THE INTERNATIONAL!

NZ Truth, Issue 70, 20 October 1906, Page 7

THE INTERNATIONAL!

ITS MENACING MANIFESTO. In Aid of Russian Insurgents. f "POGROMS" DEFf "*) AND DENOUNCE The Immolation of the i "intellectuals." The Insurrection Wil Continue. What Labor Leaders Hardie and Mac Donald Say. Th« insurrection m Russia has not onlyj not been suppressed, but i£ is being assisted | by sympathisers m all parts of the world. Tho Social Democrats m Germany have contributed large sums of money for the assistance of the Russian revolutionists, and so have Socialists m other countries. Much assistance has been rendered by the International Socialist Bureau, whose headquarters are m Brussels, and an interesting appeal to Ithe workers of the world has been made by the Bureau. This appeal was signed, not only by the members of the Bureau /including Labor, leader Keir Hardie, and . Social Democratic leader H^; M. Hynd-. man),, -but- by the principal members of" a conference! of Socialist members of.Parliament froid various countries .that Was recently held, m London. We reproduce. Ah* appeal.'* Th 6 <'pogroM3 M referred <■' £b are m&ss&iiiles of'3'ews, which m'ftssacred iltb alleged tcK-baVft-beeri organised by Russian officials. '>J SDJDS' "Bli^G^-iBANfJS"; ; ' . ire assoTcfations of" hooligans (assisted with Government money) who make murderous . attacks upon "Intellectuals" (educated men suspected of sympathy with the Russian revolutionists) and upon Jews. Here is the appeal. '«TO THE WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES. "In despite of his plighted word, Nicholas n., the twico perjured Czar, has disBolved the Duma just as he violated the constitution of Finland. Having concentrated his troops m St. Petersburg and compelled the members of the Duma to disperse, he has, m order to mislead Europe, issued a manifesto of which every word is a. Ijo. Ho accuses the Duma of having committed illegal acts, after having, himself, illegally imposed fundamental laws, Contrary-" to his promise of October 30. . He accuses it of im--1 potence, after having refused 4t all power'; after having restricted it to being merely a platform, which has been used* nevertheless, to ••■ :■■■■'■ DENOUNCE THE CRIMES ■ > of the bureaucracy. He reproaches it with having done nothing after having made it impossible for it to realise a ■ingle Parliamentary measure. '•'lnternational Socialism will not. waste time m useless protestation. It is to the action of all that it once more appeals. "The latest move, of the man of the 22nd of January has not surprised "the Socialist Party, nor taken 'it unawares. The overthrow of the Duma was determined upon when .the camarilla of functionaries and Grand TDukes perceived the weakness of the majority of the Assembly, and, m Bpite of the efforts of the Social-Demo-cratic and Labor groups, has pursued the tactics which were bound to enfeeble it. "An odiously restricted electoral system, the most SHAMEFUL ADMINISTRATIVE PRES- . SURE ! exercised during the election, the defiance of the" popular will m excluding from the ballot-boxes the few proletarians who were entitled to access to them, all this resulted m tho creation of a majority which m no way represented the aspirations of the majority of the country. The elected of the Liberal bourgeoisie have proved themselves by their attitude after the dissolution, that they were wrong to show themselves vacillating before power and hesitating m regard to urgent reforms. Have they not lost the confidence of the peasants m promising only an insufficient agrarian reform, the adoption of which would not have restored the land to the people of tho country ? Have they not DISAPPOINTED AND DISGUSTED the workers by offering them miserable palliatives instead' of drastic reforms ? Have they not deceived all those who'ardently aspire after liberty by their fail- • ure to adopt a strong and resolute attitude on the subjects of amnesty, of the progroms, and of ' capital punishment ? And so, m spite of their repeated declarations of loyalty, thel Czar has. for them nothing but disgust. At the opening of Parliament he placed before them his makeshift fundamental ■laws, and during the whole session he has refused to them everything. Finally, Tvhen, through their own fault, they found, themselves without strength and without support, they have been dispersed with- • out any effort at resistance, like dead leaves befor* an autumn gale. "The coup d'etat of Nicholas n. will nave the result of compelling the Liberal bourgeoisie to abandon the stage of discussion and choose between ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION. It has put an end to compromises and arrangements. After this experience, the most naively optimist must b« convinced that it is useless to attempt to reconcile absolute opposites. "The creation of a Duma without any executive power could not prevent the bureaucracy from pillaging the public treasury, froc^, starving the peasants, or from organising, with the pecuniary assistance of the western bourgeoisie, massacres and attempts against the liberty of the workers. "But the revolution does not succumb with the Duma. On the contrary, it en<ter3 upon a m.w and mor« decisive phase. Before putting an end to the Parliamentary comedy, Nicholas 11. had achieved the economic and financial ruin of his I Empire. HE HAS KILLED m the conservative classes the idea of a constitutional Czarism. He has opened the eyes of the peasants by refusing them the land. He has rallied a portion of the army arid the navy to the cause of the people, who, after having witnessed the impotence of the Liberal bourgeoisie, re-enter upon the scene, grouped under the banner of Socialism. As at the beginning of the struggle, so now once more it is the proletariat which constitutes the first line m the battle against absolutism. With the workers of the towns are allied the peasants, who see more clearly every day that such a union alone can give them the land. AND THE INTELLECTUALS, taore imbued with our doctrines m Russia than m any other country m the world. The Liberal bourgeoisie itself, if it would not be condemned to an impotent Radicalism, will be, m many cases, forced to go with the •toMia. "Henceforth, then, two armies. are confronting each other ; the army of the Czar tfnd the army of the people, and between these two forces CONFLICT IS INEVITABLE. The victory will be all the more decisive for us the more completely the revolution can concentrate its strength, realise unity of action, and put m op«ration abundant resources. "The revolution, begun by th» strike, will, at the opportune time, be continued by the strike \ b£ tb« refusal f pay.

