On Monday morning the British delegates met in St. Martin’s Town Hall.James Mawdsley and Tom Mann were nominated for the
chair, when the former was elected by ten of a majority, the S. D. F. delegates voting solid for him. J. R. Macdonald and H. W. Lee were nominated for secretary, when Macdonald [...]

After the Congress adjourned on Monday, the French delegates met to consider the burning question of the admission of the Yoluntaryists—that is, those who don’t believe in State action. All the leaders were present, as were the rank and file—113 all told. In France the Allemanist party do not officially recognise State action, but rely [...]

This resolution is based on the conviction that it is absurd to took forward to bringing about an amelioration of the present economic conditions by the conquest of the political power, but that, on the contrary, the economic conditions fix and maintain the political. It maintains that the economic emancipation of the working classes is, [...]

The letter of our. executive committee asked: “At what International Congress has the German Social Democratic Reichstag-fraction been appointed as European party justice?”
After this letter had been read in the Congress Singer declared that the “Fraction” never had the slightest intention to interfere with the interior quarrels of any party abroad. “The committee of the [...]

COMRADES,—The present report tells of a poriod of struggle, which, we imagine, deserves some attention even outside the boundaries of our small country.
It is not the struggle against the property-holding classes and their government to which we owe the most painful experiences of the three years which have passed since the Zurich Congress. This struggle, [...]

In the three years that have elapsed since the last International Labour Congress was held at Zurich, the progress of the Socialist movement in the United States was marked by a steadiness not less suggostive of solid foundations than promiseful of permanent results.
The official count gives the latest Socialist vote as [...]

Each nationality was expected to submit a report to the Congress showing the state of the movement in their country. The following are selections from such of the reports as were translated into English :
This report is taken up exclusively with a detailed account of an abortive attempt made by the executive of the Swiss [...]

SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY, 1893-1896.—The report recounts the political triumph of the party. Inspired by the example of Belgium arrangements were in progress for a general strike to force the hand of the Government in granting manhood suffrage and breaking the power of the nobles. In 1895 an attempt was made to stir up strife [...]