The New York herald., 1871-12-18
L'INTERNATIONALE.
General Rules and Administrative Regulations
by Which the Association is Governed
Its Declaration Of Principles-The General Coun-
Gil and It's Duties-Who Nay Become Men,
bers-The Internal Machinery by
Which This Powerful .Organiza-
tion Ia Kept In Motion.

Az our readers are aware, the grst idea Of the IN
ternationai Association OF Workingmen wag coz.
celved during the course OF visit which deputa-
tlon OF Partisan artisans paid to the Universal Exhi
btion In London In 1882 They had been sent
thither, nt the expense OF their comrades to study
the general condition Of European industry, and
while there became acquainted with English work.
mon ana got initiated into the nature 81 tfades'
unions and the manner Of conducting strikes. In
their discussions upon the latter they came to the
conclusion that II the principle Of cooperation in
strikes was beneficial to workingmen when applied
10 one country 1t would be far moro effective II ap
piled on grander scale throughout Europe. Thus
was thrown out the basis OF an International asso.
citation whose members should engage themselves to
support each other In all countries wherever strikes
should be deemed necessary TO their interests, and
II was agreed that q great European meeting or
delegates Of workingmen should be held in London
In 1884. This meeting TOOK place on September %
Of that year. In St. Mortin's Hall, London, and was
attended bv various representatives Of foreign
tions; but in the TWO years that had elapsed since
the inception the original project was then found
to have grown considerably and to have assumed o
much more comprehensive form than was
at first designed. committee elected at
thls meeting was charged TO draw up the
statutes OF the association, and to act
1885, when 1t was decided that General Congress
Of the working classes should be held In Geneva,
Switzerland. The Statutes drawn up by this Council
were pTefaced By Q declaration or principles de-
clartng the reasons that urged the establishments OF
the association The provisional rules and regula-
tons which were thus prepared were adopted, with
o few anditions At the Geneva Congress; but since
then they have been revised By the successive Con-
crosses. and 1nals by Conference ned In Lond OH
-, ocA Tynno ossafoo
form the constitution OF tho International Associa-
tion and. with the FOR its establishment
the declaration or principles, are here summarized.
REASONS FOR TIE FOUNDATION OF THE INTEKsA-
TIONAL.
In the declaration OF principles which. we re-
peat preface the regulations or the association,
and which are given as the reasons that have
stimulated the foundation OF the International
worklngmen's Association, 1t is considered that
the emancipation OF The working classes must be
conquered by the woR&men themselves, and that
tho struggle for their emancipation does not mean
struggle for class privileges and Ton0poies but
for equal rights and duties, and the abolition Of all
class rule; and that servitude in all its fOrmssOca
misery mental degradation and political de-
pendence-i5 the result OF the economical
subsection OF the workman to the monopolizer
OF the means OF laborthat Is the source Of lie and
therefore the ultimatnm to which every political
patton OF the working classes; ana 1t Is believed
that the that ali efforts aiming at that great
end have heretofore failed is found in the want OF
solidarity between the manifold divisions or labor
in each country and In the absence OF fraternal
bond OF union between the working classes OF differ
ent nations 1t Is asserted that the emancipation Of
labor ls neither local nor national, but social
problem embracing all countries In which modern
society exists, and depending for its solution
on the concurrence, practical and theoretical, OF
the most advanced countries; and that, while new
hope Is raised by the present revival OF the working
classes In the most Industrial countries Of Europe
II presents solemn warning against relapse into
the old errors and calls for the immediate combs-
nation OF the st!ll disconnected movements.
TIE SPIRIT In WHICH THE RULES HAVE BEEN
is stated to be the declaration that all societies
and individuals adherlng to the association shall
basis OF their conduct towards each other and TO-
wards all men, without regard to color, creed or
Nationality; and II Is affirmed that the society
acknowledges
"No RIGHTS WITHOUT DUTIES, NO DUTIES wlrHcur
s.E-%i~ ttt RIGHTS.n
tion Is established are pron0uncel 70 pc the lorma
ton OF a central medium OF connunieation and cc-
operation between workinKmen's societies existing
IN different countries and aiming at the same end
the protection, aavapcement ana complete emane!.
bower Of ih9 association Is vs;l6d III -,
THE GENERAL. .'woaKINQMEN's CONGRESS-,
WHICH meets Annually and consists OF delegates or
the pranches Of the association. The duties that
dcvove up0n this Congress are the pvoclaiming OF
the common aspirations OF the working classes,
adopting measures requisite for the successful
working OF the International Association, receiving
the public accounts OF the annual transactions
OF the General Council, and appointing the General
Council OF the society for the coming year. as well
as 1xing the time ana place for the meeting OF
the next annual Congress. The delegates appointed
10 the Congress assemble at the appointed time ana
place, without any special invatlon. In case of
need, however, the General Council has the power
OF changing the place, but not OF posIponing the
time OF meetng but, on the contrary In cases or
emergency, II can convoke the Congress before the
regular yearly term. Up TO the present time there
have been four Congresses The first met at Geneva
Switzerland, on the 5tn September 1885, the
second at Lausanne, switzerland, on the "a
gum, on the 9th September, 1885, and the fourth
ut Basle, Switzerland, on tue 9th September, 1902
The Congress OF 1870 was appointed TO be held in
Paris, out the meeting was prevented Dy the Franco
Prussian war, aud, rs the General Council did not
name any other place OF assembly, no Congress was
held IN that year. Neither has there been any
Congress held this year OF the public character
as those mentioned; but instead thereof
A sEGREr CONFERENCE WAS HELD Ar LONDON,
from The l1th to the 23d OF last september, at which
twenty.six delegates were present. II was con-
sidered, In the present still Unsettled state OF
Europe, and the antipathy that mas been raised
against the International Of late, thai
IL would be unadvIsa 10 TO hold
whether II woulu pe success. II was mus resolved
10 invite few delegates from each country In
which the association s established TO q private
conference. at which the organization and future