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...merged into another it became increasingly certain that the Labor Party would be sustained in moving an amendment on the Address from the Throne.* Amid the riot of British parliamentary news four facts stood out clearly. First, Ramsay Macdonald, the Labor leader, in delivering himself of a stinging criticism on the King's speech, declared that his Party lacked confidence in His Majesty's Government, and that it would restore British influence in Europe for humane ends. Second, ex-Premier H. H. Asquith pledged his aid and the aid of the Liberal Party in putting the Labor Party...
...Allied Commission in control of Germany no longer exists except in name; the Ruhr manoeuvers have served no end; no reparations seem likely to come in during the year; the Experts' Committee which the Premier at first fought stubbornly, is functioning and will unquestionably have a vital effect; Ramsay Macdonald is about to link up with Russia, which Poincare has been implored to do for months past; the U. S. has been alienated by ignoring the debt issue; French prestige in the Near East has lapsed to what it was in 1914, when Liman von Sanders ruled in Turkey...
...appointment of Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister marks the passing of power from a social and financial aristocracy to the brain and brawn workers of England. At the same time, it is a mistake to believe that a Labor government will be guilty either of illiteracy or of Bolshevik immediateness. The MacDonald cabinet contains more men of brains than any British cabinet. At least six of the 20 members are intellectuals', notably Viscount Haldane, Philip Snowden, Sir Sydney Oliver, and Sidney Webb...
...There is no danger that the Labor party will adopt a radical program. For a majority it must depend upon the Liberals who are therefore in a position to block measures which the rank-and-file Britisher opposes. Ramsay MacDonald's speeches have been marked by moderation. His ministry is not only the first labor one in British history, but he is apparently the first prime minister who has not had previous ministerial experience...
...because we want it. Has anyone here been so foolish as to hasten the demise of a father who is about to leave him a bankrupt estate ? We know there are risks on every side, but if there are risks there is also a cause." Thus spake Ramsay MacDonald at the Royal Albert Hall in London at a Labor rally...