NATIONAL CRISIS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1931, Page 9

NATIONAL CRISIS

USE FOE PAKTY

ENDS

NOT PLAYING THE GAME

LONDON, 13th October. Mr. Kainsay MaeDonald, in his address to a crowded meeting at Soaham, said that he would be a Labour man until his death, though he had not always followed the dictates of the caucus, and was not scared to snap his fingers at political excommunication.

The national crisis gave men an opportunity of serving with other parties without changing their ultimate opinions. Some social organisations were determined to use the crisis for party ends. That was not playing the game. It was a denial of the very essence of National Government.

The electors of the constituencies concerned should ignore the executives and vote for the representatives of the Government, irrespective of party. Tho Government, Mr. Mac Donald continued, must have a mandate to rcsfcoro Britain's trade balanco and solve unemployment, the figures of which this week would show a considerable diminution. Mr. MacDonaid's arrival at Scaham constituted the official opening of active electioneering.

RECEPTION AT SEAHAM,

The minors of the constituency were clown in tho pits when he arrived, so tho crowd of welcome consisted mainly of women, who greeted Mr. MaeDonald with cries of '' Go in and win, Earnsay.'' "That is what I have come for," retorted the Prime Minister.

Acting under his doctor's orders, Mi". MaeDonald will not attempt outdoor

speaking. The 2S National Labour candidates going to the polls are relying largely on special posters, one of which depicts Mr. MaeDonald as a captain who has stuck to his ship. The Labourites expect to have 520 candidates, including 30 women, compared with* 570 candidates in 1929.