FRENCH SOCIALISTS' CONFERENCE.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14153, 15 April 1916, Page 5

FRENCH SOCIALISTS' CONFERENCE.

Paris, April 12

The National Council of tho Socialist; parfcy, by 1996 votes to 960, decided to continue its efforts in national defence;! to safeguard France, which had been attacked and' invaded; and to restore the independence of Serbia and Belgium. ■ It was decided that it was inadvisable to hold a universal conference while the nations are disunited, and the council suggests that the various international bodies should compile their opinions regarding ivar problems, allotting, the responsibility for starting, the war. The council also suggests a preliminai'y investigation into the economic problems of the war.