SOCIALIST CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 112, 5 February 1919, Page 5

SOCIALIST CONFERENCE

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED. ' ;j . ■ . ■ Berne, February 2. i ' England, France, Holland, Italy, and -.; Germany will be represented at the Soc- \ ialist Conference on Monday, with eigh- ( : teen or twenty other countries. ! delegates will include Mr. Bfanting, M. ; Albert Thomas, Mr. Huysman, Mr. Ram- ■ fay Macdonald, and Mr. Arthnr Hender- ; son. The conference hopee to formulate a charter of Labour legislation for incor- ; porafcion in the Treaty of Peace, to for- I mulate a democratic constitution for the i League of .Nations, '■ and to arrange for . the joint action. of,-the working classes --'■ of the whole world against future Im-;' > i perialist tendencies. _ ; , j . T'he American, Belgian, Canadian,'and j French trade union leaders in Paris met, ; and discussed the wisdom of meeting the . ' Germans, and the Americans-and Bel-.! ; gians finally 'decided not to go to Bernev ■ ; —Aus.-N.Z.\Cable Assn. j (R«c. February 4, 7.50 p.m.) j Berne, February 2. j German delegates to the Socialist Con- J ference are advocating the international j adoption of a forty-four hours week.— "The Times." , __ PREFERENCE FOR RETURNED | MEN .'■ • ! BIG UNION BEING FORMED. j Sydney, February i. \ The Returned Soldiers' Wharf Work- j evs' Union is forming a big union' em- . '< bracing the relatives of .enlisted men, re- | jected volunteers, and munition workers j throughout the Commonwealth, with the - j object of securing preference for returned j men iu all industries. It proposes to ' ' I rely on conciliation and arbitration in- ■ \ j fitead of strike methods.—Press Assn. i THE CZECHS AND POLES j TEMPORARY AGREEMENT- AE- ■ RANGED. ] Paris, February 3. j Mr. A. J. Fraser writes:—"The Czechs ! and Poles havo 'arranged a temporary i agreement by which the Czechs are to . j withdraw their troops to the OderburgKaschau railway. The Poles j Teschen. The permanent verdict will i depend upon the Polish Commission.— : Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . . :