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Evening star., 1924-03-09
Labor Rulers of the British Empire
Seen Closeup on First Social Night

impossible and America could not stay OUT
thus concentrating on me, poor cocklesheii'
that yolIey which 1 could wish might have
fallen upon those battleships or fsoiation'
Borah and Brandegee.
From Gooch by devious turnings and twist
ings. by several poets, justly incredulous when
Nevinson gallantiy and mendaciously affirmed
my knowledge Of their verse, gently caromins
off E. D. Morel, fercest critic of France, of the
allies, of all things, King Leopold's enemy Of
the Kongo days, was cast up, like driftwood
at the feet of Sydney Webb, president OF the
board Of trade, father OF the Fabian movement,
at whose feet so many have sat and still Sit
the cabinet minister who in learning and in
scientific preparation is perhaps the best quail
fed minister Britain has ever known
X X
Then ensued interlude in the course of
which encountered Miss Evelyn Sharp whom
last 1 saw newly back from Russia, where she
had performed marvellous and devoted service
in the hideous famine time two years ago!
Then Josiah Wedgwood, who sits for Arnold
BENEFITS 1--WE towns" is in the new cabinet
and never has been out Of any debate for
many years.
Then came tangency to another lion, the tar
get of many gentle jabs and Of much amused
banter, Col. Thomson, when I last him.
Then he equally famous in Paris the
who blew up the oil wells in Rumania
when the Germans broke through in 1917 and
as Lenin's frankest admirer in the Paris peace
conference. Now he was Gen. Thomson, to-
first created peer. sent with two other con-
scripts to represent revolution in the last
citadel of feudalism. He, too, is a cabinet
minister, secretary for the air, L think, not
wholly inappropriately.
* X X x
Beyond the staircase where + had mounted
there STIR and presently there
came, wearing cape coat, square, almost
squat figure, labor's greatest captive from the
liberal party, Lord Haldane, lord chancellor
and minister of war in other liberal cabinets
and now lord chancellor again. This was the
man who carried the messages to Berlin, whose
conversations with Tirptz did prevent
naval competition or avert the world war; the
man whose famous and unfortunate phrase
Germany is my spiritual home" cost him
seven full years of national execration.
Thanks to Nevinson, he gave me a passing
word with just a sly, almost chucking, glance
tinged with gentle malice hardly to be ex-
pected in an orator who introduced
"Sittlichkeit" to an amazed America
Next appeared Arthur Henderson, member
of many past cabinets, 1abor's representative
in coalition, now chief strategist of the whole
army, home secretary in the cabinet, can
didate in an approaching bye-election, holding
in his party the position comparable to ma
uonal chairman in our own party system and
held the greatest political organizer in British
politics.
Last to come, expected, awaited that the
minister himself. First there was a faint
far-of sounding Of cheers below, then a noise
Of feet on the staircase, a certain electrical
thrill in the air and labors first prime minister
arrived. clad like all of us, in morning clothes
11,o1f fin,,e5 - 7zE;.5
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girl-perhaps she Is older-but in her simple
dress and among many elderly she seemed
no more than sixteen-with shy and startled
manner and yet calmly and with utmost self
possession looked out upon world that had
come to greet her father, tomorrow to be fully
and completely prime minister of Britain.
There was about her the touch Of youth which
suggested that for her it was all almost a
dream, and there was. besides. the touch of
dignity that made her. after all, her fathers
daughter as unmstakably as the resemblance
in her face to his. Patiently 1t was her first
party, and what party, and to it she added
something indefnable, but at once charming
and unmistakable.
Passing this barrier of formal introduction
/ followed closely upon my gallant guide, now
like small boat attached to vigorous steam
launch: then losing my hawser and steering
as Henry of Navarro bade his followers. by
the white orifame. this time of Nevinsons
locks, began the amazing circle of intro
ductions
First by sudden right turn, abrupt and
unheralded. l arrived almost in the arms Of
c. p. Treyelyan, president of the board OF
education and bearer of name many times
distinguished in British letters. A left turn,
and with equal abruptness, was cast upon
the charity, always gracious, of Pethick
Laurence and Susan Laurence, his wife, who
together had won the final victory in the
great of "votes for women" and
potent factors in the new labor group. And
from their presence diagonally through groups
Of labor NJ. P.s, thick the leaves in the
Valombrosa, I came to halt before Massing
ham, perhaps the greatest OF British editors
and surely one of the Intellectual giants of the
radical cause in England.
Again / caught up in the surge, and,
vainly struggling after. was presented breath
less to keen and shaggy eyebrowed gentle
man, vaguely. very vaguely perhaps suggest
ing the late Lord Bryce My name Nevinson
announced, and then, commissioned to seek
coffee for some stricken lady, the knightly
soul he always is, he deserted me. A little
lamely, l fear, l asked name. and
with the smiling rejoinderi reinforced by
rily twinkling eyes, "Oh, Pm Lord kimber-
ley, and so, caught in a narrow isle of safe
ty, while about me and around me the British
revolution flowed ceaselessly. and the tide of
socialism rose higher and higher vagrant
American encountered his first earl.
X X x
As Nevinson returned, there was a stir
ring toward the center without Immediately
apparent reason. a closely drawn group began
TO open ranks. and presently there emerged a
compact, smiling, keen-faced. little woman,
whose emergence brought from right and left
Immediate pleased murmurs of "Oh it's Mar
saret" Again my faithful master came into
stood before the shrewd and uncomfortably
apprasing glance of Brtains first cabinet
woman, Miss Margaret Bondfeld.
Next, while Nevinson did incantation over
my head at another figure towering above me.
/ found myself in the presence of Gooch, the
historian, whose recent book the nineteenth
century enlists the enthusiasm Of all compe-
tent reviewers. Over my head still he doomed
a thunderous declaration that Isolation was
Evening star., 1924-03-09
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

