Sir Stafford Cripps is not happy in the explanation given for his resignation. from the Labour Execu= tive. In short he is in favour of war it can be run on the lines of class-prejudice. This hardly does credit to the pacifist principles originally invoked by him and Lord Ponsonby justification of their decision. practical grounds it seems specially fatuous, for the idea of limiting sanctions fo a particular class. obviously makes them ineffective. Support for Sir Stafford's peculiar procedure would merely involve the exploitation of a foreign crisis to precipitate domestic strife for the furtherance of certain political ambitions without in any way influencing the course of events which provided the ostensible excuse for such action. Sir Stafford seems obsessed by the notion that the evils of war are felt only by one class. This is a superficial argument which has been refuted repeatedly. It takes tittle intelligence to perceive that the Great War inflicted enormous losses con the very classes against. which Sir Stafford is anxious to put himself and the Labour Party in array. That his ereed runs counter to the prin-national solidarity in the face of external crisis, probably troubles: him not a jot," It must, however, be taken into account by the more thoughtful public and, for him enthusiastic approval,
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