Eight months ago, Ramsay MacDonald with a woefully weak government behind him became Prime Minister of Great Britain. Concentrating at once on his foreign policy a series of successful foreign conferences (the Young Plan, The Hague, the visit to Washington) improved British prestige abroad, immeasurably increased his own position at home.
Three months ago kinetic André Tardieu, also with a woefully weak government* became Prime Minister of France. The MacDonald strategy seemed to him excellent, he too concentrated on foreign affairs. Hectically he dashed back and forth to Geneva, to The Hague, to London but though he...
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