The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-26
MT. Baldwin Again.
tNew York Herald Tribuneo


 The Stanley Baldwin who has again become Prime Minister of Britain is experienced-and pre- sumably wise1--man than the little known Member of Parliament whose appointment Prime Minister twelve years ago welcomed because he al successful business man. In those days business man" was believed to have the sturdy qualities of common sense, which so many politicians seemed tol lack MT. Baldwin avowedly a Conservative which at that time was in his favor-and had had sufficient political experience to be not altogether la "greenhorn."
 In his two terms Prime Minister-he was forced out in 1924 after only year in office, but returned to power few months later following the campaign in which the famous Red" letter was used to link lup the Laborites with MoScow-Mr Baldwin was safe" The Liberals and Laborites looked upon him as q reactionary. Some of his party regarded him too radical A few of his friends felt that he too prone to take advice from his associates Many of them deplored certain lack of aggressive ness.
 For five years he remained in effective years which in retrospect appear to have been rather calm despite the general strike which paralyzed England in 1926. With Lord Curzon and later Sir Austen Chamberlain as Foreign Secretary a conservative policy followed on the Continent, in the course of which the Locarno agreements were signed Rea- tons with the United States too friendly as a result of the circumstances surrounding the failure of the Geneva conference on naval limita- tions in 1927. It MT. Baldwins good fortune to retire just before the great economic debacle which started in 1929. When the Nationalist" ministry was formed three years ago he became a member l of it leader of the Conservatives.
 His years of active political leadership have doubtless been of great benefit to him. Dffiaent by nature, he has become self-confdent by ex- perience. No longer British cartoonists show a picture of Stanley Baldwin the boy gazing at Stanley Baldwin the man, saying Prime Mnitser? You? Good Lordl" No longer need he feel as he lis said as youngster to have felt, that he was the least gifted in family group which included Rudyard Kipling and the artists Burne-Jones and Edward Poynter
 He comes to the Premiership still somewhat of an engma-still a leader who seems often to hesi- tate assert his leadership But he is now fully prepared for his difficult task, with a wide know ledge of affairs and mature judgment of political principles Even in England this is hard time to be conservative. Much easier is it to advocate a New Deal or to control through a dictatorship. whether on the Russian the Italian model. But MT. Baldwin is man of faith. integrity and a high sense of service. He will not finish there lfore under the heavy burdens that will rest upon him It is perhaps his good fortune that in sue lceeding MT. Ramsay Macdonald he takes office for the third time after period when the dStinguished Scotch evangelist politician has apparently been languishing. By contrast almost any positive steps which MT. Baldwin may take will seem to be active and aggressve-and Great Britain today stands in Ineed of active. aggressive leadership.