The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-25

French WIN do duty to bring about Disarmament you
Germans VIII do yours answer that The German asm9a
mostly myssl have done L with 90 much greater JOY and
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Laugh at US and soon az Germany has darmed
Sap9son III with his million q soders . burned
Others Of your soyerens the armies Of the republic and
misses Of bringing liberty they for periods Of ten
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disrs than those Of France Napoleon or the Empire The
governs France ana Keeps armies numbering million We
cannot disarm" The German democrats v more will
would and must follow the examples but you are wrong
doing your duty help us to do ours.
The amendment to strike out "the Czechlan cues.
ton, was carried by iargemajopty. motion by
M. Monteaux expressing sympathy with the Sla-
yonians and protesting against Russian cruelties
towards the Poles was rejected.
The next subject for discussion was the 's0cial
question" The report Of the committee was as
f0lOws:-
questions inseparabe be solved without the
other should be constant aim to improve the conditions
which affect the social body; the liberty Of the individual
The following political conditions are Indispensable to an
FTa-A republican federal government
Second Direct legislation BY the people. o. :,
,Ihud-ODhgatory anu gratuitous inSHuc''on io' Ill
issM-Xbrosaton of standing armies to bs supplied by
FgAbogasion of indirect dues in lieu whereof direct
The most important economical measures are:.
Abolition q industrial monopolies; especially that OF
interrogation Of The lss.n,Ivs power in every r ease
Establishment OK syndics FOR laborers and employers
These resolutions were explained a. length BY
M. Charles Lemannier, who said that the commit
tee were fur from thinking that they had found
panacea for the social suffering, but would feel well
satisfied II they mad contributed an lota to the so
luton OF this difficult question
M. Wirnh0f, from Russia. gave It as Its opinion
that the strife between capital and labor would
tinue until the estabsnnent OF q perfect equiilb
rum. Labor rev0lJed against capital and its nsur
rection Is Just. The last Congress at Berne had
rejected BaKunin's proposition OF general equality
and the present Congress had therefore no right to
interfere with the social question. lOh ohD 1t Is
q dispute similar to that OF the Church ana Its
adversaries. II you don't abolish Church and capt.
tai 1t is useless to mold peace congresses.
NJ Bouchet, from France, declared himself to be q
socialist, but not q communist He wants equal
rights for all; but general c0nhscaton OF private
property did not seem to hun the correct way Of
NJ. Frbourg tPars) pointed to the omission in the
foregoing resolutions of the banking monopoly
which he showed to be as injurious as that OF the
carrying trade.
NJ Longuet, from France. dllated upon the rail-
way, canal, mining and other monop0es, which the
short periods to companies. so It should be with
banks. The Bank OF France, for instance has lent
us CaplLal 10 Tile SCaLe has, no CAPITAL
Its business carried on by monopoly might be con-
Quoted with the same advantage by the State. 1t
would cheaper credit ana make 1T accessible 10 all
without practical reforms the w0rkingman would
always be victimtzed by monopoly 1t Will not do TO
ignore socialism for otherwise the laborers would
not assist In the struggle for political freedom. zap
plausel
general equality; that Is demanded by every one In
this room. He did not tell us how he would carry
out his IDEAL At Basic already they dare not speak
Of the abolition OF private property, well knowing
that 1t would lead to material ana intellectual
erosion. Indeed, these questions must remain at
until the millions OF agricultural laborers which
are not represented at ms Congress should have
science would be able to grasp the question more
fully The most important object at present should be-
on the hand, to increase pr0ducti0n The other
hand to restrict as much as possible the unjust dis
trlbutton OF property. The greatest wrong arises
out of monopOes, through which large property
ia constantly gained without work, While labor
always receives inadequate compensation. In gene
raj he agreed with the previous speakers and with
out knowing what resolutions might be proposed by
them he would submit q few amendments TO the
resolutions Of the committee, viz
Fnay-Expropration of all monopolies granted by the
of large banking institutions by
Thirdly Restriction OF working hours proecuon labor
against unjust factory rules employment OF children to
M. Gustave Chaudey-The people who made
the revolutions OF 1882 1880 and 1S4o asked If
they were social or political They simply lelt that
moved in these revolutions was not split van; for
to-day the position OF the working man il better
than before, though clouded by CGsarlsm. One
thing might be learned from the revolution Of 1880
The bourgeois classes have attained their liberty
without the assistance OF nobility clergy May the
aDoring classes do the same We who called bour-
geos Incapable OF solving the labor question. We
remain quiet and say to them:-Improve your inter-
national trades unions; we must wait until you
arrive at greater perfection. AS TO the gentleman
from Russia he would say to him, II was quite new
that the West required from the East lessons to
social progress Russia had something yet to do In
order to participate IN the civilization OF Western
Europe. Liberty Of ASSOCIATION Is, In my opinion,
the best means OF solving the social question. In
closing, he proposed to lay the whole matter the
table Tor further consideration. This being put To
the vote 1t was rejected by large majority, where
upon the assembly adjourned to the following dag.