The French Socialists have come to a very important decision.
The militant section of them, which has a strong bias against the State, has always protested against M. Mille- rand's acceptance of office, and on Tuesday a motion was made in the Socialist Congress now sitting at Lyons to rule him out of the party. This was, however, defeated by 910 to 286 votes. As this was a great shock to the extremists, the Congress conciliated them by a further resolution declaring ' that the first one did not mean a junction with the Ministry, the party intending now as ever to be guided exclusively in its votes by the interests of the Socialist proletariat. This was passed by 904 votes to 42. The compromise was doubtless necessary, but the votes taken together must mean that in France, as in Germany, the saner Socialists are becoming "Labour men," that is, Radicals who seek first of all the interests of the working men. That enables them to become Parliamentarians, and to allow their leaders to take office.
