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Til K STOCKHuI.M COM'KKKM'K.
These are harsh days for socialists.
Socialists believe that all wars have
an economit origin: this war no less
than any other. They say so in plain
language and are prepared to argue
the matter with anyone, alhough as
a general rule with remarkable un
animity just as soon as the radicals
get down to details, the other fel
lows claim that they are unpatriotic,
disloyal, un-American and what not.
Withal the war has been tillable
to prevent a tremendous growth in
the international power of the social
ists and the Russian revolution un
questionably has given an impetus
to the growth of that pow. r.
The real power in Russia ' mlt y,
the real vigor, the real vitality of the
revolution tic so ialist strain that
permeates so powerfully alt revolu
tionary se.itino nt. And the sooner
this is i cognized the better it will
he for all concerned.
The Stockholm conference is pri
marily declared to he under Ger
manic influence and it is a peace
conference which lias for its object
the institution of a pax Germana for
the world.
it was because of the allegation
lint this w.t- so, that the Administra
tion as a rather strained war meas
ure prohibited the attendant e or
Americans at the conference and
threatened with penalties any vaca
tion of this interdict.
In France and in England the
question was discussed with less as
surance as to the nature of the
Stockholm gathering than was ma
nliest in official America, mainly be
cause the opinion as to it of official
America was an tx parte one re~
reived from some one high in the
conoils of the Entente in Europe.
In France and in England there
fore, opposition either on the part
of the government or those few pro
war labor leaders whoso vanity iiaci
been flatterer' by tlie elevation to
rather exalted positions was not so
definite and irreevoeable as was to
be noted in America.
We may dismiss as not intelligent
the Gorr.pcrs opp \ :>f--t we
risn sis the simtn: ling
lor labor's well being h.eh anima
; s this rather fossilized incubus on
tlie labor movement.
Tin announced intention of the
Labor Party, which heretofore lias
extended a somewhat forced upper;
to flic government, to send delegates
lo Stockholm from Great Britain, is
not alone the matter which gives
some standing to the peace confer
ence in Stockholm. That in
tention in fact acquires its force
from the fact that nnofficial Russia
stands right at the back of the
Stockholm conference and if one is
to contend that it is a German con
ference then assuredly German?
controls Russia—manifestly a wrong
conclusion.
According to a dispatch publisher
from Chicago stating that The Am
erican Socialist, which had been ex
eluded the mails because objection
able to the postal authorities, th<
dispatch appearing in the New Yorl
Call of July 14. the editors hat
gotten out a censor proof editioi
-'numerous revisions having to hi
made”. It is interesting to noti
that the subject of such revisioi
was to telegrams exchanged in thi
matter of the attendance of thi
party delegation at the Stockholn
conference, the dispatch stating “ob
jection was also made to the publi
cation of cablegrams received fron
Tchcheidze, President of the Rus
sian Workmen’s and Soldiers Dele
gales, urging the participation b;
the American Socialist party in ai
international socialist peace confer
once, and lrom Middleton,, secretary
of the British Labor Party, urginf
the American socialist party taki
part in the peace conference of dele
gates from the Allied countries. This
tvas tabooed due to lie fear of aid
ing or abetting a separate peace be
tween Russia anti Germany anti be
cause the postal department is op
posed to international socialism in
general since it negates the existence
of national governments.”
The failure to realize the domin
ance of the socialist spirit in Russia
is necessarily to misunderstand en
tirely the now spirit which animates
the most important of the powers in
this great war against Germany and
the Central Powers. The recent elec
tions throughout Russia resulted in
practically complete socialist victor
ies No other party has any power
to speak of. and even those whose
interests would appear to be closer
to capi'ali.-t imperialism in Russia
are affei ted by socialist ideas which
vitiate tin- 'innness of the rest.
Russ: lit refore is the great na
tion which will dominate the Stock
holm conference. The Russian so
cialists who will there attend have
already let it be known how defi
nitely is set the policy which they
will adopt towards Germany as long
as the Kaiser and his bureaucrats
are dominant therein.
It is quite possible that the Rus
sian socialists have such ideas con
tentin'-: the bringing about of peace,
that ti v would be negatived if sub
mit! i before an official council
in
Eng’ .nd,
France
Italy or the
Failed States, while Fr.it d States
■ socialists attending, Hritish, French
rr Itailan radicals might approve
them.
That is possibly the vision lhat ii
1 ro: llv apprehended.
Otherwise it
is difficult to see how a separate
peace could be brought about be
tween Russia and the Central
Powers by such a conference.
The resignation of Arthur Hender
son who has been Lloyd George's
right hand man since the resigna
tion of Asquith, naturally causes a
political hub bub in England. It is
reasonable enough to believe that
1 it will arouse considerable concern.
; It is reasonable to conceive that it
| may cause a cabinet crisis and re
I sultant friction with labor. It is
iikciy to cause :io sacli thing just
now. for tiie government cannot af
! ford it. That it will excite sup
pre: sod or explosive rage in the
'
ranks of the bellicose and imperial
i.' c press of the real rulers of Eng
land one can well believe, but Lloyd
George possesses one positive gift
whatever else may be his virtues, an
exceedingly precise appraisement of
the value of labor co-operation and
is not at al! blind to the dangers
possible by reason cf a labor crisis.
