It is noteworthy that Mr. Roberts did not ask his hearers to look forward to a Socialis€ Commonwealth in the future; he implored them try and capture the spirit of Labour in 1918—that is, before he and fellow bunglers led the movement disillusion and defeat. He went jon to accuse the Government of adopting in China a policy of iterate bullying' and soft words, and said that it kept a British army there to protect trading interests that were little more important, than those it was threatening in Russia by an unjustifiable breach of diplomatic relation The second day's proceedings were wholly comic. The point debated was whether a programme of legis-Intive and administrative action should be drawn up for the next Labour government, and, if 50, what should be put in it. Mr. J. 11. Thomas poured cold water on the: idea with the comment that, this time, the people would expect: Labour to deliver the goods. The inference was that it was better to promise nothing and achieve nothing than to promise something and not do it, Mr. MacDonald sadly drew attention to the fact that, if you have a programme, the other is sure to make capital by concentrating their attack upon it. Mr, Pollitt wanted a programme, Dut he was insistent that it should be drawn up on the assumption that "the capitalist system was passing away. Mr, Maxton, for the LIP.
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