Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24

Americans name Prime Minister Mac
donald of Great Britain as both inf1uen-
tial in and a beneficiary of the Aus
tralian election, which resulted In VIC
tory for the Labor party in the island
commonwealth. There is speculation as
to how far the new cabinet Will go In
supporting the international policies OF
Macdonald.
AustraIia's prime minister-elect, James
Henry Scullin, is described by the New
York Sun as a figure in politics who is
viewed here as a mystery man" and
that paper says of the results OF the vot-
ing: while the Australian voters had
their ewes we'll fixed on the main issue,
that of the Federal Arbitration Court"
(Which was attacked by the retiring
premier, Stanley M. Bruce, 1.-The. pres
tige of Ramsay Macdonald's Labor min
istry no doubt helped in swinging the
recent elections to Mr.. Scullin's party
Just how far Mr.. Scullin Will back MS
English colleagues peace campaign, par
ticularly in relation to the Singapore.
naval base, continues problem"
Greatest majority in the history OF
the Australian commonwealth" tmpelS
the Cleveland Plain Dealer to believe
that Labor now has clearer mandate
than it has had before in any major
component of the British Empire. The
OrOgreSS OF Lie SUNSIILlSIlI WILL bS
watched with interest,"" concludes that
paper. The Des MoineS Tribune-C Capital
saws Australia does not necessarily
follow the politics of the British Isles
not by any means" for cit would be
shrewd to assume that Australian mat
tiers played much larger part than re-
flected glory" The Dies Moines paper
points out that anybody who takes the
Students attitude toward political drifts
in the world must take account of the
rise of these parties, calling themselves
by the name of Labor and in general
trying to give the so-called lower classes
power in politics p-oportioned to their
numbers"
AS the development appears to the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Australian La
borites are, like the Macdonald Labor
ties in the British Islands, inclined TO
more and more temperate policies as
the years go on, and the general pros
perity of their country is not likely to
suffer from their administration of ma
tionaI affairs" The Newark Evening
News, however, feels that Labor in
Australia is more radical than the party
headed by Ramsay Macdonald" and
also that 1.-The unprecedented majority
for the Labor party is accepted as APP
proval of the principle OF compulsory
arbitration" The News draws the con-
CluSlOI1 CIldI JLle ldUOI NlIOOAH III tllC
mother country was a contributing fac
tor to the success of the party headed
by Scullin."
TRAINED observers of world politics."
according to the Sioux City Daily
Tribune, predict that the Labor gov
eminent of Australia will go well be-
yond the liberalism long maintained
there through the pressure of agrees
sive labor forces. There, as elsewhere"
continues the Tribune, trends alter
nate to some extent One extreme
promotes strength for
the other extreme. Genuine liberalism
compromise recognition of variable |
conditions in the social order-always |
is better than either extreme, but Is |
not easy to maintain"
The st. Paul Pioneer Press is i'm !
pressed by the fact that the new prime |
minister "does not have a free hand, |
for the Senate holds over and has a /
large Nationalist majority. Other fac |
tors entered into the outcome" says /
the st. Paul paper. THUS Mr.. Scullin
credits to the success of the Labor
party in Great Britain the creating of
an enthusiastic solidarity in Australian
Labor ranks. Also an entertainment
tax proposed by Premier Bruce was
very unpopular, AS in every election,
mixed motives and issues governed the
voter"
THE result must have surprised even
those who expected the Bruce govern
ment to go down." comments the
Ottawa, Canada, Journal Labor, it
was felt, would make impressive gains,
but few believed defeat Of the National
lists woald deyelQn. into q ropt. Just