Complex sentence: The bullying, however, almost got out of hand in mid- 1875, when an editorial entitled "Krieg-in-Sicht" ("War in Sight ") was published in a Berlin newspaper close to the government, the"Post".
Split into simpler sentences: The bullying, however, almost got out of hand with a brief war scare in mid- 1875. It was sparked by an editorial entitled "Krieg-in-Sicht" ("War in Sight ") in a Berlin newspaper close to the government, the"Post".