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Report That Bonar Law May Return
Starts Speculation as to Successor

TO Stanley Baldwin. He has little pa
thence with internationalism in the
sense of wider world citizenship. And
it is not in the upper chamber but ~
the house of commons that the poll
cies not alone of the nation but cf
the entire empire are initiated, con
structed and determined.
OF the two men. there is no doubt
that Lord Curzon is by far the best
equipped man for the post, as far as eA-
perience and mastery Of all the thou
sand and one questions at home and
abroad requiring the attention and
the decision of the prime minister
of the British empire are concerned.
The whole of Lord Curzons life since
he left the University of Oxford with
the very highest honors has been de
voted to public affairs; that is TO sar.
to national service. It is career eX-
tending over forty-three years. dur
ing the course OF which he has held
almost every conceivable office save
that of premier. including that Of
secretary of state and of viceroy Of
India. the presidency of the PRIV
council, the presidency Of the air
ministry during the great war, ana
the leadership of the government in
the house of lords since 1916. the Fec
retaryship of state for foreign af
IdlTS TOT the past SIX years, ana mem
bership of the war cabinet through
out the world conflict and until after
the restoration of peace. He has also
been most active chancellor of the
University of Oxford. president of the
Royal Geographical Society. and las
but not least in American eyes has
twice sought a helpmate among the
daughters Of Uncle Sam.
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premier by the fact that he is Tan,
times over a peer of the realm, ana
therefore precluded from any share
in the debates in the house of COM
mons. He is rather inclined to lool,
down upon nations which RI,
Almighty has neglected to bless with
the benefits of British rule. and he
conveys the impression of skepticism
g to the good to be accomplished by
consulting with any other powers
except the United States for the pur-
pose of solving world problems. Not
that he wishes to press unduIy the
British point Of view on foreign ma
tons; his foreign policy as premier
would be largely one of good -naturcd
tolerance of other people-and to have
g few dealings with them as pos
stble He estimates everything from
the English standpoint. Indeed it Is
a habit of mind with him: so much So
Iihl III ans" tT To II question IN the
house of commons the other day with
regard to the fluctuations of TIE
pound sterling in relation TO Ameri-
can currency, he instinctively replied
on the spur of the moment: at is
the dollar that fluctuates, not the
pound"
Should he become premier. there
would be every reason to congratu-
late ones self that he had been III
the United States last winter and that
he should have made himself thor
oughly acquainted with the American
point of view. of which he had no
conception before crossing the At
Iantlc, and that he should have estab-
llshed cordial and sympathetic rela-
lions based on mutual comprehension
with the leading statesmen and lead4
ers or the great business world of
America. He is essentially business
man, with face, the temperament
and something of the manner Of the
bull terrier Indeed, he is today a
statesman of the aggressive and
masterful type. impressing one with
Kind of Scornful courage; not much
given to defense. but preferring 20
meet attack with counter attack. His
qualities of leadership are precisely
those of courage, strength and deter
mination.
These are those which appeal most
strongly to his countrymen, who will
view his advent to the premiership
with an infinitely greater degree of
satisfaction than any of the foreign
powers-except the United StateA