Evening star., 1924-10-31
LONDON RESUMES
AIR Of GALLANTRY
Old Aristocracy Comes Out
Into Open With Custer
of Laborites.
BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
BY HAL O,FLAHERTy

IbNbC-N. OCTOBER 3l.-LOndon has
become overnight it's old aristo-
cratic self. following the overwhelm-
ing victory of the Conservative party
| Gallant old gentlemen, who. since
the Labor party has been in power
| have hardly shown their faces outside
their clubs, now gather in little
groups on the street 'clad in their
traditional toppers. gardenias and
white spats, patting each other af-
| fectionately on the back
There is an air of awakening as
If for months whole section Of the
! British people had been asleep or
travelling abroad. The Tory success
| so far exceeded its supporters most
| exalted hopes that they find them
selves slightly embarrassed by their
| new riches, especially in the abund-
ance of material from which to form
4 brilliant new cabinet.
Stanley Baldwin, the ex-prime min
| lister, shows a magnanimous attitude to-
ward the Liberals and toward every ele-
ment of the anti-SocialiSt organizat ton,
and therefore would like to ask Lord
Grey to become foreign secretary, but
in this he iS meeting strenuous oppoSi-
ton from the party elders. They want
Lord Curzon to resume the work which
! in the future must have great influence
on European policies.
Mr.. Baldwin has heard some plain
| speaking regarding Lord Curzon'S tenn
permanent from those who believe he
cannot get along with any one-not even
with his own party chieftainS. If his
avowed preference for Lord Grey finds
no favor, it is possible that he will call
Austen Chamberlain to the foreign Of
| flee, at the same time placing Neville
Chamberlain in the office of chancellor
! of the eXchequer.
Birkenhcnd Doubtful.
Lord Birkenhead created so many
enemies after the breakup of the coali-
ton that his chances Of getting his old
| place as lord chancellor seem extremely
small
Winston Churchil's return to the Tory
fold also adds a slight difficulty, for he
undoubtedly deserves some office, and it
is believed that ex-Prime Minister Bald
win would like to place him in the home
office, where he would have a chance of
dealing with the radicals throughout the
country
Lord DerbyS long experience in va
rious government offices It's him ad-
mirably to take any post Mr.. Baldwin
| may select, but the probability is that
he will be selected as colonial min
lister.
Sir Douglas Hogg. Sir Robert Horne
anu lilt LUKE Ol l)oNOnSUlTc uHQOuDt-
edly will find places in the new min
iStry.
Reaction Is COIOrful.
Without any question Great Britain's
new government is going to outshine
any in the past decade in the manner
of title. When the British decide on
a policy of reaction. they react grand
ly, leaving no doubts as to their state
of mind.
If Mr.. Baldwin has any trouble fac
ing him, which seems incredible in
view of his domination of the House
of Commons, it will be in preventing
the Tory party from reacting too far.
He realizes the impossibility of man
aging his government on lines too
profoundly conservative and will
doubtless make every effort to add
| leaven with one Liberal member and
perhaps even one labor member of the
! ca binet.
| Copyright 1924. by Chicago Daily News Coz