taxes and to submit to military service : by tho seizure of Crown lands, and of those of the Church and the nobles ; BY ARMED REVOLT, with tho co-operation of the sailors and soldiers who are coming over every day to the new ideas through Socialist propaganda : it will proceed, without trace and without faltering, until the day when Czarina, having neither troops nor money, nor credit* nor power of any kind, the people trill bo master of its own destinies. '•The past of the Socialists of "Russia is a guarantee of their future/ They will know how to compel the convocation of a constituent assembly, and will do their duty to the end. It is for us to do ours. I We can j AID THE COMMON WORE j by two means : By preventing the autoc- | racy from obtaining money ; by sending money ourselves to the Russian Socialists. "Th» Radical Government of France, tha reactionary Government of Germany, the bourgeoisie of alt countries, have made themselves the accomplices of the Czar by lending him, at heavy interest, the pay for his gendarmes, bis executioners and HIS BLACK BANDS. It la for us to bring pressure to bear upon the Governments to put an end to this assistance ! It is for us to warn the propertied class that the Russian Republic of to-morrow will not pay the debts which the Czar incurs m order to pay his assassins ! It is for us to rally to tha cause of liberty all possibla aup- 1 . port, m order to deliver milMons df people from an implacable tyranny ! And if, m spite of all our efforts, the Holy Alliance of the international reaction ATTEMPTS TO INTERVENE In the conflict to frustrate the revolutionr lary movement, and to save the Czarist despotism, it will be for as to devise the means necessary to effectively aid the Russian people, who, united still more closely m such a juncture, would draw Kb distinction between Czarism., already stricken to death, ah-d the foreign invader, guilty of assailing the automony ■of * a nation conscious of its rights. . "Give, then, and give generously t Let the accumulated ,v PENCE OF THE POOR assure us the victory j ';'Let the cry be : Money for the Victims of Czarism! "Let every Socialist, let every classconscious worker, send his mite, either to the central organisation of his party, to the accredited delegates of our Russian comrades, or to the Secretariat of the International Socialist Bureau. "Down with Autocracy ! "Long live International Socialism ! -•..•THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the International Socialist Bureau (Belgium) : Edouard Anseele, Ennile Vandervekle, Oamalle Huyamans (Secretary)."The International Socialist Bureau (Russia excepted) :— England : H. M. Hyndman, Jj Keir Hardie. Germany: A. Bebel, P. Singer. Argentine : A. Campier, M. Ugarte. Australia': H. Dierks, Austria : Dr. V. Adler, F. Skaret. Bo r hemja : A.' Nemec, F. Sducup. Bulgaria : Y. Sakaaoff, G. Kirkpw. Denmark : P. Knudsen, C. M. Olsen. United States : D. de Leon, M. Hillquit* Spain : P. Iglesias, F. Mora. France : J. Jaures, E. Vaillant. Holland : P. Troelstra, H. ' van Kol. Hungary: J.- Weltner, E. Garami. Italy: E. Ferri, F. Turati. Japan: Sj Katayama. . Luxembourg : Dr. Welter. Norway : S. Garder, F. Wolf. Switzerland : O. Rapin, J. Sigg. Servia : N. Stoyanovitch. Sweden ; H. Branting, Q» G< T. Wickman. THE SOCIALIST AND LABOR j Inter-Parliamentary Conference J-rEngland: J. Keir Hardie (President), J, R. MacDonald (Secretary). Germany : A.- Bebel, P. Singer. Austria-Bohemia : E, Pernerstorfer (President). Bohemia : J. Daszynski (President), J.- Hybes (Secretary). Belgium : L. Furnemont, E. Berloz. Denmark :. M. Olsen, F.j J. Borgbjerg. France : V. Dejeante, M. Deveze, A. Groussier. Holland : P^ Troelstra, K. ter Laanv Italy : A. Posta.; Luxembourg : I Brasseur. Norway : Dr. A- Eriksen.- j Switzerland : Dr. A. Wijs. Sweden : H.B ranting.