SYMPTOMS OF REVOLT
ST. GEORGE'S BY-ELECTION
BALDWIN CHALLENGED
United Tress As3ociation—Bj Electric Tele- . srapli—Copyright. (Received 2nd March, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 2Sth February. Sir Ernest Pettcr has. announced that he is contesting the St.. George's, Westminster, seat, left vacant by tho death of Sir L. Worthington-Evans, ■■ as an Independent Conservative. This is a definite challenge to Mr. Baldwin's leadership, ,■ \Vhieh. he describes as . disastrous. He favours Empire Free Trade, economy, arid a /firm hand in India. Sir JErnest Fetter's announcement has shocked the Conservatives, whose dismay is intensified,by the refusal of Colonel Moore-Brabazon, ex-Minister of the Baldwin Government, to accept the party's nomination1 for1 the1 St. George's 'seat.../ ■'■);.,. ■; ",.'■ ■■.■ -: ''.-,,.■.''. ' . ,/
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Evening Post, Issue 51, 2 March 1931, Page 9
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107SYMPTOMS OF REVOLT Evening Post, Issue 51, 2 March 1931, Page 9
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