Evening star., 1924-10-11
BRITISH CAMPAIGN
GETS UNDER WAY
Liberals Attack MacDonaId's
Policy Toward Communist
Paper and Russian Loan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 11.-Speechmak-
ing in the campaign which is to cul-
inmate in a general election on Oc-
tober % is already under way.
At meeting under the auspices of
the Scottish Liberal Federation in
Glasgow last night Sir John Simon,
appearing in the place of the Liberal
leader, former Premier AsQufth, COM
pared the attitude of the Ramsay
Macdonald government in making a
capital issue of the proposed inquiry
into the withdrawal of the proceed
ings against a Communist editor to
the attitude of a bridge player who,
when asked why he had revoked, i'm
mediately kicked over the table and
demanded a new deal. Such action,
commented Sir John, naturally in
creased the suspicion which had been
entertained by his fellow players.
Assails Russian Loan.
The governments action in precipi-
tating an election, however, went
deeper than that, said Sir John. The
government did not dare to go any
farther toward pledging the British
taxpayer to responsibility for the pro-
posed loan to Russia.
Winston Churchill, speaking at
Loughton, also tilted with the Rus
sian loan. He thought Mr.. Macdonald
must be false to his kin If he expected
Britain to send money to pay for am
munition which the Bolshevists had
used in shooting down the people OF
Georgia in the Caucasus.
J. II. Thomas, the colonial secretary,
opening his election campaign in Derby,
dealt at length with the withdrawal of
prosecution against J. r Campbell. edi-
tor of the Workers Weekly. for alleged
sedition He said his reply to those
who asked why the government did not
accept the proposal of the Liberal mem
bers of the House of Commons to ap-
point select committee to inquire into
the Campbell case was this:
"If we have reached the stage where
the prime minister of this country and
the attorney general, having from their
places in the House of Commons pledged
their own honor as to everything that
had taken place in the Campbell mat
ter, and having told their full story with
regard thereto, are simply to be told,
we do not believe YOU how can we ex-
pect that the administration Of this
country or negotiations with foreign
powers can be conducted, with the
whole House of Commons saying: We
do not believe you"
Denies Pressure Exerted.
Mr.. Thomas declared that with a
full knowledge of all that had taken
place in the Campbell matter he could
say that no pressure of any sort had
been brought to bear on the Govern
ment to influence it's decision in the
case.
Warfare by poster promises to be
a feature of the political contest. In
the last general election the Labor
party issued a sheet depicting the
workless man and underneath the
picture were the words How much
longer? Vote Labor for work and
wages" ..
The Liberals now are issuing a
similar poster with an inscription
showing the increase in unemploy-
ment since the Labor government an
nounced that it had taken over the
responsibility of alleviating employ
ment. The Liberal poster states that
there are many thousands more work.
less people in Great Britain today
than when Labor came into office.
PREDICT LABOR GAIN.