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Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in a speech which made a deep

impression on his audience, explained that his inclinations would naturally be to welcome all men of strong and sincere convictions who might introduce ideas and spur on the leaders of Labour. But those who believed in Parliament and those who believed in Communism believed in mutually destructive ideas. They could not possibly work together. The official doctrine of the Communist International laid it down that the workers should prepare "not for an easy Parliamentary victory, but for victory by heavy civil war." If he were a Commu- nist he would not dream of demanding admission to the Labour Party. He would run a rival party. Had not the Communists enough honour to see where their true course lay ?

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