Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-30
THE WRANGLINe CONTINUES.
LONDON SOCIALIST CONGRESS Is AC.
COMPLlsiIiNG NOTHING.
Has fought Three Days over the cree
dcntinIs and the Question u
SIN unsrtticd--Littic show
for business.

London. July 2a--The sessions Of the In.
ternational Socialist aud Trade Union con,
gfess were resumed this afternoon. In his
opening address. the chairman begged the
delegates TO maintain og7ier pointing out
that their enemies were deriving Considctn-
hle satisfaction from the apparent inability
of the congress to conduct It's business. Dis
cusson was then resumed Upon the qucs-
ton Of admitting the French Socialist
nembers OF tho chamber of deputies. NM.
Jaurcs.' Mlleraud and Niviani. It being
claimed by the delegates who objected 20
their presence that they dld not represent
the French psasantry. und that they were
not properly accredited. The congress, aft
or u great deal OF wrangling, referred the
credentials Of NJ. Jaurcs and his comodn-
ions to the French delegates.
The discussion Of the credentials Of the
other delegates who had becn objected TO
was then commenced and continued amid
much interruption. Many DELEGATES from
secret societies OF Russia and Poland were
admitted. The admission Of these Geie-
gates was the signal for another disturb.
ancc. ksntsky. one OF the Polish dele
gates. was openly denounced as a sus-
picious characterand the person who made
the d'nuncistlun added That It was well
known that Kantsky had been IN commun-
ication with a notorious police spy.
Thoreupon Kantsliy sprans to his feet
ana forccly protested his innocence. claim
ing that he was well accredited dele
gate and that he had right to take pdEt
N the deliberations. Several hot speeches
for and against his admission wero made
ami the congress. after "a very noisy scs-
SION, decided 10 cNpel him. kantsky was
hustled out Of the hall. vowing vengeance.
y suggestion was then made to the chair
rhotographcr who was present be aliowei
TO come upon the platform and take
rho,osraph Of the DELEGATES and later a
IA IA Ia ~ fks.
tion. however. raised strong protest
from the foreign delegates. who announced
that there had been some trap set for
them by the police.
Of the sitting to decide the claims of the
French delegates to seats, these delegates
having in the meantime developed n diffor-
nee IN their own ranks They were finally
anmlttet only on terms of division and
nHs h. AMONG ihemsolvfs The pro
French DELEGATES was TO allow them to di-
vide into sections. as they disagreed upon
cipitated tumul'uous discussion, and
great excitement and loud shouting ensued
Chairman Hyndman finally suggested
that one delegate should speak for and an
other ,,srs sE2inst the rroposa. He then asked
other halt hour before the French Socialist
deputy could obtain hearing, When he
finally succeeded in making himself heard.
he denounced the anarchists and declared
that his section would withdraw from the
take part in its proceedings Another tire
mendous uproar Of the floor followed; and
mutual denominations were hurled back and
forth between the different French sec
ticrs.
The chairman was utterly powcrless 10
control the situation or to put stop TO
the noise, and the delegates went on Yell
ing and waving their arms and donounctng
each otner, while no one could possibly hear
what anyone else was saying, and the
tenor o: the remarks could hc Judged only
by the fierce gestures and threatening de-
mcanor of the shoutcrs,
An American delegate. in the midst OF the
din, shouted out IN a stentorinn voice that
Sth the French minority and against the
anarchists. This again aroused the French
majority, who, however, only imperfecty
understood what the American said. and
pudiating what they thought was n charge
that they We're anarchists. The English
dislegates took nc, no very active part IN ne ne
scene with stupefed dismay
when the uproar had somewhat sub
sided, the jelsian NanDeveldt opposed the
renewed disorder
1t was only when the delegates were en-
tirely exhausted with shouting at the top
of their voices that vote was taken by
nationalities on NJ, Millerot's proposition
Il was decided by vote of IA to to allow
the Frenrhmen TO divide.
The congress then adjourned, after the
sitting had lasted seven hours. amid con-
stant turbulence and disorder and little
comprehension among the participants OF
what was being said or Of the course of
business
Three days of the congress have now al
ready been wae.ei on the consideration of
mess has not yet been finished. As the
congress IS to adjourn on Saturday morn
without it!, having reached any real bus
mess at all