New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Demands Restoration of
Belgium and Other
Small Nations
Wants Teuton People
To Join With Them
International Conference
To Be Next Step; Terms
Declared Final

LONDON, Feb. 23.-The lnter-Allied
,.hor Conference, which ended its ses-
os bere to-day. has accepted the war
..s ,roeramme as enunciated by Brit
n labor on December 2S, and the next
-, will probably be the calling of an
sensational conference at an early
,..s including both labor and social
ism
Ala luncheon given to-day in honor
.,,be foreign delegates to the confer
,.,s Arthur Henderson, former mem
- Of the War Cabinet and leader Of
,ss Labor party, described these aims
= meaning the establishment of a
,,,rue OF nations, involving interna-
.;onsl cooneration for disarmament and
~, prevention Of warfare in the fut-
-, tho restoration OF Belgium, Serbia,
p,mania and Montenegro and only ter
.;.or;al chances IN the future based on
y Austice and right.
Mr.. Henderson declared that the
reoce aimed at was OF the peoples. and
that the peoples must stand behind 1t,
and he added Shat laoo- was prepared
n 90 on with the war until all the
conditions insisted upon for q perma-
ncnt peace We're met.
To Consult Wilson
The lunch was preceded by pro-
,,acted morning business session, at
vach was approved motion to send
IN luter-Allied labor delegation to the
United States TO consult President Will
son. Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation Of Labor, and the
,eaders in American labor organiza-
,icns. The personnel Of this delegation
viii be published early next week.
James Ramsay Macdonald, Socialist
and Labor member of Parliament, said
Mat the next step of labor and Social
Ism was TO bring the matter before the
German and Austrian people them
1selves.
Agree With Wilson
The programme as adopted corre-
sponds in general to the declarations
Of President Wilson and Premier Lloyd
George. 1t has the support Of the So
cialist or Labor parties of England
France, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Ru-
mania and South Africa. The Social
revolutionary or Minimalist Russians
telegraphed an Endorsement of British
labor's war aims and added that they
lad tried to send delegates to Lon
con, but that Leon Trotzky, the
Bolshevik Foreign Minister, had refused
passports.
The discussions of the conferences
war aims were enlivened by the di-
Vergent views expressed by various
allegations, particularly the Italian, on
Inc subject OF territorial adjustments
Sut a fairly satisfactory compromise
or generalization was reached in each
case whore disagreement was threat
9ehed' he general tone Of the con-
Nerehce was IN no way pacifist or pro-
f'et.hah' and the discussions revealed
s'9cefe resolve among widely sepa-
'"'cu factions to reach unity.
"Minimum,7 Says Thomas
The programme which finally re.
Selted p was passed unanimously. The
french delegate, Albert Thomas, the
ayFlaer aI Minister of Munitions, de-
The war. aims as outlined are the
"osolute minimum which We will ac-
vepv' and if anybody tries to foist on
u ID "a q peace not embodying these terms
b.ls l. Elli mean a revolution which will not
o''an .~as ui'ul justice has been secured
''sn e II that takes fifteen years"
Nt' henderson also declared that the
programme could be regarded as the
mlnlmum all demands OF the laboring
sdsses Of all the Allied countries.
Amlle Nandervelde, Socialist leader
III 'ne Belgian Chamber of Deputies
"uu a,,!, munster of State. said:
:. whether we are victorious or not
.neSe VIII ,emain our war aims, and we
''"ii strive unrcmittingly for them"
One Point Questioned
Inc only section of the conference's
eeclaration to which the Allied gov.
efnments are likely to take exception
Is the clause insisting on an immc.
date conference between the Socialists
W the Allied countries and Germany
and this clause had the enthusiasm,
MDDoTt of the entire conference Re-
sides adopting the formal war aim
Programme. The conference passed
!eSo.ution to couycre an intcrnationa
Socia.ist Conference to SIT concurrent
Il Nch the official peace conference
and so demanded that at least on
Voc s,.st sttuld be included by ever
aa' oa IN tuc official delegation at tn
leae' conference
iae conference voted to send fiv
aeeeates to the United States "for tn
}vtese ol comforting with the repre-
SeA'atNes Of The American democrac
81. The ~ar situation"
Delegation to America
'ir de.era'ion viii be headed b
e IT, iteysmaNs. secretary of tn
N t'ioi Socialist organization, tn
elected by the Frencl
.aiaa and Belgian Socialist:
-"r'eaas won't come to u,
80 ,Aam." said ono delegat,
cee.aYed: at is abso
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