[33] The program of the new committee (Der Centralausschuss an die
Sektionen), published in the "Centralblatt" for October, 1916, was
reproduced, in part, in the "Journal de Genève" for October 19th, under
the caption Le programme de la Jeunesse. This program affirms the
"supernationalist" and anti-imperialist faith on the lines expounded in
the discussion of which a summary will shortly be given in the text. I
quote from the program: "We do not live upon the worship of our warlike
past.... Placed as we are in the centre of a system of great imperialist
powers which aim at domination through force, at material greatness, and
at glory, it is our task to fight openly, boldly, trusting in the
future, against imperialism and on behalf of the ideal of humanity."
A keen interest in social questions, solidarity with the common people,
with the disinherited of the earth, are likewise plainly manifested.
[34] None the less I am impressed by the bold and perspicuous idealism
displayed by some of these young Latin Swiss in the discussions
summarised in the sequel.
[35] Serment du Jeu de Paume, Versailles, June 20, 1789.--Translators'
Note.
[36] Le Feu, Journal d'une Escouade, par Henri Barbusse, Flammarion,
Paris, 1916. English translation, Under Fire, The Story of a Squad,
Dent, London, 1917.
[37] Words of Farewell (issue of May, 1917).
[38] Among these I may mention my article, To the Murdered Nations
(Chapter III, above) from which the censorship deleted one hundred
lines. The gaps were filled by Wullens with Belot's fine engravings
(issue of May, 1917).
[39] Notwithstanding the sentence passed upon Guilbeaux since the
passage in the text was written, my confidence in him is unshaken. I
differ from him in many respects, but I admire his courage. To those who
have known Guilbeaux intimately, his good faith is above suspicion.--R.
R., August, 1919.
[40] G. Thuriot-Franchi, Les Marches de France.
[41] Andreas Latzko, _Menschen im Krieg_, Rascher, Zurich, 1917; English
translation, _Men in Battle_, Cassell, London, 1918.
[42] Andreas Latzko is a Hungarian officer. He was wounded on the
Italian front during the fighting of 1915-16.
[43] Stefan Zweig, _Jeremias, eine dramatische Dichtung in neun
Bildern_, Insel-Verlag, Leipzig, 1917.
[44] _Les Temps maudits_, "demain," Geneva.
[45] _Vous êtes des hommes_, "Nouvelle Revue Française," Paris; and
_Poème contre le grand crime_, "demain," Geneva; above all the admirable
_Danse des Morts_, "Les Tablettes," Geneva, republished by "L'Action
Sociale," La-Chaux-de-Fonds.
[46] _Mr. Britling sees it Through_, Cassell, London, 1916.
[47] _The Fortune, a Romance of Friendship_, Maunsel, Dublin and London,
1917.
[48] G. F. Nicolai, M.D., sometime professor of physiology at Berlin
University, _Die Biologie des Krieges, Betrachtungen eines
Naturforschers den Deutschen zur Besinnung_, Orell Füssli, Zurich, 1917;
English translation, _The Biology of War_, Dent, London, 1919.
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