Evening star., 1924-01-13
LABOR PARTY HELD
FISTTO HIT FRANCE
Macdonald Advised Not to Fall
Into Trap Set by Older
Parties.
THEIRS VISION RECALLED
English Leader Has Chance to Set
Europe Right.
THEIRS VISION RECALLED
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN.

III MaAlMlblAN HARDEN
BY Radio to The Star.
BERLIN, January 12.-If the writer
were Ramsay Macdonald he would
hold a monoloGue, while en- route to
500 the king. as follows:
Fifty years ago Adolphe Thiers,
frst president of the third French re-
public, prophesied that internationally
the most important event next to 4
European revolution would be the
beginning of a socialist government
in England. That great hour has
now come.
In 1915 the golf club Of my native
town expelled me because l refused
to regard every German as a hun or
r wild beast. In 1924 his majesty
requires me to form Il cabinet despite
the fact that my party hasn't major
ity in the house OF commons. and not a
single seat in the house of lords.
Why They Fear Us.
''These two occurrences, now nine
years apart, have the same cause. L
lack what no politician eligible for
the cabinet of England dare lack, ex-
clusively national pride. The con-
Servatives and liberals. united by com,
mon fear of IL property tax and
threatened by us, could easily form d
new coalition.
WHY don't they instead of fur
thering the creation of a new power
which is so dangerous to capital and
to the two historic parties? Because
they perceive the necessity of curb
ing France, which stresses her con-
tinental power too loudly, by firm,
clear policies, because both parties
are too strongly engaged by those
feelings of people who see In France
the resting place of SO many sons of
Britain and would arm themselves
against her only under unavoidable
compulSion and because they desire
to unload this burden on the labor
party, which is unfettered by tradition
or otherwise.
1T is We who must show France
fist and make ourselves unpopular
and already suffering under an in
teruationally damaging reputation OF
liking the Germans. sink back to the
impotent opposition party as soon as
the diehard on the Quay d'Orsay has
become tractaple.
Prepare Ladder for Us.
This wish prepares the ladder for
is to mount into the government
,rl1en the wish is fulfilled the ladder
will be taken away and the car
penters will rejoice if we break our
necks in falling. Do Baldwin: AS
quith and Company take me for
duffcr. I desire to be a peacemaker
not a pacemaker for the nobility
and gentry who would like to
swindle the labor squad out of the
hard earned prize They cannot
whitehead and one baldhead played
or Woodrow Wilson five years ago
in Paris.
1--WE desire what we desired:
Domination of reason which never
bows to brute force and brings a peace,
full democracy. elf-deterrlination and
nations and the erection of super
national structure, which shall unite
all hostile nations. But we are
pra ractical people. not other worldly
idealoIogists, and will aim at things
accompliShable.
Power of France.
England has today no power to
compel France to pay her debts 10
us instead of spending money to arm
her eastern allies An appeal for
revision Of the treaty of Versailles
would throw into Frances arms all
the nations which that treaty created
and protects.
"What does France want? Secur-
ity against attack, money to order
her badly disorganized finances and
quired for full exploitation of her
ores. All three wishes can be fui
filed only through an understanding
and collaboration with Germany.
England must further this under
standing instead of hindering it as
hitherto. The ridiculously dema-
gogio assertion that the Ruhr occu-
patton has destroyed our commerce
is refuted by figures published by
the federation of industry.
1T was clear that we must profit
by the paraiyzing of German mining
and chemical industry. 1t is also
clear that formation of d Franco
German economic union would be
unfavorable for us at first. Never
theless an attempt to make the
world believe good England desires
and bad France prevents Germany's
return to power and ability to dump
goods is stupid hypocrisy. The
newly arising economic union would
nent, including Russia, and gradual
" recreate the purchasing power of
3o0.oO0,000 people.
Would Prevent Wars,
"Since II would insure against war
and mi]itarisnI it would find ample
nredit in America, and the whole
chase for pledges, foreign dictator
ship, territorial expansion and secret
pactS would cease.
1T is our main task to restore
the English laborer to the highest
standard OF life which he ever en-
joyed For this we must assure
markets for the unconsumed third
ol our prouuctS Where the cheapest
competition cannot damage us
we labor men will prove that this
aim can be reached only by honorable
means and that England Just as
she existed after logs of her fair
est daughter, America can also be
healthy and strong after losing Euro
pean supremacy. And this proof will
simultaneously snow socialism has
not only critical but also conStruc-
tive forces"
Copyright, 1924)
MACDONALD GARNET