The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-03-11

luainted with our political affairs, and !
,ften with our language, too, they are
lopelessly in the power of the Press
3ureau.
To make it handler and cheaper for
he foreign press, and especially for that
n the English and French tongues, TO
which particular attention is paid, and
TO accommodate the less ambitious and
papers who cannot well afford
an Gown correspondent" one or two
years ago English and French branch
bureaus were fitted up; and it is no
rare occurrence that eXpolte ted public
opinion is Te-imported from Brussels,
London, Paris (now Tours or Bordeaux), /
New York, etc, as genuine English,
Belgian, French, American public opin-
ion, and palmed uDon astonished
Michelt, who, and for good reasons,
has no over-great respect for the home
article, and feels highly fattered if he
sees in what admiration his rulers are
held by other nations.
These outlines will be sufficient to
give an idea of the Prussian Press
Bureau. Now think this mighty en-
CINE, welded by one will, producing
public opinion by wholesale, and dis
tributing it with the accuracy of clock
work over all quarters Of the globe, not
emitting the smallest provincial tow in
Germany; represent further to your
mind the moral force which with some
skill may be developed out of million
Of thalers yeart; and you will not be
surprised any more by the tremendous
outburst of the worlds public opinion
i'll favor Of Bismarckdom, nor wonder
at the otherwise miraculous precision of
the International Press monster con
cert which this public opinion has been
performing for these last six months.
A bonmot, coined and circulated BY
the Prussian Press Bureau after the sue
cesses of 1866, is revived and applied
to the present war: "The Prussian
schoolmaster has gained the Prussian
battles" That is false modesty on the
part of the cOiners of bOnmOts and man
utacturers Of public opinion The
Prusslan schoolmaster is poor fellow,
not fit physically to strike, because he
is starving, and not fit intellectually to
strike, because the famous school regu-
lations, introduced and carried out BY
fanatic pietists of the KnakS type, have
deprived him Of the faculty of thinking.
All if he had not been brought so low,
if he was still what he was thirty and
forty years ago, he might have fought
battles then, and gained them, too but
TO be sure, not battles for the starvers
OF his body and the enslavers Of his soul
battles which would have prevented
Biarritz and the two fearful rivers OF
blood CISCO and lS7O-D, having their
source there. No, it is not the Prus-
sian schOOlmaster-it is the Prussian
Press Bureau that has gained Bis
marck's battles.
Its newest victory is no bloody one.
The Bavarian Chamber has been sub
Ijected TO such an overwhelming pres
sure of public opinion that the majority
were frightened out Of their wits and
into acceptance of the Prussian treaty.
SO the Empire is complete-if we
Austrians for whom there Is no room
in this deteriOrated and diminished
edition of the old German COnted-
eracy, which old Contederacy certainly
was 40 model of perfection either.
Well, be that as it may, this new vic
tory is fresh proof of the truth of what
| said, ! think, in my first letter to you,
that there is only one party in Germany
which has not bent its neck under the
yoke Of Prussian SOCIAL
DEMOCRACY. Undazzled by the glitter
ing successes of the hour, the Social
Democrats Of Germany Steadfastly tol
low the guiding star of Eternal Right.
their numbers increasing rs the dan
gers increase. Persecution, which de-
strovs falsehood, strengthens truth !;
the hammer blows that shatter the
weak sandstone to pieces, redouble the
tenacity of the noble iron.
On the third Of March the elections
for the next Reichstag are to take
place. Our party is already in the
field; and though the loss of most of
our spokesman will be much felt, We
enter the campaign with fair pros
poets. The two members which we
had in the detunct Reichstag, Rebel
and Liebknecht, are proposed as candi
dates IN several districts each, and will
doubtless be reelected but we hope
to gain several seats
p. S.-To-day the news has arrived
Of the capitulation of Paris and of the
conclusion Of an armistice for three
weeks. Particulars are still wanting,
but so much is certaln-that the capitu-
latIOn as well as the armistice are the
result of neutral mediation, which will
most likely lead to peace. From the
! organs of the Prussian government,
which have suddenly left off clustering
and Dragging, it may be perceived that
/ Count Bismarck has convinced himself
Of the impoSsibility of overthrowing the
French Republic. Whatever the con
dltions Of the future peace will be,
every point is Of small moment com
pared with the one fact-the French
Republic lives and will live. And it,
life IS our victory.
+Woe to the paper which refuses, fit IL un-
Ter the thumb Of he Prussian authori lies The
licensing system las not been invented for
nothing. | might mention staunch opposition
papers that could save themselves from sup
preston only by accepting a contribution inn
posed BY the Press Bureau.
THE nickname under which the German
people has personihed itself
tOld Nick olaus) Of Prussia used TO say. n A
million Of rubles spent IN brides saves hua
dred millions spent or soldiers
Berlin clergyman who considers ID bias
phemy ~ deny Chat the Sun turns round tht
earth He has written a treatise against the
Copernican system, and l. an intimate friend Of