r ONDON.-In British public life, vastly
more than in our own-although even
in Washington it plays a part-the So
- cial aspect of politics has always been
important. Political salons are tradition and
dinners and routs go far back of Thackeray
and his Georgians. Thus it that when
labor won its amazing its astounding, VIC
tory and the first hours Of astonshment had
passed over, the question, the dominant inter-
rogation in certain quarters was: Would labor
have its social phase, and if so, how and
where?
The question had immediate pertinence
when, after the brief recess following the fall
of the Baldwin ministry, the moment approach
ed when labor prime minister would meet
parliament Tories and liberals. following i'm
memorial custom, planned their dinners and
their receptions-what would labor do?
X X
And then Mrs. Noel Buxton. wife of the ia
nous Balkan champion and historian, who is
minister of agriculture in the cabinet,
stepped into the breach and bade labor well
come at reception at q west end hotel in
London. Thanks to her hospitality, thanks to
the Intervention on my behalf Of Henry w.
Nevinson known and admired in America since
the Washington conference the most chival-
rous champion or lost causes and forlorn hopes
in three continents and innumerable islands, it
was my privilege to see labor on this its first
night
The Impressions which'I shall try to set
down here can only have value, IL at all,
ture Of something which had never before
happened in British politics and will never
certainly happen again in quite the same way;
the spectacle of the men and the women of a
new party freshly come to power undreamed
OF. mingling OF labor leaders, intellectuals,
miners. cabinet ministers, prime minister.
one lord chancellor. a thin sprinklng OF lords,
old and new: poets. historians, editors. essay
lists, social workers and social authorities, all
the elite, all the brains, not few of the hands
and some of the stoutest hearts Of authen-
tic revolution, suddenly brought together
der the spell OF victory, still under the thralI
of a triumph SO unforeseen to impose a GER
tain silence. lest the fatal wrong word should
break the spell and dissolve the reality which
seemed the mirage.
X X *
1t was perhaps 10 o'clock when Nevinson and
j made our way into the hotel through the
thin wall Of bystanders waiting patiently
against the assured coming of the prime min
lister, not yet arrived AS checked our
coats at the bottom of the staircase / noted
that my slip numbered 76O, and, since we
were among the latest corners, it is fair cal
culate that the whole party numbered about
500.
Climbing the twisted staircase came i'm
mediately into outer hall crowded with
groups OF people formed in little circles.
Pausing for u moment at the staircase,
paid our formal respects to our hostess and
then were presented to the happest person I
have yet seen in Europe, the little daughter
Of the prime minister.
Standing beside her hostess, graveiy receiv-
ing and returning the words OF greeting. this
Evening star., 1924-03-09
Czechoslovakia Defeated BOlshevism
By Letting Bolshevism Defeat Itself

