Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-05

General satisfaction with the results
Of the British elections is expressed Ii
American editorial comment, which
contains many tributes to Macdonald,
who placed his nation above his party
and won not only his seat in Parlia-
ment but prestige and influence.
Ramsay Macdonald is q man with
out a party, but, as was said Of another
Scotsman, where he sits Is the head OF
the table in the worlds popular es-
teem," remarks the Topeka Daily Capt.
tai, while the Dayton Daily News says:
THE personality on which the British
election most wildly turned was that of
the man who left Labor government
to head a coalition ministry. Thus far
to the outside world Macdonald appears
to be @ high order of patriot. AS prime
minister he reached point where Eng
land needed to stand above party, and
he made the great sacrifice" The Ann
Arbor Daily News describes Macdonald
as "the outstanding personality in the
Isles today" and says of his position
with his fellow countrymen: The peo-
pie have confidence in his ability to
steer straight course through crises
strewn sea. They care nothing about
his party label"
AS the Louisville Courier Journal
views the election. 1T is an overwhelm-
ing vote of confidence In Ramsay Mac
Donald and his coalition cabinet, and
q crushing defeat of the Labor opposi-
ton and Of the Lloyd George Liberals,
who put politics before the nations well
fare" Gratified that he was returned
by his own reputedly hostile constitu-
ency. the Newark Evening News re-
marks: THAT he walks in through the
main portal at the head of the process
sion Is of tremendous importance to
Britain and a pretty good thing for
most of the world"
That without the vote Of labor itself
the Conservatives could not have piled
up such a majority impresses the Jersey
City Journal, which says: THE rank
and file of labor in England has proved
once more that it has a mind of its
own. The significance of this demon
stration of faith in Macdonald and will
ingness to accept slashes in the dole,
live on a deprecated currency, whack
down expense and JACK up taxes. Will
dawn upon the world with increasing
force as time improves our perspective.
= First Of all, Great Britain
stands, as ever, the rock of sturdy char
acter and popular government among a
Europe beset with webbing govern
ments, arbitrary relationships and debt
repudiationists, AS the Harrisburg
Telegraph puts 1t, "Bravely facing the
disagreeable and disheartening facts of
an unbalanced budget, a depreciating
currency and failing trade, the voters
courageously threw out. bag and bag
gage. the Socialists. radicals and ether
uuack doctors offering quick relief
through sugar coated pills OF doubtful
potency and turned conservative almost
overnight"
british resentment of the radical OPP
position. which was willing TO plunge the
nation into any sort OF disaster rather
than take any political back track. has
been plainly shown in the political beat
ing administered TO the leaders OF that
opposition in the elections just held"
declares the Port Huron Times Herald.
which AYERS that, after all, most OF
the people Of the world are conserva-
tive if given a change to show their
real nature"
The pittsburgh Post Gazette thinks
"interest centers in the emphatic man
ner in which Britain has now turned
against the radicalism that had been
making Roadway in it for years" and
while it agrees that patriotism In the
presence Of a crisis must. OF course, re-
ceive its share OF credit for the result"
feels that Sit remains that, no matter
what the political fiurries among them,
the British usually are found to be con-
seryative at heart" Along this line the
Cincinnati Times-Star argues that, "as
a matter of fact no country by popular
vote has ever abandoned capitalism for
Communism or near Communisrn. This
is because capitalism-we might be stat
ing the case more clearly by calling 1t
individualsm-fits in more with the
ideas of the average man than Com
munism or collectivism."
Praising England the Hamilton (On-
tariol Spectator says: 1T means that
the motheriand is as sound as It has
ever been, and that the essential spirit
OF the people has lost nothing Of its