6. Equal rights for all irrespective of sex, religion, and
nationality.
7. Abolition of class distinction.
8. Education in native language; native languages everywhere to
have equal rights with official language.
9. Every nationality in the state to have the right of
self-definition.
10. The right of all persons to prosecute officials before a jury.
11. Election of magistrates.
12. A citizen army instead of ordinary troops.
13. Separation of Church from state and school from Church.
14. Free compulsory education for both sexes to the age of
sixteen.
15. State feeding of poor children.
16. Confiscation of Church property, also that of the royal
family.
17. Progressive income tax.
18. An eight-hour day, with six hours for all under eighteen.
19. Prohibition of female labor where such is harmful to women.
20. A clear holiday once a week to consist of forty-two hours on
end.
It would be a mistake to suppose that this very moderate program embraced
all that the majority of the Social Democratic party aimed at. It was not
intended to be more than an ameliorative program for immediate adoption by
the Constituent Assembly, for the convocation of which the Social Democrats
were most eager, and which they confidently believed would have a majority
of Socialists of different factions.
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