able to show them that BY giving
half the half which remained in their
own pockets became doubly valuable.
And this was true. Simply by in
/ creasing the value OF the krone. the
remaining half of their income auto
matically doubled. Meanwhile" and
this was said with considerable en-
phasis, I'VE printed not one krone
of paper money.
Besides this, we had plan to
guarantee our national security. A
small country surrounded on all sides
by enemies, as ours is, must have Sc
curity either by armies or by aIIi-
ance. That was the purpose of the
little entente. Rumania, JugosIayia
and Czechoslovakia, who have most
to fear from the Hapsburgs, guar
! antee each others security against
their return"
Predicts German Monarchy.
DR.. Benes had been talking rapidly,
| nervously, twisting from side to side
in his huge chair, gesticulating with
both hands, driving his points home. 1
had had no opportunity to interrupt
him, even had l wished. Now he
paused, and gave me opportunity to
ask:
"Is not Czechoslovakia in a dan
gerous position if Germany goes COM
munist?"
"She will not go communist" was
| the quick response
Then if she goes monarchist?"
Yes. that must come. The German
people are not yet strong enough to
prevent it, and their leaders are not
sincere democrats and also do not
understand that the minute the mon
| archy is restored Germany loses the
sympathy Of America and England
| and gives Poincare a free hand"
DO you not fear that Horthy will
ally the Hungarians with Hitler and
| the Bavarians?"
mo, do not fear it. Monarchy in
Germany will have no effect on
,,,Czechoslovakia, because it will have
too much opposition from the outside
, world. And Hungary will not go
monarchist"
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Evening star., 1924-03-09
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Evening star., 1924-03-09

Bella Kun and it's King Carl, Croatia
its Raditch, Germany its Liebknecht
and it's Ludendorff, but we have re-
mained fairly stable, entirely DEM
ocratic republic. We are a demo-
cratic people. For centuries we have
been fighting absolutism-the Haps-
burgs. This struggle, this spirit of
democracy had grown into us. had
become part of us. Without it per-
haps we should not exist today. No
other central European country had
it to the same degree. Germany is
still monarchistic at heart, and so is
Hungary. Jugoslavia and Rumania,
democratic countries, still have their
monarchs. Poland is having her diff
ficulties.
"But we are a democratic people.
The president is the son of poor
blacksmith. I am the son of a peas
ant. We have no peerages, because
we would not allow the Hapsburgs to
establish them.
Reconstruction Plan.
I'VE had a plan of reconstruction.
Now this was most important. Some
people thought that once the war was
over all would be Utopia But this
period Of readjustment after the war
must last long time-in Germany
there will be chaos for ten or fifteen
years more-and this may be almost
as serious socially, economically and
politically kas the war itself. The
babies Of today, when they grow up
and read history, will say that the
black age began in 1914 and did not
stop in 1918, but went on and on.
$50 we had a plan Of reconstruc-
tion, which took several forms. First,
internal prosperity. we were able to
show our people that they had gained
something and they must not lose it.
We had their confidence and they
permitted themselves to be taxed
heavily. We are the highest taxed
people on the continent Of Europe.
The first year we collected one-half
OF every mans income We were
Evening star., 1924-03-09
U. 5. Squarely Backs
Industry Umpires

The government stands squarely be-
hind the avowed principle of joint in
depreciation of laws and contracts
binding labor unions. Declaration of
this essential principle in labor con-
troversies was renewed last week by
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis.
addressing the United Mine Workers
convention at Indianapolis, when the
Secretary proposed a way to correct
the unauthorized petty strikes in the
coal industry by appointment of an
Interpreter for each union local who
will have the confidence of both miner
and operator and whose interpreta-
tion shall be final
Ten years ago the Department of
Labor set down this principle Is the
one on which successful negotiation
in labor controversies should be
based. That government agency has
adhered to the principle steadfastly
since that time. Its results were
shown in the copper and oil indus
tries in the west during the war
when more than thousand minor
disputes were adjudicated without
government agency for settlement
The principle still functions in both
these industries and has resulted
since the war in prevention of any
of the industrial wars which have mark
ed the progress of production of other
raw materials
Two years ago when negotiations
were in progress by the Labor De
partment toward settlement of a
strike in the packing industry-the
first big strike in which Secretary
Davis acted as the arbitrator-the
principle was set down by Secretary
Hoover as the one foundation on
which successful cunciliation in labor
disputes should be based. Strange
TO relate, Mr.. Hoover did not then
know that it had been in use during
the war and had been an avowed
principle of the Labor Department
during its entire existence.
Extension of the umpire or inter-
prefer system to the coal industry,
Secretary Davis claims, would pre-
vent small strikes at their source BY
bringing both sides around the table
before the germ of the strike idea
has become thoroughly associated
" ith the miners future.
Evening star., 1924-03-09

