ABSTRACT
The immense growth in the authority of the Cabinet in the first half of the twentieth century is, in many ways, the most striking aspect of constitutional change in this period. Mr. Arthur Henderson became Foreign Secretary in 1929 shows that in a party government a vital member of the party can always set limits to the discretion a Prime Minister can exercise. The Secretary to the Cabinet then draws up a provisional plan which has to be approved or amended by the Prime Minister. Sir John Anderson's choice as Home Secretary was, like his nomination to the Governorship of Bengal, usually attributed to his great abilities as an administrator, abilities which all his colleagues, both Parliamentary and official, have united to praise. Hitler prepared his next stroke against Poland with ease and swiftness; and he was able to arrive at a temporary agreement with Russia, which gave his Eastern front safeguard from attack.
