Evening star., 1927-11-27

now more less lucidly by an immense multi
,ide of observers. 1t lies upon the surface OF
things, just the of 1914 lay plainly on
the surface of things for years before it came.
And one might reasonably imagine that this
great multitude would set about preparing 20
push the government out of office effectively
and thoroughly; would make sure of com.
plete purge of its supporters at the next gen
eral election. Nothing could be further from
the reality of the case The same want OF
ina gination that allows the British government
to drum along with international chickering's
and military preparations toward a new great
robs the huge majority of people who are
against the government of any effective CO.
herence. The great war seems 10 have passed
over the politicians in opposition with as small
intellectual profit as it has the ministers
in office.
In the face of rapidly approaching disaster
that may wreck civilized life these people go
with the old tricks and the old antics that
distinguished political life in those days of
apparently eternal security when good Queen
Victoria sat upon the throne. They do not
seem to see that there is any situation any
stream of events outside the little in
which they maneuver against each other for
office and the petty elores of party triumph
Two figures in particular l contemplate with
blank amaZement. One is Sir Herbert Samuel.
] am loath to believe him silly his public
proceedings But of their immense Stiffness
there can be no doubt. He is the fgurehead
of pure party Liberalism. He is the typical
advocate of those 500 Liberal ca nddates who
everywhere to wage implacabe warfare
against the Labor party. Everywhere they
too busy themselves in breaking up the
peace vote and, if they cannot get in them.
selves, letting in the Tory-and war.
Over against him is Ramsay Macdonald a
figure of fantastic vanity and secretiveness
equally resolute keeping the Labor party in
tn he iharoI lie tIo
heavens fall The poor little Daily Herald
under his influence, spends most of it's ammuni-
ton on the Liberals and the mere whisper Of
coalition" is treated like attack upon funda.
mental political virtue The implacable stu.
pndity of both these groups the pure party
Liberals and the pure party Laborites, exceeds
even the unteachable stupidity of the govern
ment policy. And they are helping it for.
ward. When the bombs begin to burst and
the smash comes Sir Herbert Samuel and Mr.
Ramsay Macdonald, because of their invet-
crate party spirit, will be as responsible for
the disaster as Mr.. Amery or Mr. Baldwin.
But the question l have been asking myself
and most of the people / have been meeting
lately is, What personally going to
do about it," Like the ma jority of people in
Great Britain, | want a coalition of the Lib.
eral and Labor parties That plainly is our
salvation. / realiZe-surely every one realizes
that the internal legislation and the foreign
policy of a Liberal government in Great Britain
for the next 10 years at least would be sub.
stantially the same as that of a Labor govern.
ment. OF the two, Mr.. Macdonald is the least
likely to move step toward Socialism The
pretense of any irreconcable fundamental diff.
ferences does not deceive per cent of the
British electorate The Liberals might be
rather more economical and skinny over social
services and the Labor people more snobbsh
fContnued on Third Pacel