New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26
BERLIN SOCIALIST
SEES NO VICTORY
Herr Haas Tells ReiChstag
Party Hates War and
Desires Peace.

London. March 70. - AdVlces from
Berlin via Amsterdam indicate that
Yesterdays sitting Of the Reichstag,
although il was only brief session for
consideration Of the emergency budget
pending discussion Of the regular bud
get in committee. was the stormiest on
record and had 70 be closed by the
President owing TO disorder caused by
the Socialist group. OF this group
Herren Haase, Ledebour, Scheidemann,
Ebert and Sudekum were notable par
Elephants in the debate.
The sitting began with heated dis
cussion. The speech which caused the
trouble was BY Herr Haase. who de-
clared that Germany would never win
the war, which would be a drawn con
fict He declared that the German So
ciaiists hated war and desired peace.
The best patriots in all countries are
those who speak for an honest peace,
he s. quoted ss exclaiming.
These remarks provoked a tremen-
dous uproar. many Socialists rising
from their seats and angrily disputing
with each other The Socialist DR..
David shouted TO Herr Haase;
your policy is causing prolonga-
ton Of the war"
Other Socialists showered such cpl
thets as Traitor" on Herr Haase,
who again tried TO speak. but members
crowded around him, threatening 10
strike him. and the President hurriedly
closed the sitting, which was resumed
later with very few Socialists present.
Il is reported that the Socialist La
.r-ff ka a
a new faction formed by eighteen So
c.alists who withdrew from the party,
with Herr Haase as their leader
According TO the "Norwaerts.' the
Socialist party, by a vote Of % TO 80,
passed resolutions deeply regretting
the incidents that had occurred In the
Reichstag, declaring that Deputy
Haase had violated discipline md 10y
atty, and that thereby he and has rae
ton had lost their rights Of member
ship.
IL was upon this, according 20 the
newspaper. that the eighteen members,
including Deputies Hasse and Lede-
bour. as heads Of the movement,
formed the new Labor Community,
Further details Of the address be
fore the Reichstag OF Or. Karl Hef-
ferich. Secretary OF the Imperial treas
ury, in announcing that lO,6OO,OOO'OOO
marks was subscribed 10 the new war
loan. are 20 hand via Amsterdam. Dr.
Helferich is quoted as follows:
The financing Of the war FOR an
other half year is assured. Germsny
Is the only belligerent power when
has C-vered her total war expenditure
By long-term loans. That n tion OF
seventy millions, cut off from tie outer
-. ct IN
with international law. should have
borne for twenty months the heavy
burdens Of the war, and should now
again be Offering more than 10000
600 900 marks 10 the Fatherland, is
proof Of greatness beyond praise OF
words. 10 signifies that our strength
is unbroken, that our confidence in
anal victory is mistaken. and that the
German people stand united as one
The breach in the Socialist Reichstag
faction is hardly more than public
recognition Of the state Of affairs exist
ing i'm the party circles since the first
d.ve Of the war. The session IN the
Rcichstag had been preceded by So
cialist party caucuses. IN which, ac-
cording 20 a statement by the party's
executive committee, an agreement was
reached 20 refrain from political
speecbes in connection with the discus
SION Of financial measures.
The executive committee asserts that
neither Herr Haase nor any other
member of the minority protested
against the programme. At the last
minute, Just before the debate deputy
Uaase announced that he would speak.
The "Vorwaerts" declares:
PARTY unity is the outgrowth OF the
historic necessity Of the proletarlan
struggle and Of the indestructible force
Of the socialstic ideals, which VIII
again weld together with irresistible
strength all elements on social-demo-
cratic principles as soon as the errors
and confusion Of this maritime war
fare shall have been overcome.