The morning times., 1896-07-12
Lively Lessons Are Ex-
pected-Conclaye Will
Be caIleEo Order July
27-Deiegates from the
United States.
Copyright, 1867

Certain OF the Socialists are getting
sivc alliance with the barbariaDs OF tie
Garth against the further spread of Civili-
zation's hated influences. These Socialists
ure headed by one Z. Belrord Bax, who Is
described as Il well-knowD writer and
agitator Of the Social Democratic Fed
cration,' and their plan Is To lie formally
placed within the view OF the Socahstic
world AT the international Socialist Labor
Congress, which will convene in London Oh
July 81. Bax will himself formulate his
scheme i'll Il long and involved resolution,
the gist OF which Is contained i'll the follow
Ing extracts:
considering that the one hope of pro-
longing the existence Of the present cap
italIst system hes III the opening up of new
territories to commercial and industrial en-
terprises, the extension Of the world mar
kct, the requirement OF fresh sources oI
cheap labor and the gaining possession of
new worlds 10 capitalize. and. considering
that the Socialist must necessarily lie
opposed to this Il DESCRIPTION of tie barba rous
forces and the lands occupied by them,
il is /, solved that the policy of
the SncIal Dem, cratic party, irrespective of
nationality. should bc Ia .dppor; and make
common cause with bar6aric People in their
efforts 10 maintain their Independence
against the raids OF European civilization,
no matter what the power ma he by whom
tie raid is undertaken
In order tn give this deiiyeraDCc some
practical effect. it is accompanied by a
further resolution, creating II standing
international Committee, whose members
shall watch events and take such action
as shall seem desirable from tine To time'
pap ,In ri rlra
of foreign polic?" for the Social Demo-
cratic party i'll all countries, regardless
of national interests.
AT the neAt congress this committee is to
report i'll detail! as to its duings, and
make suggestions as To future methods
of blocking human progress by assisting
the yellow ncn of China, The brown men
OF India ANA Siam. and the blacks uf
Africa i'll thCir fights with the whites 1t
is hard to fure,ell just what form this
assistance viii take, in case tic Tesolu-
tiOns pass. Certainly it is 'nut likely
that tie Socialists will volunteer 10 take
personal part in the bloody combats to
occur in future between civilized armies
and barbarouS hordCS since il is ere OF
the cardinal principles of modern Social
ism not 10 participate IN warfare. They
are more likely tu seek TO help the cause
of barbarism by sending money and arms
Tp ifip MdnulSts. lilS AbNSSifidHs anu fbHtr
unciyilized peoples who are still strong
enough to contest the extending influences
Of the whites and, in this. the Red Flag
Brotherhood will only he following the
example of Russia in helping t" lay the
Italians low ID their recent African cam
paign.
Whether the resolutions will find favor
in the eyes of tie congress, time lone can
decide. tits certain that there will he strong
opposition to their ps ssage: not. perhaps.
so much because of objections to tie prin-
Ciple involved. as because the majority will
probably feel the scheme would be too
costly to undertake just now. and is perhaps
inpracticahlc. Bat think of Rehel. for in
stance, making common cause with tile
wild men of Rorneo!
Rax's resolutions are probably the most
sensational and radical that will be pre-
Spnted to the congress. yet they are rot
likely to stir up half the row that will
he engendered by the differences between
the various groups OF European socialists.
AMERICANS WHO WILL TAKE PART.
The coming congress is the fourth in the
nav series of SUCH coDcllves that was in
ndHUrated by the Paris congress held in
1889, in Il measure incidental to the Ex
position Universe!ie OF that year. This was
The first OF much consequence held after
The one that gathered at The Hague in
lSfG, ana winch reshiteu III Il spHt pe-
tween the two wings OF the agitators. and
II was the first big meeting OF socialists
after the overthrow OF the Paris Commune.
In 1891 there was i notable soCiaiistic
congress in Brussels and another in Zurich
n 1898.
so far these gatherings have been DOM
mated by the MarXists. or followers of Karl
Marx. They are opposed TO trade unionism
Is il is generally understood in the United
States, holding hat while il may, and often
1oes mitigate evils for the time being, its
Iuccesses serve only to put off the final
,verturning of 1.-The special order and the
.Sta blishment of the socialstic regime,
under which all the ills OF mankind are to
disappear. 1t was at the congress or 1889
that the European May day movement for
phorter hours and the policy of the Social
Democratic party OF Germany, France, Hol.