BALDWIN MUST GO ,

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19765, 21 December 1935, Page 7

BALDWIN MUST GO ,

PUBLIC NOT SATISFIED. UNEASINESS NOT DISPELLED. COMPLETE CONFIDENCE ESSENTIAL United Prass Assn.—Eleo Tel. Copyright. (Received Deo. 21, 11.45 a.m.) •LONDON, Dec. 20. The Sun-Herald says the members of the House of Commons departed today for the Christmas recess far from happy. Some of the Government’s most loyal supporters feel that while Sir Samuel Hoare has enhanced his prestige, the Government's case has not altogether satisfied public opinion or completely dispelled the uneasiness. Consequently It Is believed In many quarters that Mr Stanley Baldwin must, and will, eventually go. Mr Baldwin would not hold office a minute if he thought .he was not carrying the public's complete confidence, many believe that by Easter or summer Mr Baldwin will retire. He has frequently said In recent years that he is a tired man, and only continued in order to maintain the national character of the Government.

A TACTICAL BLUNDER.

BRITISH LABOUR PARTY. PREMIER’S HONOUR IMPUGNED. GOVERNMENT FORCES RALLIED. United Prass Asstr.—Elec Tel. Copyright. (Received Dec. 21, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Deo. 20. The greatest tactical blunder of tfye debate in the House of Commons was Major Attlee’s declaration that the Labour Party’s resolution affected Mr Stanley Baldwin’s honour. It gave Sir Austen Chamberlain an opportunity, which he immediately seized, to rally the supporters of the Government to Mr Baldwin’s side, a task which, as the Times admits, might otherwise have been more difficult. Actually no members of (he Government parties voted against the Government. The minority in both divisions consisted solely of Labourites, Opposition Liberals, and the Independent Labour Party group. BRITISH PRESS OPINION. POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION. GOVERNMENT DISARMS HOSTILITY STRONG 'CRITICISM OF PREMIER. LONDON, Dec. 20. The Times says the Government has in part disarmed hostility, firstly by withdrawing without delay from the too hasty decision extracted from it by events, and secondly by the unusual and wholly welcome candour with which it accounted for it. It has acknowledged freely the part that public opinion has played in restoring the shattered substance of British policy. Tho Daily Telegraph, in a leader, says Sir Samuel Hoare’s personal apologia became him well, but his restrained and mainly speech did not alter the general belief that his judgment was at fault. The Manchester Guardian says: “Sir Samuel Hoare had a personal success, but Mr Baldwin failed. Sir Samuel stated his case with dignity and lucidity, but did not shake Government supporters' conviction that he blundered. Nevertheless, it was the best speech he has ever made. Many declare that he made himself the future leader of the Tory Party. Mr Baldwin, on the other hand, disappointed woefully, and everybody wondered why he, too, 6hould not resign. At best he has shown himself a potterer. It Is strongly believed his days as leader are numbered.” The Daily Mail says Sir Samuel Hoare has been ordered three months’ rest, and will leave London, possibly for Switzerland, shortly. Severe Blow to Sanotlons. “ Sir Samuel achieved a personal triumph and dealt a severe blow to the sanctions system," is the Morning Post’s summing-up. It adds: “Sir Samuel Hoare may have failed to make good his case, but it was everywhere conceded that he focussed attention on the defects and perils of the sanctions system, which must now be squarely faced." The name of the new Foreign Secretary is expected to be announced to-night. Sir Austen Chamberlain is still first favourite.

THE FINAL RESORT.

APPEAL TO FORCE. MR N. CHAMBERLAIN’S WARNING. (Official Wireless.) (Received Deo. 21, 1.16 p.m.) RUGBY, Dec. 20. In winding up the debate on the peace proposals, Mr Neville Chamberlain said the Government stood as before for security by collective action. He had not lost his faith in the League, but the ultimate sanction behind the League must always be force, and unless members of the League were prepared to equip themselves and use that equipment If necessary, they could not expect to attain complete success. STOCK MARKETS UNSETTLED, PRICES LOWER ALL ROUND. PARTIAL RECOVERY LATER. United Prass Assit.—Elec Tel. Copyright. LONDON, Dec. 19. The City editor of the Times says Sir Samuel.Hoare’s resignation and the serious turn of the coal negotiations have unsettled the slock markets. At the opening prices were lower all round, but there was no pressure to sell, dealers In the security markets marking down prices immediately business began in order to check the selling movement. A recovery occurred later, though it did not compensate for the earlier declines. Shares of silver-producing companies broke further, while the sanctions problem has weakened the oil shares, LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION. RESOLUTION TO GOVERNMENT, (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) TIMARU, Friday. Tho following resolution has been sent to the Government by the Dominion Council of the League of Nations Union in New Zealand: — “ The council respectfully urges upon the Government that, In the interests of world peace and collective security, it should immediately Intimate in the British Government that It cannot support the Franco-British peace plan. for the settlement of the ItaloEthlopian dispute, as, In it« opinion, the proposed terms violate the spirit and letter of the Covenant of the League, upon which lb* hopes of ike world for enduring peace and security are based.*