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The Pulse of the Nation

Daily World says that "any spark now
may start the conflagration. If it does
start the United States will inevitably
be involved. 1t is for this reason that
the coming elections in England is vast
~ interesting to this country"
| The Cleveland Plain Dealer thinks
| that the Bonar Law government will
not assume any aspect of durability -
and that its outlook is not cheerful.
But no other British leader seems to
face a brighter prospect-unless Lloyd
George rejoices in the prospect Of being
the leader of the vociferous and vindi-
cative opposition" It is the opinion OF
the Milwaukee Journal that "If Bonar
Law does not last England and the
world may have to endure season of
stress and strain while the labor party
| is learning that the responsibility of
governing a nation is a very different
thing from the freedom enjoyed by
critics who are out of power"
There is nothing cheering for the
United States in Britain's passing under
conservative control" the Newark News
asserts, pointing out that that party's
policies are chiefly in. opposition while
behind the Conservatives stands the
Laborites ready to seize the helm. 1t
is not beyond possibility that Conser-
vative regime will result in making
Britain turn to labor to rescue it from
the Die -Hards who, having endorsed
Lloyd George apparently mean to gallop
Britain in just the opposite way from
which sense and experience dictates.
Such an outcome may speed the re-
turn of Lloyd George, says the Albany
Knickerbocker Press, pointing out that
The has a knack at confoundlng ana
Illustration, and for all his amazing
about faces as a politician, he is essen
TALLY and fundamentally wise and
sane" and as the Norfolk Ledger DIS
patch puts it "his head may be bloody
but there is little reason to believe that
1t is bowed''> His downfall, the Knox
vile Sentinel says, was long looked for
and devoutly prayed for by his enemies
and the last of the great "oIio wal
civilian leaders has fallen, WhlIe the
Baltimore Sun, admitting his aoillty as
a political change artist" likewise re-
marks that "the Tories may propose but
he may eventually dispose anu come
back into power as the leader OF d pop
ular coalition. Great Britain Is prooa-
bly, no more ready to return 10 poiIical
normalcy yet than is the United states
In fact. the waves of party and faction
al nassion seem to be rolling more fierce
" there than over here however II
the Conservatives can retain control lot
any length of time the Roanoke Worio
News feels that 'it is not Impossible
that effects Of the unheaval VIII soon De
felt in Germany, in the Near East anu
in the British taxation program
The fact that 1.-THE great trouble with
Lloyd George was that you never could
nut your finger on him." LEADS the NE"
York. Tribune further to assert tna'
what Europe needs most Is a seaolh
cation of Allied policy-a refio"lhg- 0i
tbe Entente. Bonar Laws ministry Will
undoubtedly contribute, positively as
well as negatively, to this result ANA
1.-The point made by Bonar Law explains
the situation the st. Louis Fost LIS
patch believes when he said III was
more important to keep the party united
than to win the coming election
Should the Laborites secure control, as
is suggested in some quarters, the bu-
luth Herald feels that British Lanor'~ \
although horrifyingly radical to the Tory
is not at all fanatic, and