Evening star., 1924-08-10

the House of Commons on July IA,
on the eve of the interallied confer
ence on reparations, Mr.. Baldwin, the
premier whom Ramsay Macdonald
deposed, described as mo mean per-
formance" the securing on the experts
committee of American representa-
tion. The statement was greeted
with fervent chorus of Hear,
hear from all parts of the house.
In the course of the debate, the prime
minister declared that "the fact that
Americans were present on the Dawes
commission tremendously contributed'
to the success of it's efforts. Con-
Guiding the debate, Austen Chamber
lain asserted that "a Dawes commits
sion in our conception is not merely
an eXpedient; it is something or a
policy" Then the distinguished son
of a celebrated father added: The
merits of this policy are that 1t holdS
out the hope of American association.
1t introduces a moderating and har-
monizing influence into the councliS
of the allies, so preventing friction,
facilitating agreement and rendering
easier German acquiescence in the
terms which Germany must be called
upon to fulfill"
Unanimity is Fair.
A week of painstaking inquiry
among responsible Britons of all poll
tical complexions-MacD Labor
ties ASquithian-Lloyd Georgian Lib
erals and Baldwinian Cnionists-re-
veal fair unanimity of opinion on the
thought terSely expressed by austen
Chamberlain. 1t is ''the moderatlnS
and harmonizing influence" of Amerl-
ca that BritonS claim they want. II
aver that the maximum of their de-
sires will be realized. They believe
that America, seeking nothing Tor
herself in Europe, is ordained 10 en-
act the role of arbiter amid Europe
tribal quarrels. The reason British
ers advance for craving the actlvl-
ties of the United States as media ator
is their belief that the American
viewpoint is likely, on most major
occasions, to be the viewpoint of Great
Britain. At any rate, the Britisher Is
so confident that he is pursuing IN
Europe no aims that are seltlsn or
Interior that he is eager TO nave
America sit in judgment upon them:
He is persuaded that oftener than not
Uncle Sam and John Bull would see
eye to eye.
In this incessant contact with Ram
say Macdonald and other power
wielders of Great Britain the Amerl-
can Ambassador, Frank Is. KELLOGG
has become convinced that they seek
nothing at our hands but counsel ana
advice They are not seeking to EN-
hroil" us They are not bent upon
entanglingly allying US. They are
anxious for American capital TO par
ticipate in the rehabilitation OF d
Europe still suffering from econoillc
shell-shock. But they are aWare ina
such assistance will and must come
from private American banking capl-
tai, if it comes a t all, and they nave
deep-seated conviction that d al
Street and it's ramif1cations 10 al
noints West South and North are en-
tirely capable of judging for then-
selves whether investments IN Europe
are profitable or judiclous.
Macdonald Position Clear.
AS to Ramsay MacDonald's desire
to live on terms of intimate irleha-
shin with the United States, there Is
mot the shadow of a doubt. That IS
the traditional purpose OF bra brltlsii
governments, but it never inspired
any regime in Downing street more
whole -heartedly than 1t hres lhe an
bitions of the cabinet now IN once.
Probably no British prime mihlslG;r
ever had so intensely personal asp.
ration to cement an entente COZ
with the United states as tiiia hai,'1 of
tish schoolmaSter now at the neLIIL u
British imperial destinies. Maci'on-
aid is not a laboring man by oIlslIi.
He holds no union card. he mas ny
had a trade. He is scholar. f1i is
nassion. That is why he is torelsn
Secretary in his own CABINET. No
British premier, probaoly, was 80 eS
more world Travelled than Matbotl ~
He finds himself in the seat OF tne
mighty at a moment when the Worlu
clamors for peace in Europe ana II ~
start His consuming ambltloh' ms
friends say, is to go down IN ms hlStois 80 d'
the British premier who, thougn iLoio
ing office for only a relatively DrleI
raIiod contrived to settle Europe IN
that interval. Macdonald knows oI
thinks he knows that the process can
be hastened-indeed, can onIE M
achieyed-by the presence OF the ohieeu
States in European counclis ~ M liae
end he may be relied upon to benz ever!
ounce of his inexhaustible energy 40
long as the Labor ministry IS per
petuated the drive for american - -
operation will be both continuous anu
intensive Upon it's outcome may ue
mend the rise or fall of the MacDoial.u,
Government. american co-operatloil
obtained on any comprehensive a.os, 500,
such as our participation IN tne 5it;st
commission inaugurated, the plltiS pII
government responsive Lor ,,Id aI
have an issue upon which II coulu al
most certainly go before the couItts
with high confidence. Neither tne I-lp
eral nor the Unionist party coulu lope
to expel from office an ADMINISTRATOR
with such a record TO lts ere uhl 81 ~
Europe"
Believes in League.
p.-,sav NscDonald's plan for "sav-
,po Eurone" with american co-opeTd-
ton" would not be completely redlzeu
until America had entered the Ledsu VI
Nations The Labor premier Is Ilioi
oughgoing believer in the league. ne 10
an apostle of the theory lhat' o.apcy
as the league has been, ITS potetiIs
would be increased immeasuraply py Ine
adherence of the United States. 1hls
writer asked an influential Eiis lshltlo' la,
what in his judgment is the moSL eo
crete single service America cou u
1eioined ENTRY into the League OF Na
ti0ns on your own terms. Brltois 40
not talk very much about the LedSd "
Nations The World Court Is seIooIi
mentioned in their ordinary coiEer o,tt
tions about international analrs. bu.,
when their opinion is sought tney very
promptly and definitely commit them-
selves to a belief in the compete eliiUae!
of both the league and the court, lhS!
contend that they would ungrudglngly
c,,hn,it any important conflict in when
they were interested to their aroftra-
n,ent and do so, moreover, without any
timorous anxieties that their sovereignty
was being impaired or thelr lis.ieo No
jeopardized. They ardentiy aesiIe ~ NJ
limited States to get around 10 Una.
noint of view. In the same breath they
denrecate the notion of harrylns OF
hurrying us into it. They eeileVe We
will come to it, to borrow our own
idiom, when we are good and ready.
Views of Ruling Class.
The thoughts thus far herein SET
forth are the views of What Hlishs
he called the governing caste OF
Rritain-a caste that now includes,
for the first time, the oVerwnelni..,hs I'M,
mass of the common people Oh the