The herald., 1896-07-27
By Socialists and Trades Union.
lists at London
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS
Made Useless By a Heavy Downpour
of Rain
Resolutions Passed Favoring Internatlona
Arbitration and Demanding the Aboi-
ition OF the Capitalist
Associated Press Special Wire.

| LONDON, July 26.-Great preparations
have been made for the demonstration
| in favor of international peace in Hyde
park today, under the auspices of the
organization committee of the interna-
tional Socialist and trades union con-
gress, which begins at st. Martins hall
tomorrow. The demonstration commit
tee has been at work on the arrangement
since as long ago as March, and had dis
tributed 10000 handbills and 1000 posters.
had employed a band to head the pro-
cession and had made elaborate ar
rangements with the commissioner of
works and the police, but what they
could not arrange for was the weather,
which proved against them today, and
the downpour of rain practically made
fiasco of the demonstration.
Professions were formed in all parts of
London of the Socialists and members
of trades unions and their sympathizers,
and marched to Hyde park, the peoples
forum of London. When they arrived
there rain was steadily falling. and it
gradually increased to a deluse, driving
away nearly all the multitude that it
was hoped would be there to listen to the
speakers. Twelve platforms had been
erected for the speakers, but the car
mems union and a chairman for each
had been chosen by the demonstration
committee. 1t was intended to have
addresses from each platform in French
and German as we'll as in English by the
continental delegates to the congress.
The speeches that were made in other
languages than English We're translated (
from the platforms Very brief speeches /
were made from these platforms by !
Tom Mann, the Socialist eX-member /
of parliament; Ben Tillett Bernard /
Shaw. the well known writer on social |
ist topics, Edward Aveling of the gas
workers and general laborers' union;
f. w. Wilson. Herren Bebel and Lieb-
knecht. Socialist members of the Ger
man reichstag; DR.. Victor Adler, the
Austrian Socialist; NJ. NJ. Milleraud.
La Fargue, Jules Guesde and Jean
Jacques, Socialist members of the
French chamber of deputies, and others
rhe speakers declared that the masses
If the people did not desire war, which
hey said was provoked by the rulers and
capitalists.
The names of Emperor William, Mr..
Jameson and Cecil Rhodes when they
we're mentioned by the speakers, We're
lissed by the few auditors.
Simultaneous resolutions were de-
,lared carried at the twelve platforms
n favor of International arbitration of
and of other measures advocated uy tIle
Socialists and denouncing the greed OF
the ruling, privileged classes who pro-
woke wars in order to control the mar
kets of the world in their own interests.
1t was further declared that in order (
to insure peace the abolition of the cap /
italist and the landlord system is neces-
sary.
p. J. Mcclure of the American Fedora |
ton of Labor was at the demonstration /
in Hyde park yesterday. Delegates to (
the number of 71S have already arrived |
in London to attend the International
Socialist and Trade congress. which /
opens Monday. A reception was given /
last evening for the purpose of giving |
mutual introductions, which was crowd |
ed to oVerfioWing.