THE SOCIALIST CONGRESS
POSITION OF THE ENGLISH' SECTION. FRENCH VIEWS ON MILITARISM United Press Association—Copyright Received August 22, 0.17 a.m. BERLIN, August 21. Tlie Independent Labor representatives at the Stuttgart Conference proposed that trades unions were entitled to membership at tlie Conference, provided they declared in favor of political action in alliance with Socialist parties. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald moved that the matter be referred to the International Bureau in order tc arrango an amicable settlement with the English section. Mr. Quelch declared that he had no objection to the admission of trade unions if they oame irrevocably’ committed to Socialism. Herr Vandervalt, president of the International Bureau, agreed to consider the proposal with the English section. He believed the Bureau would delight to see the great English working- organisations represented at the Congress, since it would indicate adhesion to tlie principles of Socialism. Mm. Vollmar, Jaures, and Saillant repudiated M. Herve’s a n ti-mvi lita ri st senti men ts.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2165, 22 August 1907, Page 2
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