TO PROTECT POLICE .sx Federation Sequel To Gateshead Action .sx An important sub-committee has been appointed by the Police Council to examine far-reaching Police Federation proposals consequent upon the Gateshead case involving Constables Corrigan and Drummond , against whom damages were awarded to a man who alleged that they had employed unnecessary violence in apprehending him .sx The Gateshead Town Council rejected the Watch Committee's recommendation that the costs should be met from public funds and , eventually the requisite sum was provided by the contributions of police colleagues in Gateshead , Newcastle and Durham County .sx It is now proposed to establish a fund to provide adequate legal assistance to police officers who incur civil actions in the discharge of their duty , the payment , in approved instances , of damages awarded against them , and to sue for compensation against negligent third parties .sx GOVERNMENT NOT GUILTY .sx P.M. DEFENDS AIR TROPHY DECISION .sx ANNOUNCED YEAR AGO .sx The Prime Minister , in the House of Commons yesterday blamed the aircraft industry and the Royal Aero Club for not approaching the Government sooner with regard to a British Schneider Cup entry .sx Mr. MacDonald , in reply to Mr. Smithers , who suggested that he had pledged the British nation to defend the Schneider Trophy , said " The construction which the hon .sx member seeks to place upon my informal remarks on the evening of the contest in 1929 is quite unwarranted .sx " I wished to give expression to the hope that we all share , that a British entry would be forthcoming for the next contest , and to enable such an entry to be organised the cheapest possible intimation was given in the following month that the Government would not be prepared again to enter an official team .sx " Neither of the two organisations primarily interested , viz .sx the Royal Aero Club and the Society of British Aircraft Constructors , made any representations to the Air Ministry until more than a year later .sx POLICY RECONSIDERED .sx " The Royal Aero Club definitely stated that they were unable to raise funds so as to undertake the organisation necessary to defend the trophy .sx " On this basis the Government again considered the matter and decided that their previous policy must be maintained .sx " Mr. Hore Belisha :sx " If it were that made that the Government should support this contest would the Government re-consider its position ?sx " The Prime Minister :sx " I hope before people call in that way they will consider the position in which we are placed .sx I will leave it at that .sx " " Personally , I am as keen on this contest as any man living , but no blame can be laid on the Government if there is not a British entrant in this race .sx " GREAT CALL FOR ECONOMY .sx NATIONAL APPEAL STARTS TO-DAY .sx A WARNING .sx RETRENCH OR PREPARE FOR DISASTER .sx A great economy call to the nation will be inaugurated this afternoon when a demonstration will be held in London which promises to be one of the most influential since the war .sx Mr. E. C. Greenfell , M.P. , will preside .sx An appeal to the nation to support this economy call is made by Viscount Leverhulme who in a letter to the 'Daily Telegraph' says :sx - " To-morrow ( Tuesday ) afternoon at Cannon Street Hotel at three o'clock Viscount Grey of Fallodon , Sir Robert Horne , M.P. , and Sir Ernest Benn will inform the nation of the gravity of the economic position and the imperative need for retrenchment in public expenditure .sx " The following day and during the weeks and months to come those associated with me in the 'Friends of Economy' movement will carry the campaign into the other great commercial and industrial centres of the country and continue it until the demand for economy becomes the nation's most urgent cry .sx " PATH TO PROSPERITY .sx Resolutions in the following terms will be moved - .sx That the revival of the true spirit of in national and personal affairs is necessary to the recovery of prosperity and to avoid disaster .sx That in view of the injurious effects upon and trade and industry of the burden of national and local taxation , by withdrawing resources from use in business and thus directly contributing to unemployment , this meeting calls upon the Government and local authorities to cease from all expenditure which is not absolutely necessary .sx The Economic League will confer on Wednesday as to the holding of the meetings of a similar character to the city demonstrations at Glasgow , Edinburgh , Newcastle and other centres .sx CONSCRIPT THE WORKLESS .sx DR. B. MORGAN'S CURE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT .sx MORPETH ADDRESS .sx " It would be better for some of our unemployed , especially the young ones , to have the mere physical benefit of an Army training rather than to lounge on the streets week after week , waiting for a job that never turns up .sx " So declared Dr. Betty Morgan , prospective Liberal candidate for Sunderland , at a Liberal meeting at Morpeth last night .sx Drawing attention to the system of conscription in France , she pointed out that France had practically no unemployment problem .sx Dr. Morgan said that Liberals were proud of the tremendously fine achievements of Liberalism in the past .sx The programme of modern Liberalism seemed the most constructive , the most imaginative , and the most modern , of any programme before the country to-day .sx If the Free Trade position was to be retained , the onus to maintain it must fall on the parties whose name was traditionally associated with it .sx PROTECTION USELESS .sx If it could be proved that Protection would conquer unemployment , who would not cheerfully throw over his Free Trade convictions and join up with the Conservative party , she asked .sx But all the facts pointed in the other direction .sx With the single exception of France , the great Protective nations of the world to-day had a worse unemployment problem than Great Britain .sx Dr. Morgan went on to confess that if she could by any chance support Socialism , she would rather follow Mr. Maxton than others in the Party , because Mr. Maxton at least had the courage of his convictions .sx However interesting Socialism might be on theoretical grounds , face to face with the urgent and immediate problems it did not bring the