Evening star., 1924-01-24
ENGLAND EXPECTS
EARLY RECOGNITION
OF SOVIET RUSSIA
Macdonald to Press for Ad-
mission of Nation and Ger
many Into League.
MISS BONDFIELD FIRST
WOMAN IN GOVERNMENT
Premier Gives Members of Own
Party Appointments to Royal
Household.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, January 24.-Prime Min
lister Maodonald's recent denunciation
of the "pompous folly" Of withhold
ing full recognition OF soviet Russia
has prepared everybody for early ac-
ton by the new government in that
direction, and it is stated unoff1cially
that James O'Grady. NJ. p, is already
being considered for the position OF
British ambassador to Moscow. Mr.
|O'Grady, who holds one of the Leeds
seats in the house of commons, has
made a study of Russian affairs. He
visited Moscow officially in 1917 and
again in 1922 in connection with the
trade union famine relief movement.
The new prime minister's interest
in the league Of nations Is well
known, and, according to the Daily
Telegraph, he contemplates an ex-
pansion Of the league section of the
foreign Office in order to use 1t to
the utmost as an instrument of gen.
eral pacification. For this reason. ac-
cording to the newspaper, Mr.. Mac
donald means to devote every EFFORT
toward the early inclusion of Ger
many and Russia in the league.
Picks Cecips Successor.
The Daily Telegraph also asserts
that the premier has invited Lord
Parmoor, the lord president of the
council, TO represent Great Britain on
the league council. replacing Viscount
Cecil of Cheiwood-until recently
Lord Robert Cecil-who Is retiring.
Contrary to the general belief and
to what is supposed to have been his
own intention originally, Mr.. Macdon-
aid, the Daily Mail states. has decid-
ed to fill the appointments to the
royal household with members OF ms
of parliament for Pontypool. and J.
A. Parkinson, representing Wigan.
probably will receive the posts or
treasurer and controller Of the house
hold, respectively.
"It is generally recognized" says
the Times, that Mr.. Macdonald has
shown most successful cleverness In
dovetailing the various elements of
his following into composite whole.
Woman Given Post.
The appointment Of Miss Margaret
Bondfield to the secretaryship OF the
ministry of labor, thus making her
the first woman to have a place in
the British government, is very IA
vorably received There is some sur
prise that Miss Bondfield did not get
said that she herself did not wish
this distinction.
The appointments Of the remaining
members of the new government were
made public in an official list as fol-
lows:
Minister of pensions. Commoner
Frederick Owen Roberts: attorney
general. Patrick Hastings; solicitor
general. Henry Slesser; financial Sec
retary to the treasury, Commoner
William Graham; financial secretary
to the war office, Commoner John
James Lawson; parliamentary secre-
tary to the treasury, Commoner Ben
Charles Spoor.
Other Positions Filled.
Cndersecretaries: For war, Com
moner Clement Richard Attlee: col
onies. Sydney Arnold; foreign affairs.
Commoner Arthur Ponsonby; home
affairs, Commoner Rhys John Davies;
India, Commoner Prof. Robert Rich
ards: health, for Scotland, Commoner
James Stewart.
The following are parliamentary
secretaries. all members of the House
of Commons: Admiralty, Charles Am
mon; agriculture, Walter Smith;
board of trade, Albert Victor Alexan-
der: education. Morgan Jones: min
lStty VI htNllH, <ATlhuT 1TccuWOOU,
labor, Miss Margaret Bondfield; mines
department.. Emanuel Shinwsll; over
seas trade, William Lunn.
The ceremony of transferring the
seals Of office and swearing in the
ministers who were not previously
members of the privy council, which
confers upon them the title of "the
right honorable" was performed in
the customary manner at Bucking-
ham palace before the king, presid-
ing over the privy council. and in
the presence of the Prince of Wales
Wales appears to be displaying the
same keen interest as his father in
the accession of Great Britain's first
labor government, and there has
been no omission Of the regular cere-
monial.