7 APRIL 1925
Lord Ampthill called attention in the House of Lords to the case of those British officers in the public service of India to whom the Lee Commission report had made no reference, and asked whether their claims were now being considered. The Secretary for India said he had been inquiring into the matter, to see if some alleviation of the present position might not be given, and he would further investigate the matter with the Viceroy on his arrival in Britain. The Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Bill passed Committee, and was reported to the House without amendment.
A statement which she made in the House of Commons on Friday concerning Mr. Hayday, the member for West Nottingham, was unreservedly withdrawn by Lady Astor, who added that she had no intention of making any reference to the hon. member’s personal character.
The Ulster Government lost six out of sixteen seats in Belfast—three to the Independent Unionists and three to Labour. They also lost one seat in the counties. The features of the election have been the apathy of the electors and the success of the Independent Unionists, who, however, support the Government on the Boundary question and on all but local administrative matters.
Mr Austen Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, said fear brooded over Europe, the fear of war breaking out again, not perhaps in his time, and unless confidence and security in the international sphere could be established Europe was moving uneasily, perhaps slowly, but certainly, to a new catastrophe.
Field-Marshal Von Hindenburg has refused to stand as Nationalist candidate for the German Presidency. It is expected that Dr. Jarres will go forward as the nominee of the Right Block.