Show PRE IER NOT NOTTO I TO RISK POST I UPON TRIFLES Macdonald's Government Finds More Favor With French Officials By Dy WILLIAM M fluID Special To The TIto COP right 1924 b Th The Consoli consol Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Association It It may not nol be b such an easy mat mat- matter matter matter ter to turn labor out of ot office In England as aj the tho th outside world ex- ex ex expects William Bird calls rolls attention In his dispatch today to a decree d of ot PremIer Macdonald under which according to parliamentarians lens ians he might stay slay In office a year or lon longer er even ven If th the liberals should hould desert him Th The Tho feeling toward England Is better in France b be- be because caus cause causo It Is felt that Macdonald will fair although the IDle est ot of the two nations nation clash PARIS rAms Feb Fob Premier 16 IG Premier Polo Polo- Poincare care car has succeeded In getting the lh chamber of deputies to make mak de- de decree d-cre d cree laws law and Prime Minister Macdon ld begins labors labor's retime regime In England by decreeing a revolution revolution- revolutionary revolutionary ary cry chant change In th the British constitution constitution tion Thus Europe's tendency toward administrative dictatorship do- do de oven even in two to tw countrIes hith hith- hith hitherto hitherto erto regarded as os most moRt devoted to democracy which Mr Macdonald's decree decre ba has not yet i od ed the th atton- atton lion attn tion It deserves but the tho Importance ot of which will become be- be before before b for fore miny t weeks consists In hIs declaration that labor will not be b turned out of office by a snap oto 1 ote Hitherto the defeat of ot any go eov y measure has hils necessitated the resignation of ot the th ministry Mr Macdonald now declare declares Ito he will the right to choose the issue on which hi his government falls and he wilt will not pay any ny attention to an 1111 adverse vote voto vot unless ho h eye eye- specifically makes the tho vote vot a question ot of confidence FOLLOWS RE tRE Experienced say it would not be bo Impossible for labor to hold office a sear eAr or longer longeron ott on such a plin and they point to the fact that H r Poincare ha has fol tot followed lowed towed the same system stem for tor the pa past t two veirs r e etre refusing to raise rale rals the question of confidence In the en case of ot measure In which defeat seemed likely Moreo Moreover er the British public Is reassured by the labor in govern govern- meat ment Tit s modest attitude at th the out outset out out- outset set and seems ready eady to grant the new rulers sufficient time tim to a workout Ork out their program rather than hold another election which probably would not gre change chan the par par- uy parlIament par y situation Naturally being belne In the tho th minorIty labor cannot afford otford to propose Its maximum program which Included a levy on capital s o e cannot put through our s ld a a labor leader to the writer but w we are goIng to try to put through some sonic of ot th the tho things s the other parties partie have hav been promIsing In their platforms and never accomplished when hen they were In po power pow er SE SC FRAU All parties for example have promIsed to solve the th housing problem problem the un ment lem and the national debt problem It tern lem It may tall fall to th the lot of h libor or orto to show them how to execute these promises A As toi tot international affairs the th polite opening interchanges be- be between between be between tween Macdonald and have been likened cynically to box box- box boxers ers shaking hands before beginning II a fight That la Is doubtless partly true tru tor for all the th good will III in the world can can- cannot can cannot not abolish fears tear that the tho th Inter Inter- of ot the two countries are dIa- dIa dIametrically diametrically dia diametrically metrically opposIte on many points But Dut It Is I felt her here that Macdonald will at nt least tight fIght fair a fair a thing which Curzon from the th French ties point n never ver did BETTER IMPRESSION J Even Eten en prompt hearted whole rec- rec reco rec recognition o of the th SO leh though contrary to French policy has pro pro- pro produced a better bettor Impression In Paris than the th previous British govern govern- government's government's ments ment's long coque coque coquettish tish flirtations wIth Moscow The effect of this thu recognItion Is already felt in east eastern ern ern em Europe particularly Poland I The Tue Poles Pole who ma made Ion en n exceed exceed- exceedingly ous treaty with Russia after the 1920 1 20 Polish so Ru Poll so-Poll war have havo hav hoped the th allied countrIes would Russia and nd thus add dd greater assurance Murance ot of continued Polish Russo amity I They hove have hav feared that stand off IshneR standoffishness on the th part of the larger powers might eventually draw them Into renewed hostilities WIth Russia They have hav not enjoyed playing the tho part of Cat Cats s e In the quarrels with Moscow and like e oth other er ci- small nations they thov Any conciliation move in the th direction of concilia tion |