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Show SOCIALISTS' VIEWS NOT SURRENDERED German Socialist Party Still Maintains Its Opposition to the Former Government Govern-ment Policy. Saos Herr Hirch in Diet. War Not Desired by People of the Belligerent Bel-ligerent Lands and they Long for its End Hcrlln, Feb. 10. Gorman Socialists, Social-ists, whllo not desirous of presenting any partisan Issue or of taking any other action during the present crisis, cris-is, win :h might mllltato against tho harmonious cooperation of all parties hnvo surrendered nono of tholr views This Is shown by tho nttltudo of tho Soclnllst members of tho Prussian diet, which began a sosslon yesterday. yester-day. Horr Hlrsch, a Socialist dole-gato, dole-gato, read on behalf of his party a declaration which Is in part as follows: fol-lows: "Tho Social Democratic party maintains main-tains Its opposition, based on principle, princi-ple, to tho former government policy, which policy has remained In all mutorlnl things unchanged. Tho party, howovor, refrains in this critical tlmo from Introducing discussion dis-cussion of a polemlt nnturo Into tho consideration of tho budget on its llrst reading." , Demands of the Socialists Horr Hlrsch ndded that his party later would call attention to complaints com-plaints concerning the provisions for soldiers and for dependents, tho food supply for tho nation nnd restrictions re-strictions on tho freo expression of thought. Ho could not permit tho occasion to pass, ho continued without with-out giving expression to tho demand of IiIb party that tho government, In consequenco of tho situation brought about by the war, should toncedo cortaln measures deBlrod by tho great mass of tho people. Theso Included tho domand that tho pollco cease their battio against tho labor movement move-ment In gonornl and in particular agalnBt tho Social Democrats and tho Socialist organization. Horr Hlrsch said that his party was opposed to political oppression, but that tho basis of all political ro-forms ro-forms must bo tholr equal application to nil minorities, as In the case ot tho Danes and Poles. His party had hoped, he continued, thut tho government would fulfill Its duty by granting uniform suffrage, with tho secret direct ballot, at tho seslon of October 20, last. Ho mentioned men-tioned tho deslro of the Social Democrats Dem-ocrats fdr an honorable pcaco and concluded: People Long For Peace "Wo know that this war Is desired by tho pcoplo In nono of tho bolllg-erent bolllg-erent lands; that its end is everywhere every-where longed for by tho people. We cherish tho confidence that tho voices voic-es demanding peace will grow more numerous In all belligerent lands, will mako themselves heard In influential influ-ential quarters and that under the Inilucnco of this deslro for pcaco, especially of the laboring classes ot all lands, an assured pcaco may como speedily, to tho well being of tho German pcop!o nnd ot all humanity." hu-manity." Horr von Heydobrand replied to Herr Hlrsch on behalf of tho non-Socialist non-Socialist parties. Ho declared that tho present moment was not a suitable suit-able ono for advancing spetlal wish-os wish-os or complaints. Tho situation was ono which demanded that tho entire Prussian pcoplo how itself united, as its soldiers on tho battlefield wero united. Herr Ltobknecht Interjected: "You havo no right to speak In the namo ot tho German people;" This remark brought forth cries of protest. Herr Heydobrand continued his roply with an exhortation to the dclcgatc3 to work together and mako any sacrifices nocossary for victory. After tho first reading of tho budg-ot budg-ot tho diet adjourned until February Febru-ary 15. , |