The Nome daily nugget., 1917-06-12
WAR DEClrES SOCIALISTS.

now as Dauly disrupted Dy the war 1 1t has been in many other countrie. In Germany there are now at leas l three distinct factions-the moderat I majority, headed by Philip Scheide mann; the extreme radicals of tn Leibknecht party and the new part, organized by Ledebour and his asso ciates.
 The many kinds of opinion one may hold in Russia and still call oneself a socialists are only toe viyidly brought to light in the press dispatches relative to the upheava now apparently rending that country to its foundations. And, as in the two countries mentioned, the social ists are divided in almost all the other European countries.
 And, finally, the war and the Rus sian revolution have caused a most evident lack of harmony in the party councils in this country Charges and counter charges have been flying of late and there are many indication that the party is badly split. One faction has accused the other of clan destinely operating to assist the kaiser and the other faction vehemently de- nies the charge.
 Heated cablegrams from both par ties have been rushed to Petrograd as each faction endeavored to exert it's influence with the new democracy. The trouble appears to have largely grown out of the resolutions condemn ing the war, adopted by the socialist party convention held at St Louis, April F last. The stormy situation situation was precipitated by the charge of G. J. Phelps Stokes, the wealthy socialist, that pro- German so- cialists in this country were atempt- ing to discredit the American mission to Russia because it might interfere with the German plans for a separate peace with Russia.
 Morris Hillquitt ex-congressman was cited by Mir. Stokes as a leader of this alleged pro- German section of the party.
 
 MT. Stokes asserted that certain strongly pro- German socialists in the United States were doing all that they could to convey to the Russian social democrats the impression that the American commission was being sent to Russia for the special purpose of fighting down the social democrats who were at the time in the ascendant in what was once the dominion of tho czar. Mir. Stokes was supported ir his opposition to the Hillquitt wing ot the party by Charles Edward Russel former socialist candidate for gover. nor of New York; William E. Wall ing, noted as one of the ablest Amer ican students of Russian affairs; Up ton Sinclair, the famous author, an, others of wide celebrity, including number of women of distinction.
 Thls group on April 19 sent to tn Russian ministerofjustice, MT. Keren sky, message strongly opposing separate peace between Russia an Germany would be disastrous to tn progress of the international socialis movement in that it would not as sure peace for Russia and would mak enemies of her present allies. Tn message also declared that it would l. treason to the French working classe who has assumed wars burdens 2 the outset for the sake of Russia.
 An additional suggestive reason ad vanced was in effect that German after crushing France would tur again on Russia. since the. Germa government, being built on autocrac
 could not tolerate democracy in Ru
 sia.
 Again 1t was declared that tf
 threat of German domination wou
 compel the United States to adopt
 permanent militarist policy, therer
 endangering hts present democrat
 institutions andthreathening the den
 ocratic movement throughout the An
 ericas The final result, the messa,
 stated. would only be to increase mi - itarism in the world and delay ii