ravages, and at the same
time _to utilize the crisis_ for the liberation of the country and
its workers.

"All efforts bear testimony to the growing power of the proletariat
and to its absolute determination to do all it can in order to
obtain peace. The action of the working classes in this direction
will be even more successful when public opinion is influenced to a
greater degree than at present, and _when the workingmen's parties
in different lands are directed and instructed by the
International_." And finally it was decided _to try to take
advantage of_ the profound disturbances caused by every war to
_hasten the abolition of capitalist rule_.

The International Congress of 1910 referred back to the Socialist
parties of the various countries for further consideration a resolution
proposed by the French and English delegates which declared: "Among the
means to be used in order to prevent and hinder war, the Congress
considers as particularly efficacious the general strike, especially in
the industries that supply war with its implements (arms and ammunition,
transport, etc.), as well as propaganda and popular action in their
active forms."

This resolution is now under discussion. In referring it to the national
parties, the International Socialist Bureau reminded them that the
practical measure the authors of the amendment had principally in view
was "the strike of workingmen who were employed in delivering war
material." The Germans opposed the resolution on the ground that a
strike of this kind, guarded against by the government, would have to
become general, and that during the martial law of war times it would
necessarily mean tremendous violence. They contended that a more
effective means of preventing war, _until the Socialists are stronger_,
is to vote down all taxes and appropriations for armies and navies. And
they accused the British Labourites who supported this resolution of
having failed to vote against war supplies, while the Germans and their
supporters had. This accusation was true, as against the British
Labourites, but did not apply against the French and other Socialists
who were for the resolution.

We can obtain a key to this situation only by examining the varying
motives of reformists and revolutionaries. The French reformists,
followers of Jaures, are so anxious for peace, that, notwithstanding the
fact that many capitalists, pro