5 JANUARY 1924, Page 9

Finally, *Mr. MacDonald suggests that the solution in the end

may be that the House of Commons itself will have to decide for or against dissolution. He here conies nearest to the truth. If he frankly recognized the will of the majority as the only arbiter, he would see that what he proposes is, in essence, already the solution. It is a mystery why he cannot bring himself to state so simple a democratic fact in simple terms.