New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
French Party
Hurls Defi at
Ber1le Parlev
Socialist Deputies in Paris
Fear Disruption Unless
Bolsl,evism Is IsDenounced
BY Chester NJ. Wright
NeaD York Tribune
Special Gable Seruice

Special Gable Service
Copyright. 1912 New York Tribune Jnc)
. PARIS, Feb. 1.-The French Socialist
party threw sensation into the
Berne congress ring to-day in the form
Of an announcement from group of
forty-iive Socialist Deputies amuunr-
ing to an ultimatum to cut loose from
everything of Bolshevik nature on
penalty OF causing a split in the French
Socialist party. The congress of So
cialists opens Monday
This group was organized by Deputy
Alexandra Varenne some months ago
upon the adoption by the party of
Rolshevik attitude. The present. lead
Sership seems to be in the hands of
Comperc Morel, editor of LA France
Llbrc," the organ Of the group M.
Morel it is said, was not long ago Of
fered the Ministry of Agriculture, but
declined. lie is a product of rural
France, from which come about half
of the 100 Deputies
When the forty-five Deputies met to-
day to discuss the Berne congress
thlrty-three expressed opposition to
attending under any circumstances.
Others, led by Thomas favored partici-
patton to fight Germanism and Boil
Shevism
Conditions of Acceptance
The final decision was to 90 to
Berne on these conditions:
First, Bolshevism must be not only
denounced but renounced by the con-
gress
Second, two German Majority So
cialists must be tried and expelled.
Third, no Socialist party must be adj
mitteds to future congresses unless it
accepts democracy as the proper form
of government and as means of
progress. and proves it by its acts
an assertion that "the dictatorship of
the proletarat" idea must be forever
forsaken.
Compere Morel said after the meet
ing that this meant absolutely a def
mite declaration of the intention to
split the French Socialist party dele
cation in the Chamber of Deputies, /
present 100.
This is the event shat the world has ,
been watching for since the majority's I
Endorsement of Bolshevism.
British Leave for Rerne.
The entire British delegation left !
last night for Berne, after having con-
ferred here with George Nicoll Barnes,
member OF the newly appointed peace
conference commission on interna- /
tonal industrial relations. There
were no British delegates in attendance
ut the trades union conference held /
here this afternoon, but there were
American, French, Canadian and Bel
gian representatives
Before leaving Paris Arthur Hen
derson seemed confident that the
Berne affair would be satisfactory to
him. The latest announcement was
that about twenty-eight countries will
have delegations there, although in
most cases these delegations will rep
resent small minorities of the popula-
tions.
1t is announced by the Minority So
cialists of Germany that they intend to
work with the Majority delegation at
Berne. This meant that the Germans
will make an effort to use Berne as a
back door entrance to the Paris peace
conference.
To-day, for the first time, am able
to make known some Of the inner facts
conce rning the intrigue that has played
around the summonang of the interna-
tional Socialist congress at Berne
Monday.
For downright deception and diplo-
matte sidestepping the whole story, of
this conference stands in class by
itself-at any rate. so far as labor his
tory IS concerned.
The master hand back of the .manip-
ulation seems to have been that of
Arthur Henderson, the British Labor
party leader. who retains the actual
leadership, though deposed from par
l:amentary leadership because of his
defeat at the recent cleo
tions. Henderson has been aided by
such men as Camille Huysmann, secre-
tary of the International Socialist Bu-
reau; Ramsay Macdonald and Jean
Longuet.
Hero arc the facts as / get them.
some from records and others from