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...After the defeat of the Conservative Ministry in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence (TIME, Jan. 28), Premier Baldwin taxied to Buckingham Palace and tendered the resignations of his Cabinet to the King and advised His Majesty to ask James Ramsay Macdonald, Labor Leader of the Opposition, to form a Cabinet. The King accepted the Cabinet's resignations and took immediate steps to summon Mr. Macdonald to the Palace. Thus was the usual procedure of an outgoing Cabinet rigidly followed...
...Before Premier Baldwin had left the Palace, Mr. Macdonald had arrived, accompanied by J. R. Clynes and J. H. Thomas?a trio of moderate and responsible Laborites. Mr. Macdonald wore a frock-coat and a silk hat, Mr. Clynes was distinguished by a soft cap, Mr. Thomas remained inseparable from his aged and worn derby. The King received Mr. Macdonald in an audience lasting more than an hour, during which he charged him to form a Cabinet. When Mr. Macdonald came out of the Palace he was met by hundreds of cheering partisans...
...Scene. Mr. Macdonald in the afternoon went to the House. There were Premier Baldwin and some of his Ministers sitting on the Government Bench answering some routine questions as if they had never heard of Laborism and Mr. Macdonald. Then Captain Hacking, Deputy Controller of the Royal Household, clad in his magnificent robes of office, walked to the Clerk's table and announced that he had a message from the King. The message: "I thank you for your loyal and dutiful address* and will at once give it my careful consideration." Exit Captain Hacking. Enter Mr. Macdonald from behind...
Cabinet. After having been charged to form a Cabinet by the King, Mr. Macdonald (on the afternoon of the same day) submitted the list of Ministers to His Majesty, who gave his formal approval. The list showed that the new Premier had made a wise and far-sighted selection, designed to please the opposing Parties in the House and so to strengthen the position of Labor...
What will follow next week? Possibly more peace--due this time to Premier Macdonald who rather milleniaristically states that the nations must disarm. Yet all points to another competition. The race is on. History sticks to its bad habit of repeating itself--and the punishment fits the crime...