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Show BONAR LAW'S MINISTRY UNDER OMINOUS SHADOW BECAUSE OF GREAT ENGLISH UNEMPLOYMENT i Unless' Premier Makes An Accord With France to Lighten Germany's Burden and Thus Restore Trade, Future Seems Dark. By A. (i. GARDINER, I Britain' fircotoit Tilberal Kklltor. '(Special Cabin DlfcpMch to The Standard-Examiner. "'opy right, 1 9 22, by The Standard-Examiner.) Standard-Examiner.) LONDON, Nov. 25 The Bonar Law I ministry camo Into office under an ominous shadow Unemployment Ifl iln (rampant, trade depression continues. Uellef is imperative, but how it Is to be afforded Is not y t plain. Foreign dangers add to the- rumpll-. rumpll-. at Ions ..f ih, sit ua lion There was. of course, plenty of popular pop-ular enthusiasm accompanying (ho1 king's opening of parliament Thursday. But it was detracted from by the im-i im-i dniploycd demonstration of the prev- , ious day. Bonar Law refused to re-i I colve the representatives of the idle, 1 worker. Ills action was dictated by fupjFfi his determination to restore the par-Jjij par-Jjij , Mamentary forms and departmental IMfflib 'authority. In his behalf It was stated that he alive to the situation resulting from I JO per cent of the workers being coni-vigM coni-vigM i polled to live on government dole It 1 1H feared, howi.'vor, that unless tranquility tran-quility can be reatored to Europe, HM Britl.sh industry cannot revive and the, icountry no longer can maintain Its; !vast population, most of whom in the uast existed on the export trade Realizing the necessity of restonnc' Krder the new government has turned j m.M 'to Its foreign policy In this vital field, the disappearance of Uoydl iGerge lias Improved the atmosphere.!1 .French distrust of the late premier 'had gone ho far as to make friendly ir.elatlons impossible The change in government makes for hopefulness It jncmalnB to be seen whether France ,i:al be Induced to change her poll y in time to save Germany from the flnan- jj fij eial crash which most financiers con- I'ijlj '-ilder Inevitable. The only hope would seem to be n- I fij lision of the reparations and extension exten-sion of the moratorium, granting a loan and assisting In stabilization of the mark with allied supervision over (German finances. Whether France oan be Induced to consent to this is Hf ijj' hard to say. This is the crux of the situation. Ono hopeful feature Is the Improved teltuation at Lausanne where the An-iglo-French understanding has been restored in relation to the Turkish RjM question and this may pave the way for a complete agreement on all in-ternatloniil in-ternatloniil problems. Tt is fully realized that unless England Eng-land can bridge the ulf between France nnd (llermany the recovery of Europe 1h Impossible. Meanwhile the announcement by the gov rnment that the British ban to Austria under the control of the league of nations has be. n accepted is having a r.-asiurln off. ct All parties are commencing to recognize rec-ognize that the loague Is the solo Instrument In-strument through Which continental Kurope can be revived, but France still remains an obstacle In the league and the report from the French foreign for-eign affairs committee of the chamber cham-ber has derided to reject the Washington Wash-ington naval pact naturally darkens the outlook. There la a singular Irony In the fact that the first official act of the Bonur Lam government bus been to ratify the treaty with rim Irish Free State. Bonar Uv himself has been a most inii .tii opponent of home -rule, but ot course he accepts the fnlt accompli. Die hardisifi is slowlj disappearing in the presence of an honest effort by the Irish government to suppress the r b llion 'l he arrest and execution of Ersklne Childers has created a deep Impressbl In Englnd. No other course Was open Childers was the strangest figure in the Irish drama. A man of genius, Infected with the microbe mi-crobe of rebellion who set himself to destroy all possibility of friendly relations re-lations between Ireland and England. What tnr.-on lias boon In the north, he was in the south, the Irreconcilable Irreconcil-able enemy of settlement, but, by a strange contrast of fato, while Chll ders was stood against the wall and executed by a firing squad. Carson sits as a lord in th highest court of the realm. Hopes are growing mat im: Free State will weather the storm. Cosgrave is regarded as an able, sagacious saga-cious man who inspires confidence both in Ireland and England. It La expected formal ratification of the treaty by the British parliament will sunstantlally strengthen the Free State. English opinion is unanimously with Cosgrave None hut a few of the firebrands of the Morning Post stamp want England to be mixed up with the Irish government again. Mrs. Asqulth's new book has fallen flat. It lacks the British qualities of first efforts but it throws some new light on the relations between Lloyd George and Mr. Asqulth. |