3. Education of all to be capable of bearing arms. Armed nation instead of standing army. Decision of war and peace by the representatives of the people. Settlement of all international disputes by the method of arbitration. 4. Abolition of all laws which curtail or suppress the free expression of opinion and the right of association and assembly. 5. Abolition of all laws which are prejudicial to women in their relations to men in public or private law. 6. Declaration that religion is a private matter. Abolition of all contributions from public funds to ecclesiastical and religious objects. Ecclesiastical and religious communities are to be treated as private associations, which manage their affairs quite independently. 7. Secularization of education. Compulsory attendance of public primary schools. No charges to be made for instruction, school requisites, and maintenance, in the public primary schools; nor in the higher educational institutions for those students, male and female, who in virtue of their capacities are considered fit for further training. 8. No charge to be made for the administration of the law, or for legal assistance. Judgment by popularly elected judges. Appeal in criminal cases. Indemnification of innocent persons prosecuted, arrested, or condemned. Abolition of the death-penalty. 9. No charges to be made for medical attendance, including midwifery and medicine. No charges to be made for death certificates. 10. Graduated taxes on income and property, to meet all public expenses as far as these are to be covered by taxation. Obligatory self-assessment. A tax on inheritance, graduated according to the size of the inheritance and the degree of kinship. Abolition of all indirect taxes, customs, and other politico-economic measures which sacrifice the interests of the whole community to the interests of a favored minority. For the protection of the working-class the Social Democratic Party of Germany demands immediately-- 1. An effective national and international legislation for the protection of workmen on the following basis: (_a_) Fixing of a normal working-day with a maximum of eight hours. (_b_) Prohibition of industrial work for children under fourteen years. (_c_) Prohibition of night-work, except for such branches of industry as, in accordance with their nature, require night-work, for technical reasons, or reasons of public welfare. (_d_) An uninterrupted rest of at least thirty-six hours in every week for every worker. (_e_) Prohibition of the truck system. 2. Inspection of all industrial businesses, investigation and regulation of labor relations in town and country by an Imperial Department of Labor, district labor departments, and chambers of labor. Thorough industrial hygiene. 3. Legal equalization of agricultural laborers and domestic servants with industrial workers; removal of the special regulations affecting servants. 4. Assurance of the right of combination.