26 JUNE 1936, Page 3

For all their resounding triumph in the Division Lobby, the

Government will have to go very carefully if they arc not going permanently to alienate the eleven million who voted in the Peace Ballot and possess therefore a voting strength that might on occasion be decisive. It is clear that the Prime Minister realises this. The passage in his speech in which he referred to " the indiscretions " of Mr. Neville Chamberlain has not had the attention in the Press that, in my judgement, its importance deserves. It seemed to me a definite repudiation of the Chancellor's observations about regional pacts.