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F h 1 for wree S Y m in 19 or tee r-tee Method r b by Which Luther Won Von the Reformat Reformation 1 on Again Is Is H vf a Force e m in Fatherland and Is Causing Gr Great a at t 4 v c J Anxiety to the Government V V new Anew A new element in the campaign in Germany for free speech I t the waI war is is the appearance of p pamphlets pamphlets' and flying sl ee Flug sc s s Free Fred discussion n through the public press bei being g out out of of the q question had to the old bid ld time expedient o t c con con- n How How seriously the g government v r eiders siders this new new der de development n is seen seen iii inthe the very vigorous vigorous' effort being made made for Its suppression Already I arre arrests ts have been made on a 1 charge of high high treason e p nalty for which is is is- death It It was for issuing a a. pamphlet con containing con con- taming a letter from a 3 soldier about the abuses committed against he the men under their command by com com- and noncommissioned of officers or- or ft ers that four fo prominent socialists including a n. well known I newspaper editor have been arrested and held helden heldon on en n the 1 high treason charge Some popular versifiers also have been arrested arrested ar- ar rested for pamphlet work I It would seem however that the severe Revere meas measures adopted by the authorities au- au which include the tho closi closing g I of ot printing establishments and the I crest arrest of or their proprietors have had I Ithe the effect of or intensifying the public i interest in the circulation of ot I. end nd It is said that not the socialists alone but an ever increasing body oft of the he t e general public persons who ht have e never bothered about political matters matters mat mat- tel's are arel demanding manding d the right for tor the people of a voice in the direction of the nations course at this critical time and actively are arc circulating the clandestine writings Indeed it is among among this latt latter r class that the more b hot ot headed of the governments government's opponents opponents op op- now are re to be found The Socialist Crisis w f When wh n several months ago aso th thc tho- tho WJ cri- cri i F game me In the ranks of the UM l Socialists and the great r r i l body of If socialists I oci which was wast f J 5 wily vilY represented hi in th the reichstag t 1 aril for years yearn had been the object t r favor Ol openly declared for C government the small maJl remaining remaining- IP b bf or genuine Socialists tight sought n a i- i 1 Um rim for r reaching aching the public 1 1 I l' l wiss socialist I tire Berner blatt in which ir views Were printed The Ger- Ger er- er maIi t promptly barred bartell this newspaper from the mails malls and tr from m newsstands in Jn Germany and when In an attempt Was made to smuggle smug- smug gle r lp it over er the border a protest was tie by the foreign minister Kerri Kerr i HU crt Jagow to the Swiss government nt t l' l was after the failure of the So- So lists to circulate this Swiss news- news per pel In fn Germany German that the a peering campaign sprang up and V fc is developing on an astonishingly I i-ge i e scale Signor Signer Mario Mario Valeri an Italian I Journalist succeeded eded in bringing away with him from Germany to Italy some of of the pamphlets that have had a large circulation ana and for the printing Wand and publishing o of which many persons persons per- per sons eons have been arrested Purchasers ers fOrB o of the pamphlets and those in whose they are found also ai are an e prosecuted One Ona of these pamphlets pamphlets' demands in Jarge large type When Is la tl this s series o of great victories victories vic vic- tories which according to the official bulletins from flom the front are being won already for tor eleven months past to have a practical outcome What I hope does s there now remain for the ther I r realization o of that dream which for eleven leven months has been fostered by journalistic and parliamentary declamation declamation decla- decla decla decla- I mation that there will l be e imposed on Europe a Germanic peace The pamphlet goes on to much in Jn the way WIly of the typical the typical German German Ger Ger- man editorial the situation and the outlook It ends with a series of questions to the f P Pamphlets Pamphlets' Denounce Austria Other p pamphlets consist cons of quotations quotations quota quota- authors particularly particularly par tio from front well known authors hose from whose works works' are familiar to most Germans Germans- Passages like the like the following abou abound Brutus thou deepest awake and see see thyself Speak strike redress Another pamphlet touches on the question It begins Who Who is is' is the Is-the the Insane enemy of the German people that w wants tp to involve us In a war with Italy that cherishes the hope of giving us us' us another enemy