Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-07
SOCIALISTS OF
ALL NATIONS To
HOLD CONGRESS
Questions Of Interest Regard
ing War to Be Discussed
by Representatives From
Many Different Countries,

The Hague, May 27.--An interna-
tional congress Of socialists IS to he
attempted at The Hague early In July.
All the neutral countries will be rep
resented, ana delegations have al
ready been selected to represent Eng
land and Germany, but II Is not yet
certain that Russia, France and Bel
GUM will participate. The Russian
socialist leaders have accepted the in
vitatlon subject To certain special
conditions, The Belgian leader, NJ.
Nandervclde, has refused point blank
to have anything TO do with any con-
ference In which Germany partiei-
pates. The French socialists and syn
dicalists also declined the invitation
in the first place. but NJ. Ottorino
Morgar leader Of the Italian neu-
trallst party, has gone Co Paris in
hopes of persuading them To recon
slider Austria and Hungary will be
represented II II is possible for their
delegates to get through Germany for
this purpose
The leading German delegates will
be Mlossrs. Scheidemann ana Bern
stein The English delegates, although
already chosen, have not been an
nounced they include, however, rep
resentatives Of both prO-war and anti
war movements In the British labor
party.
Swiss In Charge.
The preliminary organization of the
congress f. under charge of the Swiss
socialists The tentative platform
which is understood to have received
the approval of committees in Ger
many. Austria, England, Italy and the
scandinavian countries. contains the
following demands relating 10 the Flu
ropean war:
/. Evacuation Of Belgian and French
territory and indemnity to Belgium.
2. Suppression in future Of all Sc
eret treaties.
3. Immediate limitation of arma
ments by all countries, with a view to
ultimately aboiishlng altogether all
armed forces OF individual states.
4. Obligatory arbitration and CON
cilation In cases of disputes between
states.
3. Absolute right Of all small ma
tionalities to decide their future des-
tiny; this decision to be made mat
ter of referendum In which all adult
males and females shall participate.
German Attitude severe
According 90 reports reaching So
cialist headquarters here the German
governments attitude toward the
party has been growing more severe
during the past two months A num-
Der OF socialist newspapers have been
suppressed and many socialist meet
ings have been prohibited or allowed
only under strict police supervision
AT dusseldorf, which is said to be
the center OF pronounced peace
propaganda, there have been frequent
police raids and searches Of socialist
houses
4 number OF socialist meetings have
been held in Bavaria, Wurttemberg
Baden, Ilcsse and the Rhine provinces
recently to discuss the rise in the
prices Of many of the necessarles OF
life Altogether more than sixty
meetings were held within a few days
and many Of the speakers dealt very
frankly with the broader issues Of the
war and its problems. In more than
forty Of these meetings resolutions
were adopted which amounted TO q
demand for the speedy conclusion OF
peace. Some of the speeches were
strongly anti-war, and the whole
movement was regarded by the mill.
tary authorities as seditious News
papers We're prohibited from quoting
the terms of the resolutions passed OF
from giving any extended reports OF
the speeches, and the Volksfreuns, q
socialist journal published at Solingen
was suppressed for referring too free
ly to the tone Of the demonstration