New-York tribune., 1919-02-09

perfectly right in attacking the German
Majority Socialists for helping in the
war, just as we are perfectly right in
attacking the Thomases and Renaudels
of all countries. My party has never
been at war with the minority Social
lists of France and England"
The Entente delegations find diff
Guilty in dealing with speeches which
dIsarm criticism in such a sweeping
way.
German Delegates Defended
Answering the suggestion thai the
Germans were using the Socialist con-
gress as a back door to the peace con-
ference, Branting replied
"The Allies were not afraid Of the
Germans on the battlefield Why
should they fear them in discussion 2"
Twice to-day Bolshevism lifted its
head in the general discussion. When
the Berne congress was first broached
an invitation was sent to the Bolshevik
Central Soviet at Moscow which
promptly denounced the project as cap
talistic. The Berne conferrees are now
divided upon the Bolshevik question.
Whenever the Majority Socialists were
tackled the Bolsheviki, while disclaim-
ing any connection with Bolshevism,
protested that it was unfair to attack
a party that was not present to defend
itself.
Mixed committees, consisting of Ger
man and Allied Socialists, unanimous
ly agreed upon three of the most deli
cate questions submitted to them and
presented reports to the congress on
the league of nations, territorial ques-
tions and responsibility for the war.
Herman Won Muller, one of the Prus-
sian delegates and a member of the
German majority faction. arose after
speech by the British railway dele
manded abolition of conscription, and
declared:
at is with extreme pleasure that
answer Mr.. Thomas's speech. The Ger
man Social Democratic party is pre-
pared to accept an agreement for abol-
ishing conscription in all countries
concurrently. During the recent Ger
man elections there was much discus
sion about the causes of the war, and
all agreed that the chief of these was
the manufacture of armaments.
Expect Aid of Women
"1he German majority Socialists be-
lieve it necessary to take the manu-
facture of all armaments out of private
hands. Not only should the manufact-
ure of arms be entirely taken over by
INC udblOHdl EONtlNif+filN. Dul :nOulO
be put under internal onal control.
owe must admit the national st
party still exists in Germany. When
it lifts its head we may have a hard
fight to keep it under But ! am CON
vinccd that after the sutferings Ger
many has gone through war is impos-
sible for the next twenty or thirty
years And by that time l hope social
ism will have made such progress that
war then will be unthinkable
"We in Germany rely upon the vote
of women, who are the born enemies
Of war, to accomplish this TRANSFORMER
ton"
BERNE, Feb IA plebiscite for
Alsace-Lorraine to enable the inhabi-
tants to express their will as regards
the disposition Of the two provinces has
been accepted by both the French and
German delegates. NJ Mistral, speak
ing for the French, said that his party
always urged plebiscite, while NJ
Crumbach, Alsatian delegate, welcomed
it because, he said it will make pos
sible 'the right answer to Germany"
Equal rights for Jews in all coun-
tries was proposed in resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Locker, representing
Palestine Socialists, offered in connec-
ton with the discussion Of territorial
questions.