THE SOCIALIST CONGRESS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2168, 26 August 1907, Page 2

THE SOCIALIST CONGRESS.

ATTITUDE OF FRENCH SOCIALISTS. AN UNPUBLISHABLE PREDICTION.

United Press Association—Copyright Received August 25, 4.33 p.m. BERLIN, August 24. An inspired Socialist resolution at the Stuttgart conference invites all unions to maintain relations with the International Bureau. M. Vallaint explained that it was impossible for French Socialism to accept the resolution .in view of the fact that the trades union movement in France had a co-operative and revolutionary character. : The majority of the Congress, after •a long debate on the question of immigration of workmen, adopted, an immigration resolution recommending the jiroliibition of immigrants who entered into contracts depriving them of liberty to dispose of their labor. A . resolution of inordinate length recommended legislation for larger wages and shorter hours ; suppression of sweating; sanitary living conditions ; regulation of the transport ol emigrants; greater latitude in the laws of naturalisation; and many other subjects. The English delegates abstained from voting. Mr. Kro-mer, Australia, informed the Congress that a clairvoyant gave an extraordinary forecast of the future, which the interpreter preferred not. to translate. ■-

Reuter’s correspondent describes the speech as an extraordinary mixture of blasphemy. The Congress adopted a resolution rejecting restricted female suffrage, declaring that all Socialists would he obliged to fight energetically for universal women’s suffrage. A DISORDERLY SCENE. BRITISH DELEGATES IGNORED, United Press Association—Copyright Received August 25, 4.33 p.m. BERLIN, August 24. There was almost a free fight ci-L Stuttgart, owing to tile British delegates interrupting proceedings through the debate on trades unions being closed before they were allowed to. speak. After the wildest disorder a large majority .approved resolutions declaring that it was in the interest of the working class to establish close relations between the trades -union and Socialist parties, and expressing the opinion that they would be better able to conduct the struggle against oppression if the orgamisatioilte were united.