DRAMA NEARING CLIMAX
DEFEAT OF GOVERNMENT
LIKELY TO OCCUR TO-NIGHT.
(UNITED PRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COrTRIGHT.)
(REBTER'S TELEGRAM.)
(Received 21st January, noon.)
LONDON, 20th January.
The climax of the political drama is approaching. It is anticipated that the fateful division, which is practically certain to result in the defeat of the Government, will occur on Monday night (tonight).
Meanwhile, it is understood that Mr. Macdonald will take the Foreign' Office in addition to the Premiership, and, according to the newspapers, make several provisional Cabinet appointments, including Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor; Mr. J. R. Clynes, Lord Privy Seal and Deputy-Leader in the House of Commons; Mr. Sidney Webb, Minister of Labour; and Mr. Patrick Hastings, K.C., Attorney-General. It is stated that Miss Margaret Bondfield will be an Un-der-Secretary, the first woman to hold office in Britain.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1924, Page 7
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139DRAMA NEARING CLIMAX Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1924, Page 7
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