enemY enemy ene ene- my my t But th question question-of ot of Italy seems to tobe tobe be only of secondary consideration be beIng being being be- be the main purpose of the tho pamphlet denunciation of or Austria Austrin Inci ing a oat oat- dentally it contains some some depreciating lug ing remarks regarding Bavaria Italian hostility It says sas is a gift ift which Austria has made us The lively sympathy and the popularity which the war against Italy hasI has has aroused in ht Bavaria finds of course a aleast at I least part of its explanation in the attachment which the tho southern kingdom king king- I dom has always alwa'S felt for the a allied empire We Wo might add that Austria has already alread reason to be satisfied with the formidable assistance which I Bavarian soldiers incorporated In fn her regiments are now rendering her inthe inthe in inthe the not by any means easy struggle with her enemy to the west the Italians Italians Italians Ital Ital- I ians I Let us demand the right to be consistent Before it was too late we Germans w wanted our our government to adopt energetic measures measures measures' with AUstria Austria Austria AUs Aus Aus- tria to prevent pt war occurring with Italy Our wishes were not attended to lo Let us now refuse to have the fatherland drawn into any warlike obligations merely on account of or sol sol- darit We Ve the people can prevent It H. Are Arc Ar we c willing to make the attempt attempt at at- tempt Nor Co ar all ihl hi aro are marked by y thi tone of moderation or calm reasoning S Some are vibrant vibrant- wl n a c a- demand that the Jt rise rr rl l de dt deClare declare de- de clare themselves others others others' nr are l bitterly satirical while others are even scurrilous scum rilous containing abuse In il both prose and verse verse verse-of of the tho reigning dynasty of the most of the government and even even of the great leaders in the field One of the pamphlets is interesting in that it Is apologetic It explains the motive for resorting to the pam pam- A new spirit it says is afoot In fn th the land In every great crisis among the German people a new spirit has shown Itself It was so In the days of the reformation And in those days the battle was won by the use of the pamphlet Luther showed the way and ana used the pamphlet effectively and the pamphlets of his his his' time tints were not couched In hi tine line phrases They Ibey were strong and even coarse and thus they won web The thirty years' years war brought back the pamphlet an and Maximilian Maximilian Max Max- of Bavaria and other princes used It lt with great effect A hundred y years ars ago when then the German peoples were wele under the heel of the French emperor it was was was' the pamphlet of the common common people that aroused the na national national na na- Honal spirit Demand Yoke Yoko Be Bo Removed T The king of claimed credit for a a. m measure sure that was forced on him but Jt U it was the pamphlet and and the popular popular feeling feeling which it stirred up that led to to Leipzig and the Ule overthrow of N Napoleon And now continues this I 1 ift a hundred years rears later the German peoples face a n far more serious seri serl- pus ous crisis than a any y In all their his his- tory Again they have a n a nyoke yoke to shake shak off oft again they have a a decisive fight to wage and again they are forced to recur to the pamphlet And again the pamphlet will sur surely ly win Signor Valeri says say the alarm among the authorities over the new new p mph let methods is so great that ex extreme extreme ex- ex precautions are being taken to prevent their spread and printed matter matter matter mat mat- ter generally now is subject to unusual un- un usual sual res restrictions Thus Thus' the tile comic postcards with reflections' reflections on the al allies allies allies al- al lies latterly latterly have have been forbidden restaurant restaurant restaurant res res- owners are ad advised not to give a bill to the customers and white paper generally is c scrutinized scrutinized scrutinized for tor traces traces of invisible ink which had been adopted as as' asa a means menns' of communication com corn on among advanced Socialists Social Social- I In Alsace a newspaper editor and a reporter have been sent to lo jail jan for three months by a military court Their friends say that s secret cret agents of the government had denounced denounced denounced de- de them for circulating sed seditious I J I literature A merchant ferr f the same city c Jt Herr A A. A AMey Meyer r w was waB e to to prison for life lite The charge sentenced against him was not as published but as he a had business relations in Basel Swi SwItzerland Switzer SwItzer- z zas as land and in Besancon France it it is 18 ge generally believed that he was ws accused accused ac- ac of having subversive ve documents printed in f foreign countries and of smuggling them into Germany for distribution |
