Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-04
Leader of Victorious Labor
Party to Visit Windsor
Tomorrow.
PRESS AND POLITICIANS
SPECULATE ON CABINET
But High Authority Declares All
Names Mentioned Are Mere
Guesswork.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 4.-Stanley Baldwin
resigned as prime minister of the British
government today, handing his resigna-
ton at noon to King George, who lay
i'll in his bed at Windsor Castle.
The resignation was accepted and the
King Immediately sent for Ramsay
Macdonald, Labor leader, and former
premier, presumably to ask him to form
cabinet. Mr.. Macdonald will visit
Windsor sometime tomorrow.
The events presaged change in the
British government in accordance with
parliamentary elections last Thursday,
in which the Labor party of Mr.. Mac
Donald supplanted the Conservatives of
Premier Baldwin as the numerically
strongest party in the House of Com
mons.
Leaves by Back Door.
Premier Baldwin left his Office at 10
Downing street just at 10 o'clock, de-
parting by back door, thus escaping
any public demonstration. He was
driven to Windsor. arriving at St
Georges gate at 1920 am.
The Kings equerry, Sir Oliver Wig
corted him into the castle, where he
Immediately saw Lord Stamfordham
private secretary to his majesty. He
was conducted to the Kings bedroom
where he had the first discussion with
the monarch since the disaster of his
party at the polls Thursday.
Their conversation eliminated with
his handing his resignation as prime
minister to King George, in effect end
ing five years Of Conservative rule
which began in october, 1924, when
his own party, the Conservatives, de-
feated the Laborites on vote of non
confidence.
At that time it was Mr.. Macdonald
who called to see the King and to re-
sign and Mr. Baldwin who was sent for
to form new government.
Receives Royal Summons.
Today Mr.. Macdonald received the
royal summons to appear tomorrow at
Windsor at his Hamstead home, where
he had just been in consultation with
member of his principal colleagues.
It was his second such summons
the first having come just little more
than five years ago, when, after a
coalition agreement with David Lloyd
George, leader of the Liberal party, he
was given a working majority in the
HOUSE Oh commons.
Today as then the future of his gov
| ernment-to-be depended largely upon
what the Liberals would do. for as
sweeping as was the Labor victory al
Thursdays poll, it fell just short OF
| giving the party a majority In the
! Commons, and the Liberals, now as
then. hold the balance of power.
King George was in bed when he
received Mr.. Baldwin and the business
! transacted was very formal and brief
1t was more than an hour and hall
after the premier's arrival at the castle
that official information was given out
he had resigned.
Nothing Definite Decided.
1t was learned from high authority
! that all names mentioned as proSpec.
| tive members of the Macdonald cab
met, if formed. were purely speculative
| Nothing definite has been decided
and it was declared no decisions woult
be made until the joint meeting of thu
Labor party national executive com
mittee and the parliamentary Labo
party executive committee tomorrow.
In the columns of London dailies ant
in political circles there was mucl
speculation as to the composition of tn
Macdonald cabinet.
On only one post were the prophetic
as to the Labor leaders selection unan
imous, that being that Phillip Snowdel
would replace Winston Churchill a
minister of the exchequer, the post h
held in the former Macdonald cabinet
For the foreign Office portfolio wer
mentioned J. H. Thomas, former CO
lonial secretary; Arthur Henderson, for
mer home secretary; Sir Oswald Mos
ley, patrician Labor convert and son-in
law of Lord Curzon, and Arthur Pom
sonby, undersecretary for foreign affair
in the first Macdonald cabinet.
In the 1924 cabinet Mr.. MACEDONIA
was foreign minister himself in add
ton to his duties as prime minister.
The London Daily Mail printed
rumor that Viscount Cecil, formerly tn
British member of the Preparation
Commission on Disarmament at Geneva
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