The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-02-24
ALLIED LABOR
WILL STAND BY
WAR UNTIL END
Conference Accepts Aims
Recently Outlined by
British Workers.
PEACE PLANS DEFINED
Repudiatc All Attempts at
Economic Boycott Of Ger
many After War.

LoNpoN. Feb. 23.--rhc Interalliet
Labor Conference. which ended It's ses
sions here day, has accepted the wal
aims programme az enunciated Ivy Brit
ISL labor on December IS. and the mex
step probably will he the calling OF al
international conference at an early
date. including both labor and socialism
At luncheon given to-day In homo
OF the foreign delegates to the confer
ence Arthur Henderson, former ,nembei
OF the War Cabinet and leader of the
Labor party. described these aims a.
meaning the establishment. OF league
o. nations. involving international CO
operation for disarmament and the pre-
vention of warfare In the future. the
restoration OF Belgium. Serbia. Ru
mania and Montenegro. and only terri.
torial changes in the future based or
justice and right.
Mr. Henderson asserted that the peace
aimed at was OF the peoples and that the
peoples must stand behind II. and he
added that labo- was prepared to 60
on with the war until all the conditions
insisted upon for a permanent peace
were met.
Appeal to Enemy Peoples.
and I.abo" member Of Parlia ament. said
that the next step OF labor and socialism
was to bring the matter before the Ger
man and Austrian peoples themselves.
The conference voted to send f1ve dele.
gates to the United States for the pur.
pose Of comforting with tho representa-.
tives of the American democracy on the
war situation"
The delegation will be headed by Ca
mile Huysmans. secretary Of the Inter
national Socialist organization. the 9th.
ers being selected by the French. British
Italian and Belgian Socialists respec.
lively.
IF the Americans won't come 10 us
We must go to Them said one delegate
NJ. Vandervelde declared: 1T is alb
solutely essential to have the Americans
with us in our effort to establish n
basis for democratic peace The day
when American labor will Join us is
surely not far distant. The United States
may have been late in entering the war.
but ! cannot believe that the American
working classes will be late in joining
US in shouldering labor's share of the
wars responsibility
The programme as adopted Corre-
spends IN general TO the declarations
Of President Wilson and Premier Lloyd
George. l, has the supper: OF the So
cialist OF labor parties of England
France. Italy. Belgium. Portugal. Ru-
mania and South Africa. The Social
Revolutionary or Minimalist Russians
teleerap phed an Endorsement of British
lahor's war aims and added that they
had tried to send delegates TO London
but that Leon Trotzky, the Bo!shev!l,
Foreign Minister. had .'efused pass
ports.
The discussions ot the conference 5
war aims were en!ivened by the diver
gent views expressed by various dclega-
tions. particularly the Italian. ON the
subject OF territorial adjustments. but a
fairly satisfactory compromise or gem
cralization was reached in each case
where a disagreement was threatened,
The general tone OF the conference was
in no way paoiilst or pro-tierman. and
the discussions revealed a sincere resolve
among widely separated factions to
reach unity
The programme which finally resulted
was passed unanimously. The French
delegate. Albert Thomas. the former
Minister of Munitions. declared:
Revolution Is Threatened.
The war aims as outlined are the ah-
:
and II anybody tries TO foist on us a
peace not embodylng these terms 1t will
mean revolution which will not halt
until Justice has been secured. even If
that takes fifteen years"
Mr. Henderson also declared that the
programme could be regarded as the
minimum demands of the labor.ng
classes of all the allied countries.
Mr.. Nandervelde said. Whether we
are victorious or not. these will remain
our war aims and we shall strive unrc-
mittingly for them
The only section Of the conference $
declaration to which the allied Govern
.ments are likely to take exception is the
clause insisting on an immediate con-
ference between the Socialists OF the al
lied countries and Germany. and this
clause had the enthusiastic support of
the entire conference. BESIDES adopting
the formal war aims programme, the
conference passed a resolution to con-
vene an international Socialist confer
ence to sit concurrcntly with the official
Peace Conference and also demanded
that at least one Socialist should be in
cluded by every nation In the official
delegation at the peace conference.
Speaking at the luncheon. Mr. Hem
derson announced that as "A result OF
the preliminary conference at FariS and
the present conference at London, the
decision reached by British labor on
December rs regarding peace had, in
substance. been accepted by allied labor
and Socialism,
These proposals." said Mr.. Hender-
son. ''in short. stand for the establish
ment Of a league Of nations on n firm
basis. provided that all the peoples Of
all the countries associated with such a
league Insist upon International coopera-
tion for disarmament and for the pre-
vent!on OF future warfare. BY adopting
these views the conference has declared
for the absolute freedom and integrity
OF Belgium, Serbia. Ruma MIA and Monte
negro. and that every territorial change
shall, 80 far AS We are concerned, be
based mainly on justice and right, thus
making for the permanency OF "A world
peace.
"Those are our aims and / may say
our irreducible minimum. and as soon
as they are secured We desire to enter
into the fullest international intercourse
with all the nations Of the world.
Economic Boycott ODpOsed.