SOCIALISTS HOLD MONSTER ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 33, 20 October 1911, Page 18

SOCIALISTS HOLD MONSTER ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION.

An enormous German-French demonstration in Berlin, at which about 20,----000 Socialists Avere present, took place in the tAvo great halls of the"Neve Welt" against chauvinism aud diplomatic intrigues. The French Socialist Jouhaux spoke in the name of the French Socialists, and the enthusiasm with which he A\-as greeted showed the feeling of international solidarity with which those present were animated. The other speakers were Robert Schmidt and Molenbuhr. Another French Socialist, Luquet, was also present, and a letter was read from Yvetot, AA'ho had been expelled from Berlin, saying that if it were ever necessary to shed our blood it should only be for the cause of liberty and for the workers. A resolution was carried to the effect that the demonstrators felt themselves at one Avith the workers of France and of other countries, in the aspiration to insure peace for the nations, and pledged themselves to oppose all the machinations of the ruling classes Avhich Avere making for Avar. War only served the lust of power, robbery and profit of a small minority, Avhile the great majority of all peoples desired peace, as they alone have to make the sacrifices involved by Avar. The resolution urges the Avorkers of Germany and France, in vicAV of the threatening danger of .war, to be e-'er at their posts, and to throAV their AA'hole force into the balance against Avar. It demands that the Reichstag be at once convened to help to solve the international difficulty. Many telegrams from French trade unions Avere read and received Avith enthusiasm.