye that tho Conservative ™ y, i uemerga Stronger and of more and better service to the nation for this heavy misfortune."® Iho Daily Chronicle" says that the Bnfeh public will watch k kfcl'off sniriJ , / °, nald 8 team in a fair ances for "^ *" reas™able allowances lor newcomers. FREEDOM AFTER TYRANNY th'ft hMr"M erai d" °baerv<* editorially that Mr. Macdonald is taking office not J" a &lo f w °f tr;umph, but with a deep sense of responsibility and clear par ceptaon of the 'difficulties confronting the Ministry, which,can rely on barely one-third of the votes of the Commoners ih,t /';! Pro^eds to argue that one of the worst features of the war was that it gave tyranny the ad! vantage over freedom. ' Now there is inrTTU every°ne is deling that the worst of the reaction is over The "Daily Express" says that .the Conservatives must put their house >in order under a leadership inspiring en" thnsiasm. They must attract young. energetic men and women, drop the ancient shibboleths, be progress!™, yfe! orous, and high-spirited^ If these factors are mobilised, history will have only one verdict on an attempt to foist Socialism on an unwilling na tion