Mr. Henderson last week replied to Mr. Churchill's assertion that
the Labour Party was unfitted to take office, and would fail through incompetence if it essayed the task. Mr. Henderson attacked the Coalition as lacking in principle and as weak in performance. Labour, he said, had " men trained in public and national affairs, and men intellectually the equal of those at the disposal of any other parties." Mr. Henderson did not meet the real charge. The Labour Party is no more united in principle than the Coalition. Mr. Henderson took occasion to deny that his party wanted " to inaugurate a class dictator- ship," but it is well known that a section of his party—the noisiest and most active section—does cherish such aims, Moreover, the trained men to whom Mr. Henderson referred are not followed but are hotly opposed by this revolutionary section. Until the Labour Party has composed its own bitter feuds and has learned the meaning of party discipline, it will not be able to secure a Parliamentary majority or to take office. A few by-election successes mean little or nothing.
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