SOCIALIST WAR CONGRESS.
GERMAN MENACE REALISED ALLIES' FIGHT FOR LIBERTY. London, February 16. Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., presided over a conference of English, French, Belgian and Russian, Socialists held in London. A resolution was adopted affirming that a German victory would mean the defeat and destruction of democracy and the liberty of Europe. It was resolved to resist any attempt to transform this defensive war into a war of conquest. The conference decided that the allies' victory must aim at popular liberty and the peaceful federation of the world. The conference was of opinion that the working classes after the war must unite to suppress militarism and enforce international arbitration.
The liberation and compensation of Belgium was demanded. The status of Poland would have to be settled in accordance with the wishes of its people. Either autonomy or complete independence was demanded for Alsace and Lorraine, and the conference urged that the Balkan population annexed by force should have the right to freely dispose of itself as it wished.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15847, 18 February 1915, Page 6
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