Evening star., 1924-11-10

| of the Liberals. This is also the view
| of the Detroit News, which claims
the leaders of that party must now
face the question whether they shall
attempt to bring it back to a position
of influence or allow it to disappear,
part being absorbed by the Conserva-
tfves, the rest going into the Labor
camp" Much will depend" the News
adds, ION the attitude taken by Mr..
| Lloyd George, who, because OF Mr.
Asauiths failure to be reelected for
Paisley, becomes the unchallenged
head of the Liberals in the House of
Commons According to the Cincin-
natl Times-Star, "in the readjustment
that is going on. from which only two
parties can emerge, either the Labor
party or the Liberal party must be
destroyed. Ramsay Macdonald evil
IDENTIFY has decided on the destruction
| or the Liberal party, and has chosen
| the present as the most propitious
| time. But Liberalism is more than a
party in British politics-it is a set
| of great principles. Driven from the
side of Labor, it may leaven the mass
| of Conservatism. In that event the
Labor party, without the steadying
influences of Liberalism, may be
driven toward communism, and under
Anglo-Saxon institutions communism
soWs the seeds of death in any politi-
cal incloSure to which it gains ac-
cess"
Above all, the Baltimore Sun thinks
'the British people apparently incline
to the belief that with major issues to
bS settled according to one or two
alternative plans there is no need for
a third party" So 1.-The political
atmosphere in Great Britain has to
that extent been cleared of the un-
certainties that attend a three ed
Parliament, with it's resulting govern
ment by coalition or suffrance."
In this connection the Canadian
viewpoint is interesting, as voiced by
the Toronto Globe, which maintains
the Laborites openly desire the ex-
tlnctfon of Liberalism SO that they
may take it's place in a two-party
system. 1t Is too soon to write the
epitaph Of party with such a his
tory. Great Britain has become a
country Of political surprises, the
greatest surprise of a century being
the advent of a Labor government.
An electorate so untrammeled may re-
store the Liberal party as quickly as
it has dethroned it when it turns
against Conservatism, as it proba bly,
will in due time. In the meantime
there is great advantage in the as
surances of an era of settled govern
ment after three general elections in
as many years."
Probable results Of the Conserva-
tive victory are not reaSsuring from
the standpoint Of those who are con-
cerned in world peace and amity,
thinks the Omaha World Herald, which
insists lit means more than a break
with Russia. 1t means, perhaps, a
chilling with both France and Ger
many. 1t forecasts the throwing up
of barriers against German commerce,
which. together with the American
Fordney McCumber barriers, will
make it extremely difficult for Ger
many to earn the money to pay
reparations to anybody, and so i'm
peril the workability of the Dawes
plan." The Cleveland Plain Dealer,
however, does not share these misgiv-
ings, az "it is not to be imagined that
Baldwin or any other Tory leader will
make an effort to repudiate the Dawes
plan or impede the work of carrying
out the Dawes policies"