New Britain herald., 1917-12-19
CONFERENCE WILL BE FEATURED BY IDEAS
England's Labor Party to Take
 Up Society's Attitude on War
ENGINEERS STRONG TALK

They Want the National Debt to Bc
 Distinguished and to Compel tho
 Wealthy Class to Repay the Nation
 Their Profits.
 London, Dec. 19 Correspondence of the Associated Press) British laL. DOTS attitude towards war and peace will be the chief subject of discus sion at the 18th annual conference of the Labor Party beginning Jan. 23. Advance copies of the "England," which have just been issued, contain important sidelights on what it is be- neVed may be meeting of world wide, If not revolutionary, conse- quence with regard to the relations between capital and labor. ' Among the resolutions to be sub mitted is one by the British socialist party, which says that labor's par- tic1pation in the government has not resulted in any benefits to the mass of the people.
 It adds that neither the essocia- tion of the Labor Party with the gov ernment assured that the coming peace will be made by democracy rather than by capitalistic diplomacy" The document also refers to the methods employed to remove MT. Henderson from the war cabinet when acting in perfect accord with the de- cisions of the labor party, prove that participation in the government and fidelity to the labor movement are in- ompatible. Tt will therefore be urged that socialist members of the labor party now holding office be withdrawn"
 Regarding peace, the Independent Labor party will submit a resolution for discussion which says:
 That in the opinion of this con- ference the war marks the break down of the old method of diplomacy which settled the international rela- tons of the people, without consulting or even informing them; by statesmen who have used victories to impose. terms of peace which left suspicion, hate and resentment behind, which were followed by military alliances and armaments, and which violated lhe prlnciples of, self government in oruer to satisfy military den1arids and lnrperlal1st apDetites; it therefore calls upon the government, if the sa orifices ol 'he war nave not been in vain, to provide for the direct representation or the organized democracy in every conference which discusses the con- oltlon or peace; to reject war aims "nlcn SlNeS the war the character of an lmperlallst venture; and to use it's 1nnuence and authority in every DOS sloie' way to remove the causes of war; to this end the conference de- clares that no obstacle should be put 1y Nf tlves of labor comforting Together with view to arriving at suNh an under- standing upon the problems of Eu- rope as will receive the co-onerat;ve support of all the demovracies, with out which there can be no lastino peace"
 Other resolutions to be submitted crlt1clze the governments handling or 1ood supplies and urge as a rem edy that distribution be made on 4 family basis "of share and share alike
 Ferhaps the most revolutionary of all the resolutions is one by the Amalgamated Society of Engineers
 Ihls conference, recognizing that the present system of financing thf. war has resulted iE giving to the rich not only excessive profits durin.r tba war, but also a constantly increasine claim upon the national income after the war in the form of interest. calls upon, the government to impose at once levy of 25 per cent on the whole capital wealth of the country to be levied on all persons in possession of more than 1000 pounds sterling. to be followed by further levies for the purpose of eXtinguishing the na- tional debt and compelling the rich classes to repay to the nation tho wealth which they have acquired, not ill return for service rendered but as the result of an unjust and vicious :, economic system"
 A second resolution by the same party advocates "the complete na- tionaliZation of shipping and transport as well the following:
 "State purchase and control of all essential raw materials and foodstuffs.
 The fixing of maximum, but not of minimum prices for all essential com modities for the government and civil ian consumer.
 "The elimination of all unnecessary middlemen's profits.
 '"The full utilization by the govern ment of the resources of the coopera- tive movement for the purposes of dis tribution.
 "The complete abandonment of the policy or bounties and subsidies to capitalist producers and the substitu- ton ot a system by which production is stimulated, not by bounties but by increased state control of agriculture and industry"