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SLOANE 1543 .

112, EATON SQUARE ,
S.W. I .

October 28th 1935

My dear John,

We had no chance of seeing you off but I hope
you understood. Anyhow our very best wishes have
gone with you both. I am sure you will find it an
immensely interesting and stimulating peace of work,
in which your great gifts will have a real scope.

I am sending you with this a copy of my new
book The Forward View. It is a somewhat ambitious
attempt to put most of my political thinking into
a single volume, and to base a practical policy,
Imperial and domestic, on a coherent scheme of
thought. When you have read it you will understand
why I could not honestly support the Government
over its League of Nations policy. Happily I think
my efforts, even if they have precluded me from any
prospect of office after the election, may have
served to check the drift towards war. Things will
amble on for some time now on the basis of economic
sanctions, and only the event will show whether
these really will have much effect.