ABSTRACT

League of Nations Unions and Societies have been formed, decorated by Elder Statesmen, Peers of the Realm, Bishops, retired Admirals and Generals, and philanthropic ladies of the middle class. Between the pre-war international anarchy and a World State, the League of Nations is a compromise and, perhaps, a transition. The Labour and Socialist International has, indeed, from the start given steady support to the League and has made it the chief pivot on which hinge its programmes of constructive peace. “The Labour and Socialist Movement is the organised and conscious vanguard of progressive opinion and has the advantage, in tackling the problem of organising peace, of existing as an international party with an international tradition. In the sphere of International Labour Conventions the British Government representative has on many occasions taken a leading part in obstruction at Geneva, while the British Government itself has been persistently backward in ratification of such Conventions.