Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
MacDonald's Fighting Role
Wins Applause From America

Premier Ramsay MacDonald's election
tight in England. soon to be ended at
the polls, is viewed with the interest
that attaches to a courageous under
taking, in which the individual appears
TO have sacrificed his own chief support
In devotion to his conception of vital
principles. Americans accept the pos
slbl!ity that he may lose the seat in
Parliament from his old constituency
Labor stronghold, but view the ma
tlonal contest as both spectacular and
stirring. 1t is believed that as election
cay approaches, the issue will narrow
down to the acceptance or rejection of
socialistic ideas, with the radicals OBJ
posed to Macdonald.
His life, on the whole" declares the
Omaha World-Herald. has been a sad
one. Most Of it he has spent on the
cross And now again, in the shady
years, he stands alone on the fire step,
sober, calm, uncertain as to what the
result will be. Let us hope that he will
emerge triumphant from the struggle.
For him to fail will be discreditable not
to him, but to his country. Because.
whatever the result, Macdonald is bound
to triumph. 1t is England who must
take care"
Macdonald. speaking to his Seaman
coal-mlning constituents. his back to
the wall, but defying them" according
TO the GAINESVILLE Gazette, lis reminis-
cent of the days of Disraeli, haunting
Commons and telling the members they
would listen to him some day.
He is man of courage, if not of tact
1t is freely predicted that he will be
defeated in this old riding which he
now represents. But he does not pro-
pose to seek some safe electorate in
order to win a seat. Such courage has
hr0Ilpht from Mahafnna Gandhi tho
thought that England has not seen his
! like for many year"
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Both Chancellor Bruening of Ger
many and Prime Minister Macdonald
of England threw political expediency
to the winds and asked for votes of con-
fldence on the record of their courage,
their honesty and their craftsmanship"
says the Louisville Courier Journal, OBJ
mitted political suicide in order to serve
his country in its present time of
stress" The Topeka Daily Capital
states that lit seems pathetic that the
British premier must in this. possibly
his last, great fight encounter the bit
ter opposition of many who formerly
were his most ardent supporters" and
concludes: Ramsay MacDonald's moral
and physical courage have been tested
good many times, and probably never
more severely tried than now" The
Scranton Times believes that IF Mac
Donald wins, 1t will be because Of an
inherent belief by many people in his
district in his honesty and his faith
fulnesS to the cause of labor, even when
1t would seem that he had deserted the
cause. Nor must the mans personal
magnetism be forgotten"
The inference must be-" advises the
Columbia Is. CO. State, that the can
didates in all parties and fragments will
in some way declare whether or not
they approve the continuation Of the
so-called national coalition government,
but that is question which may be de-
cided by the Parliament only, after the
fuss and fury of a general and I'M
mensely muddled election" The Roch-
ester Times Union thinks that lin Great
Britain, as so often In the United States,
there will be some blurring of the dif-
ferences between the rival party groups
as the campaign goes on. II Mr; Mac
Donald returns to power 1t will open
the door to q protective tariff. But it
win be still more vindication OF his
personal leadership"
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Ellis plea for the continuance at this
time of national government Is SIN
gularly strong one" declares the Savafl-
nah Morning News, noting that ut car
ries to the workingman the fact that
he will be the chief sufferer from q re-
versal of the steps that have been taken
or from q further impairment Of conf
6ence in the financial stability Of the
nation" That paper adds that the
combination national government" in
the belief of the best judges, will con-.
troll the House, but it will be hodge
podge and not be q harmonious union
when such paramount issues as the
tariff come up for discussion ana action.
The ties that bind may be severed at
any time" I