The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-27
THE soClALlsrlc CONGRESS.
Tie Great Denomination Imierfcred with
URln-Ainny Eurtrhr. Made,

""hy SHctChts MhWt'
LONDON, July .G--Grcat prcpara-
tlons have been ,nndc for tho demon
stratl0n IN favor Of international peace
In Hyde Park to-day, under the aus
pIccs OF tho organization committee for
the international socialist aud trade
union congress-, which begins nj st. Mar
tins hall Tomorrow. The demonstra-
ton committee has been at work on the
arrangements since 0s long ngo as
March, and has distributed 10000 hand
bills and 1000 posters. had employed Il
band TO hend the procession and ha0
made elaborate arrangements with the
commissioner OF works and the police,
but what they could not arrange for waS
the weather, which proved against them
To-day ana the dOwnpOur OF rnin practl-
Cally made tlnACO OF the demonstration.
PROFESSIONS were formed In all parts
OF London OF the sOcl1lISts ana mem
bCrS OF trade unions and their GympA-
thlzers und marched to Hyde Park, the
peoples forum OF London. When they
arrived there rain waa steadily falling
and 1t gradually Increased almost to n
deluEr, driving away nearly ull the
multitude that It was hoped would be
there to listen 10 the speakers.
Twelve platforms hnd been erected for
the npeakcrs by the Garments Union,
and chairman for each had been
chosen by the demonstration committee.
II wa9 intended to have addresses from
each platform In French md German ns
well az In English, by the continental
delegates TO the Congress.
The guppchpU TINT wRrp nln1p In nthpr
languages than English were trans
lated from the platforms by tom"
Mann, the socialist cX-mcinher Of parlIa-
ment, Ben Tlllntt, Bernard Shaw, the
we'll known writer on socialist topics;
Edward AvcllnE, OF the Eaa workers.
aud general labOrcrs union. l.. W. VIII
son. Ilrrrep Irbel aud LlPhknecht, Soc
iallst members OF the German reichataE,
DR.. Victor Adler. the Austrian socialist,
NJ. Millerand, La FarBlic. Jules Gursdr
and Jean Jaurcs. socialist members OF
the French chamber Of deputies, and
others.
The speakers declared that the masses
OF the people did not desire war. which
they said was only provoked by the
rulers and the capitalists. The names
OF Emperor William. DR.. jameson and
Cecil Rhodes. when they were mentioned
by the speakers, were hissed by the few
auditors.
Simultaneous resolutions were de-
clared carried at the twelve platforms In
favor of International arbitration, OF the
eight hours law, of universal suffrage
and OF other measures advocated by the
socialists and denounclng the greed OF
the ruling privileged classes. who pro-
woke wars In ordrer to control the mar
kctS OF the world In their own interests"
II was further declared that In order
to Insure peace the abolition OF the capl-
talIst and the landlord syst ms ~ neccs-
slry.
p. ]. Maguirc of the American Feder-
alton OF Labor. was present at the DEM
onstrntlon III Hyde Park. Delegates to
the number of 7iS have already arrived
In London 10 attend the interim tIonal
socialist and trade union congress- 4
reception was given last evcnig for the
purpose OF giving mutual Introduction,
which was crowded to overfowlng.