"My lords and members of the House of Commons ... in bidding you farewell, I earnestly commend you to the merciful protection and guidance of Almighty God."
Thus from the Throne spoke George V last week, prorogued Parliament, plunged his realm into what Laborite William Graham called "one of the most savage elections of modern times."
In his high silk hat, in his bankerish tailcoat, Labor Party Leader Arthur Henderson looks neither savage nor Socialist. But savage to British bankers seemed the election manifesto which mild "Uncle Arthur"...
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