Baldwin Attacked

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 30 November 1927, Page 8

Baldwin Attacked

ARTICLE BY H. G. WELLS A SUGGESTED COALITION TO OUST CONSERVATIVES. London, Nov. 28. Mr. H G. Wells makes a slashing attack on the Baldwin Government in a special article in tho “Daily Express.” “One salvation of the country,” he says, “is a coalition of the Liberal and Labour parties, under the leadership of Mr Philip Snowden. thi> owe man who can best lead the British Empire back to sanity, security, service and peace. What exists is to he considered merely as a narcotic Gov.

eminent, drowsing inattentively, and the situation really is the most dangerous Britain liaj ever known. It is •stupidity, not merely passive stupidity as we once believed, but active stupidity.” Mr. Wells challenges tne Governnrent lor setting things moving in the direction ot war uu three cardinal points Firstly: Supporting aggressively the reactionary Mussolini, author of tawdry unclean tyranny, to a pitch amounting to virtual. betrayal of Republican Prance and Germany. Secondly: Failure m> reach «» understanding with America. Thirdly: The Russian muddle, resulting in broken off trade, creating the impression, iu the world generally and in Russia particularly that Britain is the foremost enemy oi the Soviet, foremost enemy of the Soviet. Even the grave social war waged nt Home dwarfted the monstrous international dangers. Mr. Wells condemns ns implacable stupidity the policy of pure Liberalism of Sir Herbert Samuel and the fantastic vanity and loneliness ot Mr. MacDonald which rules out a Liberal-

Labour coalition majority. “Britain,” he says, “wants such a coalitjon as an antiGovernment majority plainly Labour, and there must be a Labour leader. Mr. Snowden, a> a man. ha» the peculiar quality of greatness. Mr. Lloyd George might work with him, because he does not possess the narrowmindedness of Sir Herbert Samuel or the lonely vanity of Mr. MacDonald.” Mr Wells advocates that everybody at the next election should disregard the differences of Liberal and Labour and vote for a legitimate claimant to a seat, whether Libera! of Labour, thereby defeating the Tory—(A and N.Z.)