Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
IN
 ENGLAND
 ID FIGHT
Must Battle on," Says President of British Workingmen's Party, Citing Germany's Ad- hesion to Militaristic Plans.

Nottingham, Eng, Jan. 23- At the opening today of the annual labor conference Frank Purdy, the president, said that if Germany would not accept the terms President Wilson, Premier Lloyd-George and the Labor party had laid down as the minimum, i've must fight on."
 President Purdy said that in view of the declarations of President Wilson and Premier Lloyd-George, Germany could claim no longer that she was fighting a defensive war.
 We see no signs yet" he added, 'that Germany and her allies are willing to accept the principles enunciated by Mr. Lloyd George, MT. Wilson and the Labor party"
 MT Purdy said peace by negotiation while Germany was occupying terri tory of other countries would be a i victory for Germany.
 1 The conference is larger in point of membership than it's predecessors. It is attended by 800 delegates repre- | senting nearly 2,500 members of trade unions. The atmosphere was some what electrical, as it realized that the issues to be raised would have far reaching effect on the future of the party. The climax was expected to be reached on a vote as to whether the labor members would be called upon to leave the cabinet.
 Peace, when it comes, must be a general peace, a just peace, a lasting peace that will secure liberty and freedom for all nations, great and small; a peace based on the will of the people" said MT. Purdy. Tt must be a peace in which labor nationally and internationally, must play it's part in order to obtain full and fair consideration of it's claims.
 ''We appreciate the lofty ideals which induced the United States to join the Allies" he said.
 Whatever might be the view of the labor representatives as to the effect the Russian revolution had exerted on the course of the war, he said they welcomed it heartily because il had released the Russian people from thraIldom. He cOntinued:
 If our responsible government an6 it's allies had endeavored to appre- ciate the real meaning of the revolu- tion they would not have been SC Iukewarm toward that great event.
 The government had sent Arthur Henderson, then a member of the cabinet to Petrograd, MT. Purdy con- tinued, but had declined to accept his advice, and even today there was nc great anxiety on the part of the Brit. ish government to recognize those who were representing the Russian people.
 Mr. Purdy's statement that the de clarations of MT. Wilson, and MT
 Lloyd George made it impossible fol
 Germany to claim she was fighting { \ uG16IS1Ne WdI, DuL I1AdL ItO SlSn COdIl
 be seen that Germany was willing tC
 accept the principles proclaimed, wa. received with some dissent, cries O.
 "Oh!" and with applause.
 Twill the German democracy?' 9 . Mir. Purdy asked. twill the German democracy face it's government as wt have faced ours?"
 . The conference took up the pro , posed amendment to the party con , stitution. Arthur Henderson, forme' member of the British war cabinet
 on behalf of the executive commit tee moved the membership of thu , party should consist of all organiza ton, together with those men ant . women who were individual member
 of a local labor party and that the!
 should subscribe to the program O
 the party.