Mr. Arthur Greenwood's resignation of the presidency of the University
Labour Federation in consequence of a re- solution tabled by its executive committee has been widely reported. The resolution itself is an astonishing perform- ance. The war, it declares, is " an imperialist war waged between Hitler, Fascism and British and French Imperialism for profits and domination. The responsibility for this war does not lie with Hitler alone, but equally with the British and French Governments, who rejected a peace front with the Soviet Union against aggression "—thereby, presumably, forcing M. Stalin to combat aggression in partnership with Herr Hitler. Such are—or can be—the fruits of higher edu- cation. It is said that whereas before the war there were 63 inmates of Paris lunatic asylums who thought they were Hitler there are now only 12. That leaves 51 vacancies. The young Labourists' resolution was supported by 49 voters, with two abstentions. Anglo-French relations are, I imagine, quite intimate enough now for the arrangement which obviously suggests itself—at any rate for the 49—to be carried through without difficulty.
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