New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
M JAURES FOR REVOLT
French Socialist Warns Radicals of
Rising Of ProLetdriat.

paris oct 12.-M. Jaures the Socialist leader,
r.,Iied to-day TO the resolution adopted yester-
dav bv the congress of the Radical and Radical
socialist parties at Nancy, reaffirming the de-
termination Of the Left parties to work for the
raalization of the social reforms which had been
prornised 10 the country, but appealing TO the
electors to withdraw their support from all can
di5ates who favor the dsorganization of the
army either by desertion in time of peace or
insurrectio1 or by a general strike in time Of
war In a statement addressed TO the govern
1nent he says:
If you do not desire arbitration you are a gov
eminent OF rascals, bandits and murderers and
It is the duty Of the lroletariat to rise against
you They should keep the arms which YOU
have placed in their hands. but instead of going
beyond the frontier 10 shoot down fellow work
men they should unite TO destroy the govern
ments Of crime by rising in revolt against them
N. Bourgeois, ex-Premier and head of the
French delegation at the peace conference at
TIE Hague. sent dispatch TO the Radical con-
gress at Nancy yesterday as follows:
! an detained here in the service of reooo o,,a
justice Dut feel with you that there must he
neither equivocation nor compromise in the fight
for the 1atherland and united republic and
also for freedom Of thought and social and asca1
reforms. '''0'''
Leipsic. Oct 12.-Dr. Karl Liebknecbt SON of
the late Socialist leader in the Reichstar 1rbo
was convicted of high treason In the publication
OF pamphlet addressed 10 the youth of Ger
many In which he advocated a general milf
taTy strike in the event Of an unpopular war.
was sentenced to-day 10 eighteen months de-
tention in a fortress.
Dr.. Liebknecht was ably defended hv counsel
who took the stand that their client had onlv
written against an unconstitutional employment
Of the army and had never advocated disobedi-
ence or violence, to which the socialists were
fundamentally opposed. Counsel added that
their client and socialists generally were peace
ful and only desired the abolition Of rnilitarism
as being the greatest hindrance TO the peaceful
development Of the country
Violent methods. counsel argued, were used in
other quarters in endeavoring TO prevent a reaIi-
cation Of the peoples will by prosecuting anti
militarists. DR. Liebknecht regarded himself
counsel pointed out. as a scapegoat and had de-
clared that ne knew beforehand he would be
found guilty.
Herr Bebel. the Socialist leader in the Reichs-
tag, testified during the trial that DR. Iieb-
knecht and other German socialists were di-
rectly opposed 10 the ideas Of Gustave Herve
the French anti-Tnilitary agitator, but DR. Lieb-
knecht went further than the others by pur-
suing peaceful propaganda
NJ. Herve at the Socialist Congress held at
Nancy on August Il introduced a resolution against
defending the country IN case of war It was de-
feated by 81 10 Al votes He and other extrem-
fists made hard but vain fight against the reaf-
frmaton Of the declaration made by the Socialist
Congress at Limoges in 1906. that it was the duty
Of French socialists to defend the country if it
IS attacked.
During the course Of his speech NJ. Herve de-
clared that militarism was the natural effect of
capltalisuc regime and was based on the antago-
nism OF class interests" and urged a military
strike in case Of war. He also referred 10 the
French troops in Morocco ss bandits in French
uniforms who nassacred the Moors"