Evening star., 1945-07-27
World Labor Rejoice.
|At Sweeping Victory
I'm British Elections
BY the Associated Press.

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BY the Associated Press.
The passing of winston Churchill
as Britain'S Prime Minister brought
mixed reaction throughout the
world today,
There was general rejoicing ir
the ranks of labor, some anxiety or
the part of business interests witt
British Affiliations and consterna.
tion in rightist circles. Everywhere
the proportions of the defeat of tht
Churchill government caused sur
prise.
The Moscow radio, making the
first Russian comment on the British
Labor Party victory, said the party
last May called for a 'consolida.
ton of relations of friendship with
Russia and issued warning against
anti-Soviet propaganda. The Mos
cow commentator predicted thai
with the election "a new chapter
opens in the life of Britain"
In Washington, members of Con.
gress disagreed in their opinion oi
what effect the voting result woule
have on the war with Japan and or
general British American interna.
tional relations. Most members o1
Congress thought the British would
press the war against Japan but
Senator Mcfarland, Democrat, o1
Arizona was afraid the British re.
gard the war as over"
Austin Critical.
Victory by the Labor Party
which seeks government ownership
of Britain's basic industries, con.
vinced many that similar issue.
must be faced in the United States
Senator Austin, Republican, of Yer
mont, said, I'VE are confronted witt
the greatest attack on free econ.
omy in history. If we maintain tn,
capitalistic system and free govern.
ment we will have to improve om
fiexibility and move quickly to NEE
economic, political and interna.
tional problems.
The leading Swedish Conservative
newspaper Svenska Dagbladet sale
Churchill had been betrayed by
his people. 1t will remain to be seer
how the British people will react
before this surprising verdict of 8
people which has discharged 9
statesman whose genius is without
counterpart in the western worlc
and who in time of need took ovel
the leadership and organized vic.
tory"
Australian Labor Party leaders
said the result in Britain insured
an Australian labor victory in tht
next general elections there. Ths
Sydney Telegraph said the result
was due to the "insufferable burder
of onservative reactionarie,
Churchill had to carry to the poll.
Anxiety in Capetown.
There was some selling on tn,
stock exchange at Capetown, Soutf
Africa, where there are many biz
British business interests, but NJ
panic. The Capetown Times sale
the results of the labor experiment
In Britain will be viewed sympa.
thetically but also with some nat.
ural anxiety by the world"
Jabor's victory was interpreted il
Spain generally as a defeat for tn,
Falangists and the Franco regime
"Britain's going Bolshevik," said tn.
official Falangist press, and now W,
have nothing between us and Russis
save the Americans and they arr
wi t h drawing" SPANS workins
classes, however, were frankly de.
lighted and celebrated in the
cheaper cafes.
Official comment was lacking In
Argentina, where the result was re-
ceived with great surprise, but q
number OF leading Argentines inter-
preted the election as proof that
the proletariat, after suffering the
long horrors of war, are going to
insist on changes. Tomas Lebreton
former Argentine Ambassador to
London. said regardless of the
alarm which labor's victory might
cause many of Churchilrs admirers
it is nothing more than one of those
extraordinary evolutions which at
test the exceptional pliability of the
British political fabric"
Italian Socialists Cheer.
Pietro Nenni, leader of the italian
Socialist party, sent telegram from
Rome to the victorious British Labor
party stating italian Socialists
cheer the victory of the great broth
er party which opens new roads to
the unity of the workers to give Eu-
rope again work and peace"
DR.. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee
president of Hindu Mahasabha
third largest political party in In.
dia, hailed the fall of the Church.
Ill government as a deserving END
OF a reactionary administration
which shamelessly stood against In
dians' rightful claim for political
emancipation" The Indian press
generally agreed, however, the
change of government was not like
ly to mean much to India because
as one editor said, all British par
ties have been as one regarding this
country"
Leftist parties were elated in
Chile and some leaders said they
expected the Labor government tc
adopt different policies regarding
Argentina in contrast with what
they deemed an appeasing attitude
by the Churchill cabinet.
Chinese Hopeful.
Chinese officials said they fore
saw no change in Britain's attitude
toward Japan as result of Labor,s
victory. Mr.. Churchill was q pop-
ular figure with the Chinese, but
it was felt in China generally that
the Labor victory might result in
an earlier settlement of the Hong
Kong question. The Chinese be-
lieve that labor might be more fav-
orably disposed than the Conserva-
tives to an early retrocession of that
British port to China.