The next important fact in the record is Mr. Henderson's
resig- nation. This was the direct outcome of his speech to he Labour Party Conference. In a correspondence which was published in the newspapers the Prime Minister charged Mr. Henderson with having emitted to make known the true and latest views of the Russian Government about the Stockholm Conference, which had 1JOOR communicated to the British Government, and had been placed in Mr. Henderson's possession before the meeting. Mr. Henderson asked the public to withhold judgment till he had had an opportunity of making a statement in Parliament. This statement was made en Monday. It may be mentioned here in parenthesis that on the same occasion Mr. Boner Law announced definitely that the Law Officers had advised the Government that it was not legal for any persons resident in His Majesty's dominions to engage in a Conference with enemy subjects without a licence of the Crown, and that .the Government had decided that permission to attend the Conference would not be granted. The situation thus far was that the Labour Party had accepted the invitation to attend the Conference on terms on which the Russians had not invited them, and that the Government refused permission for any one to go in any case.
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