The more steam there was
blown off about bolshevism, the
sicker people became of it.
The more communists there were
who went to Russia to see for them
selves, the less enthusiasm there was
when they returned.
That is part Of the dramatic his
tory of the birth Of the Czechoslovak
republic, graphically pictured to me
by one. of it's founders, DR.. Eduard
Benes.
President Masaryk, son of black
smith, plus Foreign Minister Benes,
son of a peasant, equals Czecho-
slovakia. That is a political equation
which Europe recognizes as no less
variable than the arithmetical rule
that two and two makes four. 1t is
a strange team-Benes. forty years
old, a former student Of Masaryk's,
pulling in the same harness with this
stately professor twice his age. 1t is
a common saying in the republic that
Benes supplies the brains. Masaryk
the dignity. Most of the presidents
speeches are in two parts-one phil
osophical and polemical, the other po-
litical and practical. 1t is recognized
that Masaryk writes the first, Benes
the second. Masaryk is a Slovak,
Benes a Czech, and together they
made Czechoslovakia.
From Plew to Power.
A few years ago Benes guided two
oxen and a wooden plow in the
fields of his father. Today he guides
most of central Europe. The steps
between include study in the French
universities Of Dijon and Sorbonne.
professorship Of sociology in the
Prague high school, the leadership of
the secret republican brotherhood, the
war, revolution and last September
the crowning event-election to a
seat on the council OF the league of
nations. But Til let DR.. Benes tell the
story himself.
On a hill dominating this pic
turesque city is a giant castle from
which the government OF the Haps-
burgs once glowered down upon Bo-
hernia. Today its medieval walls
house the offices Of the republic of
Czechoslovakia
Up long flights Of stairs. through
twisting tunnels, climbed to this
castle and fnaNy was shown into
great reception room. It's gorgeous
chandeliers and beautiful tapestries
smacked Of regal Hapsburg recep-
tibn, but democracy, more concerned
with everyday work than pompous
show. had allowed the polished floor
to lose its luster and the golden fur
niture its brilliance. At the other
end Of the vast room. almost hidden
behind a desk piled high with papers,
sat q diminutive man. He did not
stop working until had half crossed
the room. then he rose and greeted
me in English, which II acquired, as
they say. since 1914 was miracu-
lously perfect
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tions in the Officers Reserve Corps
hereafter will be transmitted through
department or corps area comma nt1e ers
instead of being mailed directly from
the War Department.
The purpose is to establish closer
contact between the reserve officers
and the Regular Army departments
or corps areas to which they are as
signed.
"In delivering letter of appoint
ment or promotion, it is desired that
every effort practicable be made to
establish personal contact" INSTRUCT
tions to all commanders state. THE
success of this plan is dependent upon
three factors-contact. accuracy and
Evening star., 1924-03-09
Foreign Minister Benes
of Cze c h O S O vakia

I'VE have defeated bolshevism
by letting bolshevism defeat it.
self. The more people talk about
it the sicker they become Of it.
~Our radicals visited Russia
with enthusiasm and returned dis.
llusioned.7
Germany is still monarchistic
at heart, and so is Hungary"
There will be chaos in Ger.
many for ten or fifteen years
more which may be as serious
as the war ITSELF
Evening star., 1924-03-09

How did Czechoslovakia fight off
bolshevist propaganda" was my first
question.
"By letting it fight ITSELF" DR..
Benes came back quickly. For our
size, we probably had more commun-
list propaganda within our borders
than any other European country.
But neither President Masaryk nor I
believe in force. and we let any one
who wanted to discuss communism
discuss it: If any one wanted to go
to Russia, we gladly issued pass
port. I used to tell them, I know
Trotsky and these gentlemen myself.
Go and have a talk with them They
back disillusioned.
I'VE even allowed the Russian trade
delegation to enter our country be-
fore any other European nation had
admitted them. Our policy was that
as long as they kept quiet they could
stay. The first delegation started to
issue propaganda, and we threw it
out. The second did the same thing,
but now we have a man who knows
enough to keep quiet.
"As long as people discussed COM
munism peacefully, we made no pro-
test But once when bolshevism was
at the height Of it's power they began
to use force, and staged a revolution.
Then we used force in return. We
arrested 1900 people and sentenced
them to from six to ten years i'm
prjsopment.
THAT sounds brutal, doesn't it,"
DR.. Benes continued. But few
months later we granted amnesty to
the entire lot. So our people know
that we mean business. and yet We
can forgive and forget. That was the
end Of communism.
Many Other Worries.
'But we have had a good many
other worries. We have been sur
rounded on all sides by enemies-by
Evening star., 1924-03-09
By DREW PEARSON.

fought
- bolshevism by letting boil
shevism fight itself.
Evening star., 1924-03-09
May Other Worries.

'But we have had good many
other worries. We have been sur
rounded on all sides by enemies-by
political upheavals, by bolshevism
and monarchism. Hungary had its
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Evening star., 1924-03-09
BY WILL KENNEDY.

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