Mr. Henderson
On another page of this issue Lord Snowden has given some indication of the unique part played 'by Mr. Arthur -Henderson in building up the political Labour movement in this country, while messages from President Roosevelt, M. Laval and other statesmen all over the world bear testimony to the position achieved in the international field by a man who rose from the position of moulder's apprentice to control of the foreign policy of Great Britain. Mr. Henderson was better -equipped for the Foreign Secretaryship than was commonly realised, for his long experience as a successful negotiator in trade disputes, added to his constant contacts over a period of years with Socialist leaders in every part of Europe, went far to make up for the lack of other qualifications which most previous Foreign Ministers had enjoyed. He was a marked success at the Foreign Office, and the prestige of this country abroad was safe in his hands. Proof of that was the unanimous invitation to him to preside over the Disarmament Conference.. The tragic collapse of all the hopes he had set on the Conference, and the strain of his unceasing efforts to avert its total failure; • undoubtedly shortened his life. He was the most notable of the disappearing type of Labour memberS who learned to speak in the pulpits of village chapels and , never so completely shed their Liberalism as to commit themselves without reservation. to " the nationalisation of the means of production, 'distribution and exchange."
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