Labor Rule Coming

COMMONWEALTH (British Commonwealth of Nations')

It was made certain during the week that the moment the Conservative Government is defeated in the House of Commons, Premier Baldwin will recommend the King to ask Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labor Party, to form a new ministry. It is no exaggeration to say that Great Britain is, in general terms, philosophically resigned to having a Labor Government.

Meanwhile, in view of the numerous reports stating that the Laborites will recognize Russia, it is necessary to restress the fact that the Laborites, when they come into power, will be in a minority of two to one. If the Labor Government proposes to recognize Russia it must first win over part of the Opposition Parties, and this may be difficult, although by no means impossible.

Liberal and Conservative Parties ran amuck last week on the question of tariff preferences. The Liberals would have none of it, the Conservatives, who had just won a by-election in West Derbyshire, were all for it. Messrs. Asquith and Lloyd George decided that the Liberal Party had better remain free. Later Premier Baldwin ordered a committee which was preparing a protection plan to discontinue its work.

The nature of the present Parliament foreordains a protracted period of political unrest until another general election comes to act as a panacea.