Gloomy Britain

COMMONWEALTH

(British Commonwealth of Nations)

"I appeal to my fellow-countrymen and women to give me their support today in the fight against unemployment. I ask this for their own sake and for the sake of the rising generations.

(Signed) "STANLEY BALDWIN."

This, the last election manifesto of Premier Baldwin, closed what has been termed "the hardest fought political campaign in the history of England."

Two days later a million people were said to have assembled in the streets of London to await the outcome of the elections. Elaborate preparations were made to give...

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