The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

KV1 HAT does the King Of Eng
4 w land think Of his labor gov
eminent? And what do the
Laborites think Of the King-now
that they've sampled one another a
few months?
Mrs. Philip snowden. clever wife
of Brita.n's crippled, but brainy,
chancellor of the exohequer, tells US
/ In The Spectator"
AT first, she admits, there was an
impression that the Labor party was
I a revolutionary body bent not
merely upon the destruction Of the
socia. and economic order. but upon
the overthrow Of the monarchy"
Now, she says. people know better.
/ Unless it could be shown that the
monarchy is responsible for the ex-
istence Of poverty" she observes,
/ and is an obstacle to its removal.
/ it would be a waste Of time and ef-
fort to direct agitation to the aboli.
/ ton of the monarchy And that can
not be proved because Il is not true.
/ The social contrasts and econon-
/ ic injustces Of our time are not due
10 the form Of government. but to
/ far deeper causes. In democratic
Countries under either constitutional
monarchies or Republicanism. the
same economic conditions exist.
For forms Of government let fools
contest,
Whate'er is best administered is
best"
Mrs. Snowden finds the British
monarchy in many ways preferable
to republic because the king is en-
tirely outside party while a presi-
dent is the creation Of, and de-
| pendent upon. partisan politics Any
way
Out of Politics y
The strength Of the monarchy in
Great Britain" she AYERS, lies in
its strict aloofness from political par
tisanship. Any serious departure
from this impartiality would quickly
discredit the crown and lead to an
irresistible Republican movement
which would command support from
men and women in all parties
| In the recent political revolution.
the King" she goes on to testify,
has shown that he has no political
bias and that he has no more per-
sonal likes and dislikes for the labor
party and labor government than
he would have for any other party
placed in power in a constitutional
way.
"On the contrary, ne has shown
punctilious care not to give the, least
ground for suspicion that the labor
government was regarded by the
King and his court as being, from
the point of view Of the constitu-
ton, in any way different from
liberal or a conservative govern
ment."
SO much for the kings attitude
toward labor. Now for labor's atti-
tude toward the king!
King Is Fair
To the credit of the Labor gov
eminent it must be said that they
have not made the task Of the king
diffiult They have accepted all
the constitutional usages. They
have regarded the king as the con-
stitutional head of the nation"
In fact, the people as a whole
seem to have behaved we'll during
this unprecedented political revolu-
ton in England.
II have often heard it said in days
gone by" Mrs. Snowden says, that
Labor government would never have
fair play, because it would be sabo-
tagged by the court and the perma-
nent civil service.
"These fears have proved to be
public have been fair. Eevrywhere,
downward, throughout the civil serv-
ice, the Labor government has had
nothing but fair play. Press and
publis have been fair. Everywhere,
indeed, there has been a disposition
to give this new political experiment
a fair chance" IA