Labour and Sanctions The vote on the " sanctions "
resolution at the Labour Party Conference at Brighton, on Tuesday-2,168,000 to 102,000—was remarkable. The decision followed after a discussion which maintained a consistently high level. The arguments were not always sound. Opponents of sanctions who object to the use of military force even in the service of a regime of law were listened to with respect, but so, with less reason, were those who would oppose Signor Mussolini because he' is a Fascist Dictator. The only possible ground for opposing him, so far as 'The League of Nations is concerned, is his resort' to war in breach of the Covenant. The weightiest of the Labour speakers fully grasped that essential fact. Sir Stafford Cripps naturally sought to demonstrate that a difference in the ranks of Labour in regard to sanctions was a trifle in comparison with their unity in the fight against capitalism. Possibly. But all the evidence is that Sir Stafford has lost heavily in influence, and it would not be astonishing to see the Socialist League go the way of the
