Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
HENDERSON FAVORS STOCKHOLM
 CONFERENCE; QUITS WAR CAB|NET I

party under Mir Henderson's guidance, in deciding to send delegates to the Stockholm conference This sequel caused no surprise.
 The dual position of Mir. Henderson as member of the cabinet and as lead CT of the labor party became impossible when he began to conduct important measures of public policy in his latter capacity, without consultation with his colleagues in the cabinet. This stua- tion adds to the difficulties of Premier Lloyd George, but may prove only a temporary embarrassment.
 Yesterdays decision by the labor par ty caused a sharp difference in the ranks of the labor organizations as well as in public opinion. w. A. Appleton, general secretary of the Federation of Trades unions. charges that MT. Hen derson has destroyed the unity of the allied democracy and labor The Sea mems union is discussing the adviSabil- ity of calling for a referendum of all labor unions on the question of sending delegates to Stockholm. Meanwhile, the seamen threaten to prevent ships sailing with the delegates.
 The diversity of opinion in the news papers on the situation is wide. Impor tant journals like the Times and the Morning Post bitterly oppose one sec tion of the public conferring with other nationalities, particularly with enemies on war questions. On the other hand the important and in no way pacifist Westminster Gazette says:
 "The government should have taken a clear line from the beginning and should have told the Russians that it absolutely trusted our working people in conferring with the working people of any other country and was confident the allied cause would be safe in their hands"
 The Manchester Guardian is among the papers holding similar views. These papers contend that the British point of view and Great Britain's objects in the war never have been really under stood by the Russians. who largely con- slider that they are "capitalistic" aims and that America is dominated by the same element. 45'hey claim also that , the German mil. 9rity socialists never f have had the British case adequately presented to them.
 Arthur Henderson entered the British war council without portfolio to repre- , sent labor in December, 19-6. when Pre- ! IlltT IiDNu NtOTSe IOFIiled q HllDlStTN
 in succession to that headed by Her , bert Asquith.
 MT. Henderson has been the center of s a political storm that has been brew a ing in England for several weeks. In , June as member of the British mission
 to Russia, he went to Petrograd and after conferring with the Russian conn cil of wOrkmen's and soldiers dele
 gates. returned to England. advised the British labor conference to send dele
 gates to the international socialist con- ference at Stockholm. The labor con I ference by more than three to one voted : in accordance with Henderson's ad- f vice
 Considerable feeling was aroused il : England last month when MT. Tender e son went to Paris with the pacifist
 James R. Macdonald and George J il Wardle. acting chairman of the labo n party in the house of commons an, il the Russians to confer with the Frencl IF socialist regarding the proposed confer = ence of entente allied socialists in Lon
 don and hte subsequent internationa
 conference at Stockholm. Irritation wa
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