International, THE

Society of workingmen formed 1864 at London. It was under the influence of the socialist Karl Marx, its president; it rapidly organized branches in almost every country of Europe, and roused universal apprehension. Annual meetings were held till 1874. Laws against it were adopted in various countries; the national animus of the Franco German war weakened its principles; it suffered from a split between the more radical and more conservative elements, and IMG:content-0790.png:[blocks in formation]