Foreign News: Sinking Stanley

When Lucy and the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin returned last September from their annual water cure at Aix-les-Bains, she was said to have successfully bucked him up, persuaded him out of his strong desire to resign as Leader of the Conservative Party.

Ever since the fall of his Government 16 months ago, the post of Leader has been torture to Mr. Baldwin. Every morning, every evening the newspapers of Baron Beaverbrook, ruthless "Hearst of England," badger him to resign, give insulting reasons—the real reason being that Lord...

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