Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11
COALITION ATTACK
ON PREMIER ROUTS
CABINET Of LONDON
King George DissoIves Par
Acknowledgement Election
Called for October 20

LONDON, Oct. 9.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. 1.-The house of COM
mons was dissolved tonight, and
a general election will be held Octo-
Der 80. This decision was reach
ed after King George held a privy
council at Buckingham palace, at
which he signed proclamation pro-
roguing parliament.
The house of lords today passed
the bill creating an Irish boundary
commission, giving third reading tc
the measure which already has
= passed successfully through tn
ho&ase of commons, and which was
giPen royal assent this evening.
At o'clock the house Of com
; mons was summoned to the house
OF lords to hear the kings speech,
read by the lord chancellor, giving
assent to the bill.
The announcement Of the date for
the election, which will define the
political complexion of the govern
ment, which will succeed Great Brit
aims first Labor ministry, was made
dLlGT ETllH0 VMlHlSLGI MdClIOlldlu,
coming this afternoon before this
house which Wednesday night de-
feated his government, declared that
the king had assented to his request
for the dissolution of parliamen:
which will be prorogued Thursday
night.
King Sees Macdonald
King George was waited on by
Premier Macdonald this morning,
the premier leaving Buckingham
palace after an audience which pc
gan at 10 o'clock and lasted an hour.
The governments defeat came in
the form of the passage, by vote
of 364 to 1913 oe Liberal motion de-
manding investigation Of Attorney
General Hastings withdrawal OF
prosecution in the case of James
Campbell, acting editor Of the COM
munist Workers weekly, who was
charged with melting troops to Sc
dition. A straight motion of CEN
sure, sponsored by the conservatives,
previously had been defeated 359 to
1913, to make way for the Liberal
amendment.
During the debate, which at times,
brought scenes of excitement, the
premier disclaimed any friendship on
the part of the labor government
for the communists or their policies,
and announced that passage of
either the conservative motion or the
Liberal amendment would be taken
as a vote of lack of confidence in
the government.
at will be the end" he warned,
"of what members on both sides of
he house will agree has been high
adventure Of government which
think has contributed much to the
honor of our country and to our So
cial stability, and, when the country
has the opportunity of passing a
verdict upon it, it will come again"
Resignation Not Mentioned
It was understood that the ques-
lions of the resignation of the cabi-
net were not touched upon at the
conference at the palace today.
In informing representatives of the
press, after he had left the king,
that dissolution had been decided
upon, Mr.. Macdonald said:
Il am sorry events have turned
out as they have, but every one
knows the situation Is not one of the
governments seeking, but has been
forced upon it.
personally, I should have been
very glad if the Labor government
had been allowed to carry on its poll
CT, policy which 1 maintain has
been one Of honest politics and of
the promotion Of the interests Of the
commonwealth"
Mr.. Macdonald, after leaving the
. palace, returned Immediately to II
Downing street for a cabinet meet
ing. AS he made his way into the
narrow street a crowd which had as
sembled in front of the prime minis
terial residence cheered him ana
there were shouts of Good Old
Mae
~ labor government with Ram
san Macdonald as premier, came
J1nttWpower in Great Britain in Jan
uasy of the present year, when the
conservative ministry of Stanley
Baldwin, which had been at the
helm only a few months, was dis
missed by the house of commons
with a vote of lack of confidence
because of its espousal Of q protec-
zionist policy
On January %, Mr.. Macdonald ac-
cepted the task of forming the new
government of which he became the
head. Thus Great Britain came
under the domination OF labor
government which included mem
bers of the nobility IN It's makeup.
AT the time of MacDonald's as
. sumption of power, at the request
of King George, it was realized
that, at any time, by coalition of
their vote, the liberals and the con-
servatives could overthrow him for,
IN the general elections of Deem
Der, 1928, the conservatives had 259
and the liberals 159 seats, while
the laboriteS had only 191.
FRANCE DEEPLY IMPRESSED
BY M'DONALD DEFEAT
PARIS, Oct. 9.-(By the Associat.
ed Press.)-The defeat of the Mac
Donald government, although antici.
pated in French official circles the
past few days, has made a deep i'm.
preston here because of the similar
ity of the French political situa.
ton.
1t was remarked TO-DAY. by an
individual. close TO Premier Herriot,
that Prime Minister MacDonald's
term in power had been of great
benefit to Anglo-F'rench relations.
the negotiations between the two
premiers having lifted the discus.
sion of Anglo French interests TO
higher plane, and he predicted
that, whatever the result of the
British elections might be, the rela-
TONS between the two allies would
ne improved permanently as result