AMERICA AT LARGE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 105, 30 October 1931, Page 7

AMERICA AT LARGE

NEW SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM

1 BRITAIN'S BOLD LEAD

WASHINGTON, 28th October. Astonishment and optimism were combined on ! Wednesday night in American officialdom's reaction to Great Britain's political upheaval. '■■': The overwhelming support for' the National Government has led to optimistic statements that the Government is now in a position to deal positively with Britain's economic difficulties. President Hoover closely followed the returns. While no formal comment was made at White House or by the State Department, the support given to the National Government was received with gratification. Senator Hull (Democrat) \ said the result probably means "another retaliatory high tariff in response to America's high-tariff leadership of the world for the last ten years." Senator S. D. Fcss, chairman of the Bepublican National Committee, states that the results 6f the British election came as "a ray of sunshine from that part of the worldl ■ They indicato that the people of England are going to meet their problems with courage and deliberation." The injection of a now spirit of optimism in world affairs is seen as one of the major results of the British election by representative United States editorial writers. The brighter outlook for world-wide security and the repudiation, of the Socialistic doctrine is proof of the theory that Britain always goes conservative in times of crisis and is an indication of the soundness of British public opinion, according to outstanding opinions expressed by the newspapers. THE TARIFF ASPECT. American Press comment generally emphasises the protection aspect of the Conservative victory, though the "New York Times" stresses enlightened leadership as the principal need of the Conservative Party, and concludes: "What the new policies will be is yet uncertain, but thero is no uncertainty about the resounding verdict on the men and the affairs of the past two yoars.'' The "New York Sun".says: ''The voters in Britain demonstrated in a fashion tho most timorous politicians will understand that, in times of crisis, it pays to tell the! people the truth." The "Boston Transcript" says:— "Scare him well and the Englishman pulls his Conservative jackboots out of the cupboard. An early vote of tariff duties with a hopeful squint toward Empire protection is probable." The "Boston Herald" says: "For better or for worse Britain is going.to shelve Free« Trade." Tho "St. Louis Star" asks: "What havo tho Conservatives to offer that they did not offer before! Nothing except'a protective tariff, and that is a disillusion." The "Chicago Tribune 3' says: ««. Tne doctrine of cakeß and circuses is a drug. Extreme national danger seems to have revived the British people."