Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
BIZ FRANK H. s1MoNDs.

w YITH the return Of Ramsay
lSN n Macdonald to Downing street
NV the British revolution visi-
bly, enters a second phase.
To assume that, because the
transformation in progress in Britain
has nothing of the later character of
either the French or Russian upheav-
ais, 1t is not in fact veritable revolu
ton Is to miss the reality in elaborat-
ing the detail. What is actually tax
ing place Is the transfer of political
power within Great Britain from the
| privileged classes Of yesterday to the
masses, who are today rising to con-
| troll.
When Labor came to ONCE In 1924,
| 1t was possible to take the whole cpl
| sode as a freak and an accident. The
| event had far surpassed the expecta-
| tons Of the most sanguine follower of
Ramsay Macdonald. Moreover, the
Liberals and Tories were equally re-
| signed to the experiment because they
were satisfied that Labor ineptitude
would promptly demonstrate the in
herent incapacity Of the party to re-
tain and administer power.
On the whole, this expectation
proved fallacious, chiefly because Mac
minister, disclosed the ability of truly
great foreign minister while Snowden
as chancellor Of the exchequer revealed
real ability. Nevertheless the Mac
Donald cabinet went out to the fare OF
the red flames surrounding the. zinoviev
letter incident, and the later general
strike seemed to promise long paraly-
sis of Labor pilitical Importance.
Return Not Accidental.
The return of Labor cannot be inter-
| AmL
| Tory rule have proved that Conserva-
tive ministry can be futile and even as
| dangerous to national prosperity and
| solidarity as a so-called Socialist gov
eminent Moreover. II Labor does not
| vet return quite on its own, with COM
plete control, the gain of full 100 seats
since the 1923 election leaves little
question as to an eventual capture OF
| the 20 or 80 seats which, added to the
present total, would MAKE controI conh-
plete.
Nor can one fail to perceive how
momentous are to be the consequences
of this British revolution. The labor
! ing class, which Is now just reaching
out to control the machinery OF British
government, has for its dominating ana
basic purpose the resolution to trans
form the conditions within the British
Isles of the millions who constitute the
WORKING Class. nC pun pOcC Va eAAS
Tories. who dominated the Lloyd George
Coalition ministry, and ruled Britain In
| the Bonar Law and Baldwin govern
| nnents, was to restore the old pre-war
Britain, to re-establish Britain in her
place in the world to re-establishs the
place of the rich and the ruling classes
| in Britain.
This attempt has definitely failed.
first. because the war proved fatal
| shock to the already crumbling eco
r1oniic condition OF Britain, and, second,
| because the rise Of the United States
| put an automatic end to the traditional
position of Britain as supreme upon
the seas and financially, economically
and politically dominant in Europe.
while Britain did actually win her war
| with Germany. she Just as Individually
lost to Americs. much Of her old power
and prestige.
At Starvation Point.
The Tories refused to admit this
| fact. They insisted that contemporary
conditions we're transient. They as
serted that shortly business would be
as usual, power would return to the