I understand that Lord Passfield has notified the Premier of his intention to resign as Colonial Secretary at the end of the present session, and that the portfolic, with a peerage, has been offered to Mr. Philip Snowden, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Political Correspondent of the “Sunday Express” writes to-day.
Rumours that Mr. Snowden will take a peerage and retire to the House of Lords are altogether premature, the “Sunday Dispatch” Political Correspondent counters, but he adds that it is highly probable that Lord Passfield may not continue in office after the end of the present session. He is 72, and feels the strain of an office which has become increasingly busy of late years. It has been known for some time that he wants to retire. It is unlikely, however, he says, that Mr. Snowden would accept this office in the event of his giving up the Chancellorship.
Mrs. Snowden, the wife of the Chancellor, describes the report as an invantion. My husband, she has told the press, is not resigning from the Chancellorship, and reports that he may be given a peerage are pure fabrications.
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