Evening star., 1924-10-12
GOVERNMENT OUSTERS
MAY HINDER PROGRESS
Forces Which Failed to Cain Peaceful
Advance in Europe May Assume
Reins Again.

King, cited the situation and asked
for dissolution of Parliament and
new elections.
Macdonald has achieved, but not
sufficiently yet to swing England
away from her centuries of Conserv-
atism and to the point where he can
carry Labor party into control of
Parliament. Now Macdonald strives
or will strive to split the Liberal
party in the hope that a portion of
its followers will enter Labor's ranks,
the other element, of course, going
to the Conservatives. This would
place two tremendous political forces
in the field and Macdonald, wisely or
unwisely, clinGs to the idea that
when the political atmosphere is
clear he will be able to defeat the
Conservatives. This viewpoint. how
ever, is not held by the Conservative
elements of England and MacDonald's
dream may not be realized for dec
AIDES. In the meantime, Lloyd George
is working to effect a new coalition
with the hope of again attaining the
premiership. With Labor and Con-
servatism neither being able to WELD
the balance of power eventually. the
coalition idea would be certain to
gain strength
of England. and declared at first to
be revolutionary in character. soon
will be no more, and notwithstand-
ing the fact that it has achieved
much in restoring the old world to
Semblance OF nornalcy.
When Premier Herriot, who has
worked shoulder to shoulder with
Macdonald to achieve general prog
ress for the cause of peace, promised
To Lvvnr he
promised to greatly reduce the cost
of government, possibly for the pur-
pose of winning sufficient support in
the French elections to assure sue
cess, he evidently made serious mis-
take. For. no matter how great his
accomplishments in foreign fields, he
has been unable either to reduce
taxes or curtail the cost of govern
ment, and, what is more important,
cannot do so until the main drain
pipe. military expenditure, can be
clogged by the League of Nations
disarmament plans. In the mean
time, however, his political enemies,
taking advantage of the occasion, are
bombarding him from all sides, and
it is within the bounds of possibility
that during the coming session of
Parliament the fire directed against
him will result in swing toward
those elements which have been prone
to procrastinate in major world prob
lens and with procrastination aided. not
corrected, the general state of unrest.
In Germany Chancellor Marx has
temporZed with the Nationalists.
compromised with them in times of
emergency and in d general way turned
to them for support in crises instead
of dealing with them with a firm
hand. AS a consequence nationalistic
ambitions have not been eliminated
from the German political fabric and
they have not lost prestige to the
point Of nu!ling monarchical dreams.
True. the Nationalists, supported the
Dawes plan, but under pressure, and
they have restrained them selves at
critical junctures when untoward ac-
tions might have precipitated Ger
many'S position to even worse chaos.
but at heart the Nationalists would
resist allied demands, stay out of the
league and pursue more or less in
depenGen courses, all of which would
prevent. under present plans, realiza-
rion of stability over the continent
1t is intimated in Berlin that Marx,
who has subscribed to the general
scheme of peaceful adjustment, can
not last long
Any political shake-up on the conti-
nent is fraught with danger. mas
mucn as elementS contrary TO general
popular desire may assume control.
a German election today might null
every effort of the past six months
or more to achieve peaceful goals
The same holds true in France.
Generally speaking, the next two
to three months will be ones of tre-
mendous significance. If the liberal
elements are permitted to realize
prevailing hopes without disturbance
the cause of peace will advance with
rapid strides. But if other elements
are injected into control-elements
which have tried to adjust the gen.
eral continental system and failed in
several specific instances-then Eu-
rope again will be plunged into a
period of uncertainty, and, with IN
certainty. stunting of peaceful initi-
ative SO vitality essential to the well
fare of all.