solution any nearer .sx MENACE TO STERLING .sx MORE BIG SHIPMENTS OF GOLD TO FRANCE .sx PROTECTING THE ( By Our City Editor .sx ) The financial world is increasingly alarmed at the persistent French gold demand which is seriously menacing the position of the Bank of England .sx A further large withdrawal from the Bank occurred yesterday , and there will be another to-day , while , at the same time , French interests have purchased practically all the 500,000 Cape gold to arrive in the open market .sx In the normal functioning of credit , the heavy gold exports to France should have long ago corrected the position by depreciating the exchange value of francs to the advantage of sterling , but in spite of the huge quantity of gold that has gone to France , the rate of exchange is still at a menacing point .sx Several ideas are advanced to explain the anomaly .sx One is that French balances in London , which are always large , are being repatriated either because of the political situation on the Continent or because the economic situation in the country , following the recent banking trouble , is unsatisfactory .sx DISCOUNTS STIFFENED .sx It is also suggested that the gold movement is engineered by one single individual .sx It may be so , but as the profit on shipping a million francs is calculated to be equal to no more than 14s .sx the suggestion seems incomprehensible seeing that the operator must be adopting special measures for keeping the exchange at the profitable point .sx The authorities here are fully alive to the situation .sx During the last few days they have been adopting corrective measures which have had the effect of stiffening discount ( bill ) quotations and , coincidentally , depleting the supply of money in Lombard Street .sx The effect , however , has so far been negligible , for the franc is still menacing the sterling .sx BEWILDERING POSITION .sx Possibly more stringent measures can be adopted without falling back on the expedient of increasing the Bank Rate , but it is not so certain in the minds of some competent observers whether even a higher Bank Rate would have the desired effect .sx The position is bewildering and is causing great uneasiness , especially as the sterling ought to be showing to great advantage in relation to American dollars and open up the prospect of relief by gold shipments from New York to London .sx The cross-currents in the dollar-sterling exchange cause considerable apprehension .sx It is known that because of the situation in the United States a lot of American money is coming to London for employment , which itself should have the effect of elevating the value of sterling .sx There is , however , it is suspected , a contrary undercurrent which cannot be definitely traced .sx SENSATIONAL SPLIT ON INDIA .sx Winston Breaks Away From Conservative Policy .sx HIS ATTITUDE REPUDIATED .sx Mr. Baldwin Reproves Him For Fiery Speech .sx ( From PERCY CATER .sx ) WESTMINSTER , Monday .sx MR. BALDWIN REPUDIATED in the House of Commons to-night the speech on India and the Round Table Conference made by Mr. Churchill .sx In the debate , in which the Prime Minister reported to the House the proceedings of the conference and the Conservative and Liberal delegates had expressed official approval , subject to reservations and safeguards , Mr. Churchill launched a passionate attack on the Government for its " premature " action , on the conference and on the proposals .sx Mr. Baldwin made it plain that Mr. Churchill was not speaking for the party but for himself and a number of people who shared his views .sx If , he said , the Conservative Party should change places with the Socialist Party and resume the government of the country , it would try and implement as far as it could what had been done at the Conference .sx He admitted that very little had been agreed to by the conference , but none the less the striking fact was the agreement in principle that they should work for a federal system .sx Mr. Baldwin ironically remarked that if this had been a " day of silence " for Mr. Churchill he would not have intervened .sx This was , of course , a direct reproof to Mr. Churchill for having interrupted the debate with a personal view so much at variance with official Conservative opinion .sx Mr. Churchill's irreconcilability on the subject of India has emphasised differences with his ex-Cabinet associates with which political rumour has been busy for some time .sx To Retire ?sx Mr. Baldwin's declaration is taken as marking a definite break , and in some quarters to-night it was hazarded that under the weight of such a humiliation , Mr. Churchill might retire from political life .sx Mr. Baldwin in the debate to-night took pains to dissociate himself entirely from the views expressed by Mr. Churchill .sx " I should consider it my duty if I were leading the party ( in office ) , " he declared , " to use every effort in my power to bring about that federal situation .sx " I recognize the difficulties , which are stupendous , but I will face them with courage and in the hope and belief that neither British nor Indian statesmanship be bankrupt .sx " Isolated .sx The direct retort to Mr. Churchill was greeted by cheers from Socialist and Liberal benches , and by some scattered cheers from the Conservative side .sx Mr. Churchill , the other chief actor at the scene , took it calmly , even with a smile .sx He was on the front Conservative bench , but was a few places from Mr. Baldwin , a seat he had seemed to be forced into when he entered the House .sx It was noticed that Mr. Churchill was seeking a seat near the dispatch box , but being unable to wedge himself in among the crowd of ex-Ministers he took a place over the left flank .sx When he began his attack - although , of course , the whole House , knew he was a freelance on the subject - he pointed out he was not voicing the official of his party , but was speaking as a " Member of Parliament , " putting a view which ought to be heard .sx His isolation was more apparent when he satirically congratulated the Conservative delegates to the conference on the skill , patience and tact with which they extricated themselves from the exceedingly difficult situation .sx Late in the evening followed Mr. Baldwin's sensational repudiation of his colleague .sx " View Held By Many .sx "