THE CONQUEROR
ARRIVAL IN LONDON
LABOUR LEADER'S VIEWS
Australian Press "Association,
LONDON, Ist June.
Mr. Eamsay Mac Donald had a remarkable reception on his arrival at London from Seaham Harbour, where he had the largest majority of any constituency in Britain. Towards the hour at which his train was due, all the streets round King's Cross Station were impassable. A squad of police managed to protect the Labour leader, who reached his home at Hampstead worn out, and craving only for sleep. He had said en route pathetically, perhaps prophetically, "It won't be all beer and skittles for me. You have finished the fight. I am only beginning to bear the burden, but I will do so cheerfully, knowing that I have your sympathy and support." Both he and Mr. Lloyd George are now resting at home. The latter will in a few days be consulting his supporters. It is understood that Mr. Eamsay Mac Donald has already drafted his Ministry.
, Mr. Mac Donald. interviewed by the "Sunday Times,"' said: "I think the
Labour Party, being the largest of the three, ought to be the one to form a Government.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 127, 3 June 1929, Page 9
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190THE CONQUEROR Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 127, 3 June 1929, Page 9
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