New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
Prov az Socialis.
Delegates in City
20 Sail for aris
Russell and Walling Ready
to Depart Wednesday for
Conferences Abroad Be-
fore Peace Congress Meets

Charles Edward Russell and William
English Walling, Socialists, have en-
gagged passage on the Cunard liner Car
mania, which sails Wednesday. Rus
sell and Waling, chairman and secrc-
tary, respectively, of the Social Demo
cratic League of America, go as a COM
mittee of the LEAGUE TO represent the
pre-war Socialists at the peace confer
encc.
II was stated definitely at the head
quarters OF the league that Russell and
Waliing viii have nothing to do with
the conference at Lausanne, Switzer-
land, called by the pacilist sections Of
the European Socialists. TO which the
American Socialist party win send
three delegates when passports are OBJ
tanned.
Mr.. Russell. who reached here from
Washington yesterday, said the Euro
pean situation was grave, and it viii be
the duty Of the American peace com
missioners TO handle it with delicacy
When Mr.. Russell wes asked if the
American Federation OF Labor dclega-
ton Will confer with him and MI.
Wallng. sircc Samuel Gompers and the
Federation delegates also sail on
Wednesday, he said he did not know
what arrangements had been made for
:, conference between the league and
the Federation.
Esteem fer Compers
81 have the greatest esteem for Mr.
Gompers and his coworkers. and this is
not an expression Of my personal opin-
ION alone. but OF the Socialist Demo
cratic League. of which | am chair
man said Mr. Russell. He added:
We know that the national morale
during the war has depended almost
entirely upon the spirit of democracy
IN the respective labor movements. 1t
is therefore interesting to note the
many courtesies organized labor is
armistice mas been declared.
'lt is evident that the return to
peace conditions, as we'll as the proper
constructive adjustment of social and
governmental relations within the ma
tons, must depend largely upon the
universal world conditions with respect
to international problems of disarma-
ment, trade. etc. The presence Of such
men as MI Gompers would help great
~ when these questions come un At the
peace conference.
Problems To Be Decided
MOREOVER. such problems as the con-
troll of raw materials, of backward ma
tlcnS. international finance. commodit.
exchanges, immigration and the estsb-
Mahment OF international standards Of
education demand the aid OF thought
full persons in the camps Of organ
ized labor and capital.
I'm view OF the fact that the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor has co0perated
will! the government in attaining VIC
tory it is 10 be hoped that the Amcri-
can labor men will play an important
part in the pcace setllcment.'
Mr Walling. the leagues other dele
gate, said Russia probably will be the
bone of contention at both the labor
and Socialist conferences As spokes-
man of the moderate Socialists in the
United States he viii devote most of
his time TO studying the European
menace OF Bolshevism. lie expressed
opposition to an international wage
standard, already voiced by the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor
"Of course, ! never heard of such a
proposal coming from any European
labor movement. We can never have an
international minimum wage, any more
than we can have a national minimum
wage in the United States, because each
community has its own standard Of liv-
ing. 1t is the same in the European
courtries,' he asserted.