MR. CHAMBERLAIN CHEERED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 116, 2 June 1937, Page 5

MR. CHAMBERLAIN CHEERED

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First Appearance as Prime Minister TRIBUTE ACKNOWLEDGED -

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(Beceived 2, 8.45 a.m.) BUGBY, May 31. Mr. Chamberlain was received with loud cheers on his first appearance in the House of Commons as Prime Minister. lmmediately after questions the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. O. R. Attlee, paid a tribute to Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in which the Leader of the Opposition Liberal Party, Sir Arohibald Sinclair, joined, and to which Mr. Chamberlain replied. Mr Attlee said that future historians no doubt woujd agree, as the Opposition did, about Mr. Baldwin 's policy and actions, but he was certain they would be one in acclaiming him as a great Parliamentarian who possessed in eingular degree the faoulty of judging the temper of the House and responding to its moods, and they would xecall him also as one who inspired affection as a man. The passing from the House of a man who for 14 years led a great and historic party and for the greater part of that time bore a heavy weight of xesponsibility in difficult and anxious days marked the close of' a notable chapter in British -Parliamentary history. Mr. Chamberlain, in acknowledging the trdbutes to his late leader, spoke of him as one who gave his. confidence freely and fully to his colleagues, and was a wise and sagacious Minister and an affectionate friend whose friendship has been to him not only a delight in itself but a liberal education as well. In acknowledging election as leader of the party, Mr. Chamberlain eaid: "These nest two years may well be critical in the history of Europe. Whether they end in chaos or in the gradual appeaseipent of old enmity and the restoration of confidence and Btabili„y, will depend very largely upon the part played by this country, which as bound to be important and may well be decisxve. If we are to exert our full influence in the right direction, we shall require something more than devotion and loyalty to purely party allegiance.