[3] Joint-preface of edition of 1872.
[4] Ibid.
[5] See "Address of the General Council of the Workingmen's Association on the Civil War in France."
[6] Many of the original documents, and extensive excerpts from others are given in Dr. Eugen Jäger's Der Moderne Socialismus, Berlin, 1873, and in Dr. R. Meyer's Der Emancipations-Kampf des Vierten Standes, 2nd edition, Vol. I, Berlin, 1882. Both of these works give a fairly detailed account of the development of the International and of its annual meetings.
[7] See Ein Complot gegen die International Arbeiter Association, a compilation of documents and descriptions of Bakunin's organization. The work was first issued in French and translated into German by S. Koksky.
[8] The Possibilists declared for an eight-hour day; a day of rest each week; abolition of night work; abolition of work for women and children; special protection for children 14-18 years of age; workshop inspectors elected by the workmen; equal wages for foreign and domestic labor; a fixed minimum wage; compulsory education; repeal of the laws against the International.
The Marxian program included: an eight-hour day; children under 14 years forbidden to work, and work confined to six hours a day for youth 14-18 years of age, except in certain cases; prohibition of work for women dangerous to their health; 36 hours of continuous rest each week; abolition of "payment in kind"; abolition of employment bureaus; inspectors of workshops to be selected by workmen; equal pay for both sexes; absolute liberty of association.
For the first meeting of the "New International," see Weil, Histoire Internationale de France, pp. 262 et seq.
[9] See Appendix, p. 340. for list of countries that maintain Socialist organizations and the political strength of same.