29 JANUARY 1916, Page 3

On Thursday afternoon the Labour Conference by a vote of

1,796,000 to 219,000 condemned conscription. The Star's comment on this is as follows: "The resolution, while inter- esting as an expression of opinion, does not of course bind the party to resist the Act, nor does it affect the continuance of. Mr. Henderson in the Coalition Ministry." Could there be a better proof of the comment made by us above that what matters is not what Labour Leaders and representatives say, but

what they do ? They condemn compulsion in theory, but suppert it in practice by allowing Mr. Henderson to remain in a com- pulsionist Cabinet.