Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03

(The following is a brief summary of
the most important news of the world
for the seven days ended November ~
THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
OF NATIONS.-Parliamen reaSsembled
on October 20, and a memorable session
Is indicated. The great prestige &C
quired by the Labor government in the
foreign field cat The Hague, at Geneva,
and still more Importantly, in relation
to the United StateS), should strengthen
its hand in dealing with domestic prob
lens; and 1t is perhaps not unfair 10
suggest that the somewhat hectic &C
tiVity of the government in the foreign
field was in no small degree motived by
the consideration that prestige so &C
quired might serve the turn at nome.
After ALL of course, the main pre-
occupations of the government are
domestic and serious enough they are.
Since Labor achieved the power early
in June unemployment has increased,
the foreign trade has declined, the Bank
of England has been in the doldrums,
and certain speculative scandals nave
tainted the air. 1t is understood that
these are developments from tendencies
for which Labor is not responsible, ana
that application Of correctives was TO
be expected only after due deliberat1on.
But the time for such application has
arrived; the liegeS are expecting action;
certain promises have to be redeemed.
And it's the devil For example: The
miners are demanding ful1llment OF the
promise to restore the SeVen-hour Gay
| In the mines without reduction OF
wages); yet the mine owners urse
rather convincingly that such proceed
ings would bring back the desperate
maiaise of the industry from which
| there has been heartening recovery in
recent months. Mr.. Thomas, the UNI
oficial minister for unemployment,
promises to reveal to Parliament the
next phase of the governments plan
to solve unemployment" The world
alphabetically awaits the revelation.
Comment on the interesting develop
ments relating to India must be post
poned to next week.
| In the provincial general elections OF
Ontario the other day, the ConSerVa-
tives swept all before them; the people
thus signifying approval of the results
under government control OF the nquor
traffic which superseded prohlbltlon
several years ago. A few days later
Nova Scotia, by less striking but still
very notable majority, voted for aboli-
ton Of prohibition and establishment OF
government control of liquor trafnc,
despite the bootleggerS' strenuous efforts
for continuance for prohibition.
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FRANCE.-In last Sundays issue
recited how on october ~ the
BRAND Government fell: how on Octo-
Der Is Edouard Daladier, leader OF the
Radical Socialist party, was invited 10
form a government; and how sue
cess Of his efforts depended primarily
on the attitude of the Socialists proper,
though Of course additional support by
other smaller Left groups would be
necessary to a Chamber majority at
best conceivable weak and precarlous.
pointed out that the Chamber ma
jority contemplated must include the
Radical Socialists, numbering 125: the
Socialists proper, 100; the Lett Raolcas
So, and the Republican Socialists, 81,
the total membership of the Cnamper
being GOT.
There seemed a fair hope OF con-
ciliating the support of the smaller Lett
groups mentioned above II BRAND
would accept the foreign portfolio. On
the 27th, BRAND, with graceIuI
cordially, announced his willingness 10
accept, and though one OF those
; minor groups was displaying marked
reluctance to associate itself with the
Socialists proper, one inclined TO pe-
lieve that this reluctance could be
overcome On that sane day, the 21th, a
caucus of the Socialist members OF
Parliament voted, SO to IL, to recon-
mend to the National Council OF tner