The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-03-04

r and glory opened to Germany through Ho-
Ieu zollern- Prussia Germany delivered from
he weight of French influence, through Ho- .
,enzollern Prussia. Divided Germany united (
through ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The pieces If ,
Germany, which the greedy Welshmen+ once
'natched from US, gloriously recovered through
hohenzollern-Prussia. Well whether, or how
tar Hohenzolern-Prussia has performed ali
these fine things, will not discus at present
In any case it is doubtful, since we are not At
the end vet But not doubtful Is il that Ho
henZOllern Prussia has done more than All tbe
other German states and dynasties nut toqatber
TO inhict upon poor Germany those very evils
from which we are told Hohenzollern- Prusaia
has saved Us now. From a long list. long As
Don GiOvanni's l will to-day only select two
patriotic achievements of Hohenzollern. Prus |
sla. In the year $685. when King Louis. the
Fourteenth sent his troop to capture Strass-
burg, the fairest jewel of Southwestern Ger
many, the Emperor Of Germany, then hard
pressed by the Turks. begged Frederick Will
nam, the Great Elector, and the real founder
OF the Hohenzollern-Dynasty, to hurry to the
relief OF the menaced stronghold. What did
Frederick William replyP "Strassbnrg does
not belong to met is not nv business to save
it. And so Strsssburg became a French town
for century French only BY brute force, but
since + euce was regenerated through the
great Revolution, French in heart,t like all AL
sice and Lorraine. So much for fact No
And now to fact No. g. One hundred and ~
years have elapsed. HohenzoIIern-Pp.sis no.
thriTed we'll at the expense Of the German En-
piTe. In France monarchy is overthrow. the
King beheaded for the SINS of his ancestors
The monarchs OF Europe, panic ken. have
combined against sansculottism-the Hohen-
ZOllern foremost. However the volcano was
MT tn he pxtip0uiehod a..
cold in the mud of the champagne n 1891 and
could not recover from it. The French Repub
lie increased in strength, while the affairs Of
combined royalty looked rather homeless
Nil not the situation be turned To advsn-
tage They mad always sharp eve on bust
ness, tnOse HohenZOllerns-Or which amounts to
the same people, with sharp ewes Al their side
To betray ones comrades is not nice. To enter
into -reaty with king-murderina Sansculot
is not h4ndsome in King proud Of his right
| divine. But IT something substantial is to be
got from the Reconsideration alet pecunia
money has no smell, said that Roman Erope-
ror when pocketing the golden produce n a
new levied tax on cloaks. The HobepxolIarn-
scruples, If there existed any, were soon con
/ quered, and secret negotiations opened viii
the French Republic. The offspring was. the
Treaty Of Basic, by which Prussia delivered
| whole Frans-Rbenanisn Germany to France
completely lamed Austria, and virtually AZ.
strOyed the German Empire,-of course 10 the
private profit Of Hohenzolern-Prussia.
And 10 years after she has knocked the Ger
man Empire to pieces, Hohenzollern-P russi,
sets It on in its legs again--or to be more e.
act, on one of its legs, for the other leg Ger
man Austria, is still cut off and will not b..
fastened TO the trunk by HOheuzollern Prussi al
surgery.
Is she not clever, this Hohenzellern. Prus.i,
As clever as our Italian doctor was. Anpronos
did not finish the latters life story. He CON
tnued TO prosper, Was for bis merits in the
art Of healing nominated honorary member N
| several scientific societies and universities and
| would lnfailibly in the course Of nature have
advanced 70 regular saintship, if he-or the
| saints. just as you will take it-had not been
saved from it by an unexpected accident. The
time had long past when his professional nrac-
tice required an artificial stimulus. sick neonIa
hocked to him from all parts of the world. INT
he had taken liking TO his nocturnal exnedi
lions, and now and then he did for pleasures
sake what ne had not to do any more for the
sake Of business That proved his ruin. One
night be caught Tartar, in the person of a
young nlmOle apprentice the intended Da-
uent turned the tables, knocked him down
the watchmen hurried to the place or the AZ
fray, by the light Of their lamps our Doctor
Vas recognized, his dagger and his diseuise
we're terrible witnesses against him. he wa
brought TO prison, overwhelmed by the evil
dence, tried and sent TO his last account Dro
testing 10 the end that az he had conscientious
ly repaired the injuries done by him. Ne w,s
guilty of no crime, and that on the eoptrsrv
as those injuries had been the means Of his I'M.
proving medical science. he had well deserved
Of humanity and ought to be rewarded instead
Of punished. Public opinion, | hardly need
say, condemned him with the same feryor and
unanlmlty 1t had before extolled him with. and
almost raised a rebellion because he was opI,
hanged, and not disem bowelled broken IN N.
wheel inch by inch and finally quartered in the
patrIarchial fashion of the good old times
The public opinion that Eighty, light-headeC
shameless cOurtezan volcanic DantOn used !
stronger, an intentionally strong world al
Jectly hatttring those in luck, pitilessly crnp
to the unfortunate, irresistible to the veal
minded, despised by every man Of character
and brains tyTant Of the fools and fool Of nv
tyrants. Fool and worse think Iwrote YOU
already about the Guelph fund (Welfenfonds
part of the deposed King Of Hanover's privat.
property, from 7-S0O,000 (Prussianl Thaler.
year, which the Prussan Government ~.
conhsca'ed. This sum- s according to Count
Blsmarcks official declaration, made in Reich
stag or Diet Il don't recollect now which, ex.
cluslVely used for corrupting and brbinR the
press I'm Germany and abroad) and for watching
the enemies Of the established order OF thipgs
that i, n plain Language, for spies mouchards,
lnformers, agents, provocateurs and under what
ever other names these worthless are known.
Besides the Guelph fund We have the SO called
secret Fund for the same purposes, and under
no public control, 40 that il is quite i'm possible
! to hx the amount spent All in all we shall
not De far from the truth, il we estimate the
sums thus expended for fabricating public opin-
ion at a million Of Thalers. Nor Is this al. AZ
Berlin there exists Bureau Of the Press
founded some thirty wears ago, and in late
years grown 70 enormous dimensions. which
Bureau consists Of az irregular staff of a few
/ dozen literary gentlemen, who have t. treat
| the questions Of the day i'll the ser Sc OF the
| Government. They are methodicalv instructed
from above, receive the pieces OF news which
the Government thinks 6t to communicate 10
the public, and in such shape as they are con
sidered to produce the best effect, have to pre-
pare feelers, have to praise the policy ard The
me isures Of the Government, aud the persons
serving it, have to cry down its enemies, and
other work like that.
TO BE CONTINUED.
gard TO the date in my last letter The Manifesto IL
deed bears the signature Of the nth but N only fvs
Swallowed the trying on OF the Imperial crown and
robe, which event took place the following day
SO mark January 18th.
+The PreAehmen are called "Salsct, winch is pro
nounced nearly like TIE v.rd "Ael III ana IA Nm.
origin from Gali, Gsels The nae . applied
70 the Italians also, an alscEia, WAliachitn il ~
like root
In adj Of -,