NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE political situation at home may be briefly described by saying that though Mr. Ramsay • MacDonald continues to maintain a condition of public confidence by studiously designed moderation, he has - hardly yet descended from generalities to particulars. His anxiously awaited speech at the reassembling of Parlia- ment on Tuesday was a marshalling of principles, with a running commentary of unexceptionable sentiments. It thus left matters much where they were. Yet it was a sound and practical speech—such a speech as Mr. Baldwin might have made, if things had been managed differently, at the head of a Democratic Conservative Party. Before full and serious judgment is possible upon the capabilities and methods of the Labour Govern- - ment, however, we must wait for the more definite schemes promised. We must also wait to know whether the Government really mean to support Poplarism. An _ issue between Socialism and non-Socialism may come on this question, but we fancy that the Government will postpone the issue even, if necessary, by over-riding the Minister of Health.
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