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...same time, though the party is in office it is not quite in power and it must perforce rule with the tacit consent of the two traditional parties. The fact that its leaders agree with Sidney Webb on the "inevitability of gradual-ness", that Premier MacDonald is a constitutionalist, rather than a Marxianist, make it probable that this consent will not soon be retracted. Unlike its neighbors across the Channel, England's greatest revolutions have taken place in the quiet course of constitutional development. It is a testimony to the permanence and strength of the labor movement that...
MARGARET ETHEL MACDONALD: by J. Ramsay MacDonald. New York: Thomas Seltzer...
...Sidney Webb and Mr. G. B. Shaw, Mr. Golding has had an exceptional opportunity to see from the inside the amazing growth of the British Labor Party. He is a member of the Rainbow Circle, the political group of liberal thinkers which includes among its members, Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald, Lord Olivier, Mr. Noel Buxton and Mr. C. P. Trevellyan, all of whom are members of the cabinet of the present Labor Government...
House of Commons. Ex-Premier Baldwin, Leader of His Majesty's Opposition, rose to ask Premier MacDonald what the Cabinet intended to do about their "defeat" over the Rent Bill (TIME, April 14). The word "defeat" electrified the House for a moment, but the Prime Minister soon made it clear that the Government had no intention of resigning. He accepted defeat, but said that he would give facilities to a "Prevention of Evictions Bill," Liberal measure, and would use only local funds for whatever money might foe necessary. (Great shouts of joy from the Liberals). Continued the Premier...
...Ishbel MacDonald: "I and my father made a weekend visit to their Britannic Majesties, George and Mary. My father was received not as Prime Minister but as personal guest...