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the Rules, are but those voted by the Genera Congress (1866). It thus became necessary to codify the further regulations voted by subsequent Congresses and by the late London Conference.
The following publications have been made use of for the present revised edition:—
"Address and Provisional Rules of the International Working Men's Association," &c. London. 1864.
"Rules of the International Working Men's Association." London. 1867.
"Congrès ouvrier de l'Association Internationale des Travailleurs, tenu à Genève du 3 au 8 Septbre., 1866." Genève. 1866.
"Procès-verbaux du Congrès de l'Association Internationale des Travailleurs, réuni à Lausanne, du 2 au 8 Septbre., 1867." Chaux-de. Fonds. 1867.
"Troisième Congrès de 'lAssociation Internationale des Travailleurs (Brussels Congress)-Compte-rendu officiel." Bruxelles. 1868.
"The International Working Men's Association. Resolutions of the Congress of Geneva, 1866, and the Congress of Brussels, 1868." London. 1868.
"Compte-rendu du 4me Congrès International, tenu à Bâle en Septbre., 1868." Bruxelles. 1869.
"Report of the Fourth Annual Congress of the International Working Men's Association, held at Basel, 1869." Published by the General Council. London 1868.
"Quatrième_Congrès de l'Association Internationale des Travailleurs, tenu à Bâle, 1869. Rapport du délégué des Sections de la Fabrique à Genève." Genève. 1869.
"Resolutions of the Conference of Delegates of the International Working Men's Association, assembled at London, 1871." London. 1871.
For the Basel Congress, the German report of the Congress proceedings, published in fly-sheets at Basel, and the notes taken during the Congress by the General Secretary, have also been consulted.
How these various sources have been made use of for the purposes of the present revised edition will appear from the following statement.
General Rules.
Preamble.—After the words, "For these reasons," there have been restored the words, "the International Working Men's Association has been founded." See Provisional Rules, p. 13.
The passage, "They hold it the duty of a man," & c., has been omitted, because there exist two equally authentic versions of it, irreconcilable with each other. The true meaning of it is, besides, already contained in the passage immediately preceding, and in that immediately following: "No rights without duties," &c.
Art. 3 is restored from Art. 3 of Provisional Rules.
Art. 4.—Part of Art. 3 and the whole of Art. 4 of Rules, London, 1867.
