2 APRIL 1921, Page 2

The Second International has already almost " fallen to .pieces,"

as Mr. Cole says. The Italian and French Socialists seceded from it, and it contains now only the British Labour Party, the German Majority Socialists, the Belgians, and some minor European groups. The essential difference between the Third and the Second Internationals is that the former recognizes no national boundaries. It attempts to put a definite policy into force all over the world and to direct it from Moscow, whereas the Second International merely pro- vides an opportunity for consultation and does not attempt to interfere with sovereignty or nationality.