Nome industrial worker., 1910-10-04
THE REAL PEACE CONGRESS

Last month in the City of Copen- hagen was held the real peace Congress of the world. It was convened at the request of no crowned head, nor chief executive who was the real or titular head of the war department of any na- tion, and so this convention did not carry within itself the contradiction inherent in all capitalist congresses "Peace, Peace, and there is no Peace!"
 It was the International Socialist Congress, and thereat were delegates from all nations, men representing the workers. gathered together in virtue of, and in accordance with the lasting advice of the illustrious founder of scientific socialism "Workers of the world, Unite!" Came up for discussior at it's deliberations the present arma. resolutions were passed denouncing militarism and urging the workers to refuse to fight against their fellow men.
 Surely here is something more inn portant than the tentative suggestions as to disarmament which one power makes to another from time to time, especially when the bourgeoisie of the countries grow weary of the endless array of expenses that must be met with taxation-more important even than the intermittent oratorical effu- sions of an intinerant ex-president, long on advice and instruction, but wofully short on action and practice.
 Not single war, ever since the great civil war in the United States. but has been entered into without real justification, or, where there was put forward a shadow of Justification suf- ficient to deceive, the passing time showed it to have been a pretence merely, and the cloak beneath which operated the hand of capitalism to- wards its own cunning ends.
 Mir. Dooley's well known opinion and it is not original by any means that if the rulers of the world would settle their differences by doing their own fighting upon one anothers sacred person, war would come to sudden end, contains more truth than poetry. Who doubts but that were the capi- talists to fight other capitalists on the field of battle to settle heir differ ,ences and adjust their grievances, the regimental strength of the nations would be reduced to less than a cor porals guard.
 When the capitalists of Germany in were willing to war with France over Morocco, the socialist workers of both 7 countries met and said mo-" and there was no war. When the capitalists of : Sweden on the secession of Norway from the combined Kingdom of Nor way and Sweden, desired to fight the Norwegians in order to maintain in- tact the union which gave them com mercial preponderance, the Swedish proletariat said "no," and there was no fighting.
 When the men whom the other fel- lows believe have been ordained by the Almighty to stop bullets and to feed on powder, want to know the reason why and the wherefore of hostilities, and refuse to be hypnotized by the patriotic appeals of the capitalist press, and the capitalist preachers clerical and lay, the end of the rule of the war-god on this earth is in sight
 And it is in sight right now. When hundreds assemble in the Danish capi- tai from the four corners and seven seas of this turbulent old world, re- presenting the workers of all nations who in any event must do the fight ing-meet together. and declare against war and ornaments it marks an ach- ievement higher more real, more per unanent, than a dozen Hague confer sences did they last till Doomsday.
 For, be it well known. the social ists of the world are striking at thu causes of the war which no capitalist in Congress may not do without de, stroying the reason of their own exis' tence. Wars. beyond yea or nay. hav' since they began. even before recorS has been taken of them an economi' reason and a careful investigation