Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-04
PEACE DEMANDED
BY SOCIALISTS OF
AUSTRO-
Circulate Secret Manifesto
Praying for Downfall of
House of Hapsburg
P r ED 1CT REPUBLIC

! GENEVA, Dec. 4.-Declaring that war
/ people, Socialists in the dual monarchy
are secretly circulating manifesto de-
manding peace The Socialist newspaper
! Soltbrccht publishes the following as the
! text Of the manifesto.
There never was liberty in Austria,
and since the war began what we have
| been submitting to is terrible. There IS
! no constitutional justice and the eXecu-
| TONERS have lot Of work to do.
when the civilized world learns whit
| is really happening in Austria it will shud-
/ der with horror We don't want to dwell
I upon the long series of death sentences
] passed upon Czech citizens, but we will
! speak of the sentences inflicted upon So
/ cialists simply for exchanging Socialistlc
J ideas.
"LOpEcr has been hanged for publish-
| ing brochure demanding peace. That Is
how the Austrian Government, which pre-
tends TO combat barbarity, is acting. We
| summon foreign aid to save us. Austrian
| subjects have become slaves. We are
| forced to be enthusiastic C2eChs Italians
| and Slavs are forced to be patriots
"From ministry to policemen all the
members of the Government are swim
| dlcrs. That is particularly the case in
| Bohemia.
WANT At-STRTANS BEATEN.
We don't want to see Austria victor
ious We want to see her beaten. The
| Government declares that the war has
| liberated Poland but to what end2 Now
| it wants Poland put under Hapsburg die
| tdtorship.
"Only through the downfall of the
| house of lapsburg can Austria continue
to live and democratic ideas triumph.
"Thc shameful ultimatum to Serbia
| would never have been sent if a real
| Parliament had existed.
"rhe Hapsburgs wanted to do to Serbia
| what was done to Switzerland centuries
| ago. We are going to fight for a demo-
| cratic republic. Let the Government dare
! ask the people what they think of war.
! We don't want war. We want revolution
! After the war we shall initiate the
| French, who found a way to n republic
| through revolution
| The manifesto declares that the anneXa-
| ton Of Belgian or French soil would be
| n crime and says that Austria is suf-
| fcring so terribly from the war that she
| viii he the first nation ruined by II.
CARDINALS TO CONFER.
| Germany already has made informal
| suggestions looking to the establishment
/ Of peace. through the papal consistory
! here today
! Cardinal Hartmann Of Cologne. is said
| to have brought to the Vatican the pro-
| posal that Germany will evacuate Bel
| gium ana northern France and agree to
AN autonomous government for Poland.
If the Vatican will make determined ci-
fort at the present time to bring about
peace.
Cardinals representing the allied coun-
tries particularly Cardinal Gasquct, of
France, and Cardinal Bourne, Of Eng
land, arc said to have been sounded out
with this proposal. 1t is understood they
replied that Ciermanys enemies would not
countcnanCe half measures in any pro-
gram OF peace
Pope Benedict is understood to be re-
cciving representatives of all the inter-
csted countries before completing the al
loCution he will deliver at the private con-
sstory on Monday. From each he Is be-
lieved to be drawing the attitude of his
country toward an early peace.
Socialist members of Parliament were
hOoted on the streets of Rome today, be-
cause of attacks made upon the Govern
ment at Fridays session of the Chamber
of Deputies
The session ended in an uproar, when
Deputy Lucc declared that, after many
months of war the people of all the be-
ligcrcnt countries desired peace. Jeers
and Kisses greeted this statement and the
session was adjourned.
ACT IN GERNINY.
another indication of the growth of the
anti-war feeling among the German So
ciallsts is found in the increasingly Sc
we're punishments metcd out to those who
express publicly the prevailing popular
discomfort" says the Swiss correspondent
of the Standard