NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 21 October 1924

21 OCTOBER 1924

Stanley Baldwin, in a speech at Southend, urged the importance of an inquiry into food prices. Referring to Russia in his Southend speech, Baldwin that at one time there went up a cry of “Hands off Russia.” He thought it was time some of them said to Russia, “Hands off Britain.”

Addressing Paisley electors, Herbert Asquith said it was not for the Labour party of all people in the world to descant on the immorality of what we called pacts. The Liberal party put them in office and kept them there so long as it was safe for the country to do so.

David Lloyd George, speaking at Walsall, dealt with the land question and the Liberal programme in regard to it.

Referring to the Campbell case at Aberavon, Sir Alfred Mond said the Workers Weekly article was an incitement drawn up in Moscow.

That this country, if it committed itself to a loan to Russia, would assume a responsibility for the crimes of the Soviet Government was emphasised by Winston Churchill in the course of a speech at Epping.

The Prime Minister, speaking at Leicester, said that to the Labour party the issue of the election was “Is Labour to rule? Is the Labour Government to receive a vote of confidence from the country or is it not?”

In West Edinburgh Mr Ian MacIntyre, the Unionist candidate, is waging a vigorous campaign against both Liberal and Socialist nominees.