The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-13

But whichever way tn one thing: that Britian will great ly increase her naval strength which means, of course, increased building for the United States.
 They are not entirely sure, how ever, what tack British policy toward Italy will take after the Conservatives are swept back into power. The latter have not en- tirely shared the religious fervor of the Laborites and Left Villagers for sanctions and the League of Nations.
 Once they have secured a safe majority in Parliament for the next seven years, it may be that the Tory government will some what soften its Big Stick atti- tude toward Mussolini.
 THIS IS THE CHIEF QUES- TON MARK THAT THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION IS WAITING TO SEE AN- SEVERED.
 LeaderleSS Labor
 The political situation in Great Britain, as the nation goes to the polls, can be summarized this way:
 THE LABOR PARTY is an army without generals; the Lib- erals are a staff of generals with out an army.
 The old leaders of the Labor party, once among the most fa- nous figures in the Empire, are now dead, scattered or discredited. Arthur Henderson is dead. Ram say Macdonald and Jim Thomas, who have joined the Tory ranks, are hooted and booed almost every time they appear in public. Philip Snowden lost prestige when he accepted the peerage. George Lansbury, the veteran leader, resigned from the party in dis pute over sanctions against Italy. The present leader, Clement R. Attlee is new and untried.
 AMONG THE LIBERALS, the old leaders still remain. Lloyd George, despite his age, is still a potent figure. Sir Herbert Samuel is considered one of the ablest men in England. while Sir John Simon, despite his failure as Foreign Minister, still com mands prestige.
 But they have no one to fol- follow them. THE ONCE POWER FIJI LIBERAL PARTY HAS DWINDLED TO A MERE HAND FULL.
 Leaf for the Republicans
 One reason given by New Deal observers for the decline of the Labor and Liberal Parties is that the Conservatives have cut the ground from under them by adopting some of their own poli- cies.
 It is the Conservative boast in the present campaign that they have done more for the workingman than the Labor Party. Up to point this is true. The Conservatives, for in- stance, have cut the working mans income tax; at the same time taxing their own wealthier class to the bone.
 New Dealers point significant ly to this, and suggest that if the republicans expect to beat Roose- welt they will have to do it by adopting some of his own poli- cies.
 NOTE-1f Ramsay Macdonald is defeated in his own district, as is indicated by advance re- ports, it is almost certain that he will finally accept the peerage. Every year, recently, this has been offered to him, BUT HE HAS REFUSED TO RETIRE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Far East Worries
 The State Department is more concerned about the land
 ing of Japanese troops in Shanghai than anyone official ly would like to admit.
 Reason for the worry is con- fidential information which the State Department long has had before it, that the Japanese in tended to walk in on China just as soon as the British fleet was engrossed in the Mediterranean.
 ONCE BEFORE -a about four weeks ago-the Japanese started to help themselves to their wealthy, helpless neighbor. This was at Swatow, just opposite Hongkong, whence the Japanese sent one cruiser and seven de- stroyers on the flirnsy excuse that Japanese cargo, loaded on a Chinese junk, had been over- taxed by Chinese authorities.
 The incident was quickly set- tied, however, when the Ameri- can Asiatic fleet anchored off Hongkong, replacing the British vessels which had sailed to the Mediterranean. Present Set-Up Different
 The arrival of the American ships may have been pure coinci- dence. But it is significant that the British previously had sound- ed out the State Department as to what support they could get from the American fleet in case of trouble in the Pacific.
 The present landing of Japan csc troops in Shanghai ostensibly