Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-26

SVANASNsy
Especial Cable Dispatch.)
Paris, Feb. 25.-The international
socialist conference recently held at
Berne continues to cause common
taries ard criticisms. In the United
States the socialist democratic
league has published manifesto OBJ
jecting vigorously against the reso-
lutions adopted by the conference
and in France number of socialist
deputies have solemnly recorded
their disapproval in similar mani
festo. On the other hand numerous
persons, even in the allied coun-
tries, declare the resolutions salts
factory and Premier Clemenceau
took occasion to receive the French
delegates.
All this points to worry and agi-
tation in the socialists conscience
and indicates difficulties to be met
afterwards by international social
ist action.
The fundamental idea that domin-
ated the conference at Berne was
that there must and will exist at all
costs an international association of
working men. 1t is with that idea
in mind that socialist party leaders
i'll every country, in spite of all OBJ
stacles and even without sufficient
preparation wanted to convoke i'm
mediately an assembly of socialists
in every country
Huns Expected Attacks.
1t was because an international or
ganization must~exist that the Ger
man majority socialists, though
knowing that attacks awaited them.
nevertheless went to Berne.
1t is because an internationale
ought to exist that the French So
cialists, despite commendable senti-
ments of public opinion in their
country, and despite their personal
bitter feelings, resolved to face the
Germans forthwith.
Finally, it is because an interna-
tionale will exist that even those
who refused to attend the Berne
conference will soon consent to at
tend the regular International con-
gress and there resume the debate
on the responsibilities of bolshev-
ism.
Is it necessary to justify at length
this strong instructive idea of So
cialists throughout the world? Be-
fore the war they felt that the bat
tie against money power, against
special privileges and capital, ap-
peared in every country more and
more identical, and that even
beyond national frontiers capital
and labor found themselves some
times united against each other.
Before the war they conceived
for themselves the project so mag
nihcently formulated since and inn
posed upon the governments
league of nations to insure peace.
Now at the moment when this
league of nations enters the domain
of reality-is this the time when the
masses of working men and COM
mon people should cease working
for it?
In order that the league of ma
tons become solid. everybody feels
that it cannot be confined to an as
ISOLATION of governments and states
it ought to be a great society OF.
peoples, supported by society OF
the workers of democracy.
Now even more than before the
war does the working class feel the
necessity of uniting against the
power OF capital which has increas-
ed all countries and tie govern
ments have learned that from the
war itself must spring an interna-
tional labor charter.
1t is impossible to understand the
debates, conflicting attitudes, votes
and even the refusal of expression
by vote at the Berne conference I'M
less it is realized from The outset
that everything that was said and