Mr. Baldwin Skids

Down a country road near Great Missenden sped two roaring motors last week. In the car ahead sat Premier Baldwin, his wife and daughter. The dignity of his office prevented British journals from subsequently describing the situation as a race.

Suddenly the road turned, but not the Baldwin motor--it skidded. In a flash between split seconds several near-tragedies became comic. The Baldwin car knocked a farmer's cart, complete with horse and farmer, into the ditch. A car which thundered behind, anonymously piloted, skidded likewise but slued by, missing the assorted debris by inches. As ever, Mr. Baldwin rose to the occasion, imperturbable, good-natured. First he made sure that none of the human beings concerned had been hurt. Then he assisted in quieting the slightly bruised and badly frightened horse; helped to get both horse and cart out of the ditch. Finally he climbed back into his damaged car, which was coaxed by the chauffeur at a walking pace to Amershal. There the Baldwins caught the first train for London, arriving only a few minutes behind their original schedule.

*The list of signatories in full: Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Lord Birkenhead and C. S. Amery for the British Government; William T. Cosgrave, Kevin O'Higgins, Mr. Blythe and Mr. O'Byrne for the Free State ; and for Northern Ireland Sir James Craig and J. Blackmore, Secretary to tha Northern Ireland Cabinet.