New Britain herald., 1917-05-31
BERLIN NOT B0UNb
 BY SOCIALIST PACT
Delegates Have No Pledge From
  German. Government

man majority socialist dele9ates tu the Stockholm conference, evidently,e ~ from the statements Of Dr. Eduafd David, one of the leading delesateS' carries no endorsement by the Ger- uian government. Dr. David clearly x intimated that the action of the del egation was only binding upon i1x party and that the envoys have na.ra definite pledges or authorizations from the administration at Berlin.
 The hopes of the delegates that tlla German government ultimately wil1 $ be- found amenable to the majoriiS socialist program of peace without annexations or indemnities arc basGa partly upon the party's strength and z influence in Germany and partly upon the indefinite statements of that mas- ter phrasemaker, Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg, like his declarab tion that the government is ready tn conclude . peace which will leave nos thorns to rankie." Dr. David does not hope that peace will result di- rectly from the Stockholm movement. He hopes that the conference will lay a basis for a peace movement on which peace lovers in all countries can unite.
 If the conferences prove abortivu Dr. David declares that Germany haI
 perfected it's organization 50 as to. live on what 1t can raise and wiH continue the struggle without weakf ening. In answer to question re-. garding the present German attitudE toward America, the socialist leadsE said that there was no one in Gerss
 many who did not regret the break with the United States and that H. was the general hope that war would be concluded before Americas partici.s patton in the conflict could become actual. @ ss Questioned as to the fate of thS
 reform movement the doctor asserted that reform was sure to como but did 1 not specify as to whether the changG 1 would be effected during or after tho war. We are in some respects ahead 1 of America" he said, fin that wlI
 have more democratic central par. liament. We are also ahead of En9s
 land in this respect. We need more
 democratic franchise for Prussia and
 we are going to obtain it.
 The German socialist apparently
 are to stay in Copenhagen for somss
 days before proceeding to stpck+s
 holm. Their stay there will be li1n-s f1ted by the prospect of results and
 the feassembling of the 0erme6s
 Reichstag in July. K | sE ff--- as fssssea r
 Austro- German Delegates' Program. Stockholm. May 31-The peace pro- 1 gram of the Austrian and GermAaa delegates to the socialist conference
 to be held here. as formulated in .
 group conference, provides for no an-
 nexations, no indemnities and rsgtric-
 ton of mechanical means which may
 be employed in maritime and air. 1 warfare. .4 s ~. The six chief points of the program
 are enumerated as follows:
 l First-No annexations @sts@ ;i 1 Second-No indemnities.
 Third-The south Slavic lands and l Austro- Hungarian crown lands to re-
 main in the dual monarchy, but so- cialists should support the efforts of
 their inhabitants to gain autonomy. Fourth-Finland and Russian Po- land to be independent states. The people of Galicia to have autonomy
 under the sovereignty of Austria. Under this head the assertion is made < that ''an enduring solution of the Po- fish problem can be expected to be reached in the future by free agree- ments between the two Central Pow ' CTS and the independent state of Rus-ss sian Poland" M sas Fifth-Restoration of freedom of commerce on land and sea, modfhca- ton of the protectionist system. tho 2 establishment of international ad- 2 nainistration'' for all maritime routeAt, and sinteroceanic canals. international- ly' built and administered railways. 2
 y Sixth-Return to the maritime principle established by the Paris Peace Treaty of 1856. especially TO- garding the prohibition of the cap- ture or arming of merchantmen: abolishment of prize courts; reduc- ton of the contraband list. taking therefrom especially all raw mater ; iais for clothing or food; modfhca-A' tion of the rights of blockade and \ s'.restr1ctton of mechanical means which may be employed in maritime and air warfare
 The delegates go on record as op- posing the annexation of Belgium and declare. themselves as being friendly to serhia's independence. which state. by Joining with Montenegro, can as-. sure itself of an outlet to the sea.
 They declare that the Balkan states should arrange their own internal af-eN fairs without outside interference. ].
 The future of AlsaEe and Lorraine {, Is not mentioned. Ns
 The Czech, Polish and Bosnian del. egates attended the. group confer ence. but did not join in the pro- gram. They will formulate their ownf program later. sS DISCUSS TREATMENT OF ALIENS.
 New Fork, May 31.-Discussion to- day of members of the National Con- s5t