In this respect lie is head and
shoulders over that aristocratic re
gime which had had control over
the destinies of Great Britain for
so long.
Any observing person may easily
note that the future- of this war de
pends for its outcome more upon 1 lit
policies which Russia will adopt
tlicn on anything else in the imme
diate present. Hence the importance
of gratifying the request of Russia
by an attendance upon the part ol
the American, the British and the
French delegates at the Stockholm
conference. For that rcaosn it is
not impossible that there is more
method in the Henderson resigna
tion than might lie at once apparent
A member of the labor party in sev
ering his eonneciton with the cabi
net, he at once severs all possible
connection between the governmonl
and the participation by Englishmer
in that conference. He allows hit
colleagues to go their way In the
cabinet without in any way involv
ing them in a responsibility for wha
the conference may do or wliai
it may leave undone. There anf
then all official approval is remover
from such participation but the par
ticipation is practically assured.
No one is more likely to tvel
come this than Lloyd George. Nonr
of the powers want this war to Iasi
a moment longer than it has to.
They are no doubt well willing that
they light to the last ditch for cer
tain aims as they have repeatedly
stated, but if satisfactory peace cr.~
be brought nearer by a tonferer.;
it is highly improbable that i:
would be spurned by any of the
warring powers.
Tress reports indicate, therefore,
that the Stockholm conference is
acquiring an importance hitherto
not conceded it. Men regarded it
as something visionary, fantastic.
11^ conception of a number of fana
tical pacificists. That it is a serious
matter is shown in the attitude of
the Russians, of the British labor
ites, of the Fieneh and the neutral
nations, especially Holland and
Scandinavian countries.
It is harder, strangely enough, to
grant recognition to this importance
to a socialist conference, upon the
part of tlie American people than
that of any other nation. This is to
a certain extent of course due is
the fact tli31 sim e 1914 the countr>
has enjoyed a great industrial
prosperity and immense industrial
activity due to the war. But it is
also no less due to the fact that the
American press has systematically,
day in and day out, cultivated the
notion as to the fantasy of social
ism, as to its weird idealism and as
to its impotency in the world. And
this has been carried on while so
cialism has been growing enorm
ously in strength and power,
tightening its grip upon man's
thoughs and certainly upon man's
view point. In the tremendous rush
individual acquire
wealth, the press
all actual ,know
the growing power
sentiment and the
and the establish
for the
ment of
suppressed
ledge of
of collectivist
Russian revolt
ment of the red flag as the nation
al flag of the new republic came as
| a shock to those who had built up
their notions on the subject from
: the apparent omniscience of the
great American dailies which studi
; ously assumed to ignore its growth.
But the war. in its natural pro
longation, has brought to the fore
j ground this inevitable development
of ccilectivst sentiment and it is
now open for discussion.
it would be absurd, even if some
think it patriotic, to ignore the tre
; mendous influence right now of so
cialism in international affairs. It
would furthermore be dangerous
; for there is no saying that to be
little the very obvious desire of
Russian and English socialists that
they meet their fellow socialists
from America in an international
conference at Stockholm will not
have a deleterious effect upon the
relations of this with the other na
tions involved.
However it may be difficult to
admit and to recognize, the real
strength of Russian socialism must
be recognized. The socialists today
! are Russia. They it is who will do
the fighting in the war; who will
direct it, who will supply it, who
will prolong it or shorten it as the
S rase may be. For the Russian re
i volution is something that is be
ginning to be realized for what it
was and not for what the first
vague and hesitating reports indi
cated it might be.
The socialism of Russia is a real,
a vigorous type and one which
aligns itself as naturally because of
that reality and that vigor with the
socialism in other countries. A true
alliance is to he strengthened by ex
tending the recognition that Russia
demands to the comrades in every
j other country. It certainly is to he
! weakened immeasurably by any po
j I icy of repression of the socialist
[activities elsewhere.
JAPANESE MISSION HAS
ARRIVES IN PACIFIC PORT
A PACIFIC PORT, Aug. 13.—
The long expected Japanese mission
has arrived. This mission while un
doubtedly prepared to taka an ac
tive part: in councils looking to
wards co-operation with the United
States in the great war will also
deal with many ot the commercial
and political questions now out
standing between the two countries
and will also be a great factor in
settling many matters likely to de
velop friction in the relation be
tween the two countries at one time
or another.
BARK DIVEREB AMI
CREW LAMBED AZORES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 13.—
It is officially announced that the
American bark the Chestino was
sunk by a German submarine near
the Azores on August 7, according
to dispatches received by the V. S.
Navy Department.
All the crew was landed safely
on the islands.
The Cheystino was laden with a
general cargo and bound for Portu
gall, but contained no munitions
of war.
The bark carried no auxiliary en
gines and was a plain wind jammer
and considered a bad risk.
AMERICAN SCHOONER IS
SUBMARINED IN ATLANTIC
WASHINGTON, D. C\, Auk. 1—
Dispatches have just been received 1
by tin Navy Department announcing
that liu American schemer Aberslur
man of Philadelphia was subma
rined off the West Toast of Africa
by a German diver, south ot the
Canary islands.
The Navy deportment learned this1
afternoon that the submarining took
place June 20 and the crew landed
In Sierra Leone.
It is believed that news of the
sinking has been censored by the
British until the daring lT boat was
chased off the southerly track.
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