LORD LLOYD’S RESIGNATION IS GRAVE MATTER BALDWIN SAYS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 71, 27 July 1929, Page 5

LORD LLOYD’S RESIGNATION IS GRAVE MATTER BALDWIN SAYS

EGYPTI AM SITU AT SOM IS discussed. DID GOVERNMENT WANT A ( DUMMY, IS THERE CHANGE OF POLICY. (Received 9.35 a.m.) LONDON, July 2G. In the House of Commons on the motion for adjournment, for the summer recess, Mr Baldwin drew attention to the ffi’eat gravity of the matter of Lord 1 Lloyd’s resignation nr dismissal. He hoped Hon. Arthur Henderson would he able to dispel Wednesday’s mist which had developed. Mr Baldwin traced the historv*"of onr policy in Egypt to the” 1922 declaration recognising Egypt’s independence subject to reservation. Ho alluded to the failure, of the Zaghlul Pasha .Treaty in which it was stated the. presence of British troops in nowise meant occupation or prejudiced Egypt’s sovereign rights. (Labour laughter). Mr Baldwin. continued that the failure was clue to the extremists' belief that they could got better terms under another Government hut there was nothing in the negotiations between Zaghlonl Pasha, and Mr MacDonald to show the latter was prepared for any serious departure from the 1922 declaration. SUEZ CANAL. Mr Baldwin recalled Mr MacDonald’s statement in the House just before. his defeat .in Ml that no Government in the lisrht of a world] war should divest itself wholly of its’ interest in the Suez Canal which was a vital link in British communication. (Opposition cheers). Lord Lloyd occnphfl one of the most difficult posts. He was. of the type who was, not afraid to speak his mind, and was able to. arsnie and criticise which it was the Foreign Office’s dntv to listen and receive. Their representative must early out his instructions, or, if fie d’sagreed, he must resign, if he regarded the subject as a sufficiently important matter of principle. t A GREATER QUESTION. Why did Lord Lloyd resign or why was he dismissed. The question was far greater than Lord Lloyd’s personality. Did the Government desire t,he resignation because it did not want a public servant who criticised its decision. Did it want a dummy or was there a change of policy which would lead to Lord Lloyd’s resignation so that it was simpler to get him out of the way he Fin e the change o£_policy occurred). (Opposition cheers)’.— Australian Prelss Assn. United Service,