"Villain!"

GREAT BRITAIN

"A good woman" is what everyone calls Mrs. Lucy Baldwin, wife of the Conservative Party's leader. In her Stanley's rise to the Prime Ministry (1923-24; 1924-29) she observed "the hand of Divine Providence." If David Lloyd George would switch his Liberal Party into coalition with the Conservatives instead of supporting Laborite Ramsay MacDonald, Mr. Baldwin might become Prime Minister again tomorrow.

These facts, the citizens of Buckingham Town found out last week, have for good Mrs. Baldwin but one meaning. In opening the Conservative Christmas Fair at Buckingham she said:

"The villain of the great War was the German Emperor. The villain of today is David Lloyd George. He is wrecking the country."

On the same day musing, muddling Stanley Baldwin (not half so sure of his mission from On High as is Lucy) talked to a student audience at the University of Glasgow of which this year he is Lord Rector. "Whatever the cares of the day, I always enjoy my breakfast," mused he. "Every morning I am full of hope, faith and cheer. By lunch time I've lost a great deal of it and by evening I've nearly given up all hope of this world or the next."

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