Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery said: "The Prime Minister [Ramsay MacDonald]...circulated pamphlets by the thousand in German against our contention. It is terrible to think that such a man should be in high office with the support of anybody in this country". (Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery)

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery said: "The Prime Minister [Ramsay MacDonald]...circulated pamphlets by the thousand in German against our contention. It is terrible to think that such a man should be in high office with the support of anybody in this country".

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

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