20 Speeches, 25,000 Miles

Accompanied by his daughter, Lady Eleanor Smith, Viscount Birkenhead was due to reach Manhattan on board the Mauretania. They were scheduled to leave immediately for Williamstown where Lord Birkenhead will deliver his lecture to the Institute of Politics ( TIME, Aug. 20). He will also address the American Bar Association at Minneapolis on Developments in the

English Constitution in the Last Fifty fears.

His visit to the U. S. over, Lord Birkenhead and his daughter will leave for a visit to Canada. In Montreal he will address the Canadian Bar Association on International Law as the War Has Left It. In all, Lord Birkenhead will travel 25,000 miles and make some 20 addresses before he sets foot once more on his native soil.

Before leaving Waterloo Station, London, the ex-Lord Chancellor was asked if he had written out his speeches. " No," replied Lord Birkenhead, " God has given me a tongue and that is better than a pen."

" Will you visit the new President?"

" That is hardly for me to say," was the former Lord Chancellor's reply.

Who will keep an eye on the Government while you are away ? "

"That," replied Birkenhead with assumed gravity, " is a matter which is causing me deep concern."