Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-19
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BERLIN, Dec 1&-[ Copyright 1-Fortunt
Is again f yhting the battle of the Hebrew
baiters. The impetus given to the anti.
Semitic movement by Ahlwardt's trial anC
election to the Reichstsg, the vote of i'm
munity passed by the House, and the in
temperate action of the Conservative con
ference has been redoubled by the publica
tion of the Loewe-Boulanger affair
When Herr Loewe's letter, as published
in the Paris Figaro, was first telegraphed t.
this city, it was received on all sides with
incredulity. Even the extreme Hebrew
bsiters were inclined to doubt its accuracy.
When, however, Loewe acknowledged in
print the authenticity of the letter, even
moderate newspapers and politicians were
swept into the current of anti-Semitic de.
nunciation.
Not an army of Stoeckers, nor genera.
tions Of Abiwardts, nor all the RYeuzzsitunqs
published since the Franco-Prussian War
could have aroused such widespread and
profound indignation as the wretched eva.
sion with which Loewe tried to excuse his
offer to help arm France when she was
apparently on the verge of war with Ger
many.
HandIWOrk OF AStute POl1tlcianS.
The anti-Semitic leaders are astute poll
ticians, and they are preparing to play the
Figaro letter as q trump card Already
they have solicited contributions of money
that they may be enabled to buy the orig
inal So much money has been received
from wealthy Conservatives already that
yesterday negotiations were opened with
the Figure, and probably the end of this
week will see the letter in Berlin. A fac
siu1ile will then be published far and wide
in the antl-Semitic sheets throughout the
Empire. Placards with the fac SMILES of
the original and Loewe's discreditable re-
reply will be struck BY the thousands and
posted where voters too poor to buy news
papers may read them.
The committee in charge of the anti
Semitic raid processes to have letters con-
demning Loewe from some of She first
statesmen of Germany, and say that these,
too, Will be reproduced, to show the people
what the foremost men of the Empire
think of the gunmaker and his action.
Loewe's Hardest Blow to Himself
Here in Berlin, Loewe has injured him
self more by his attempted explanation of
the Figaro letter than by the original letter
itself Even among the most moderate
public men and party leaders there is but
one opinion, and it is that Loewe's state
first principles of patriotism. In editorial
rooms throughout the Empire there is
practical unanimity in the same opinion.
Three or four Berlin newspapers, backed by
Hebrew capital and held to a strictly radical
policy by the business interests of their
stockholders, have expressed the conviction
that patriotism ends where business begins,
and that Loewe was justifable in his action.
Outside of this coterie, however, Clerical,
Conservative ErRo GoUsprvafiva ouH
National Liberal editors have only words of
bitter denunciation for the cosmopolitan
gunmaker. The CoelniSche Zeitang voiced
the feelings of the most temperate citizens
yesterday, in a long leader which said:
A Sample of the Newspaper Comment.
At the time when the letter was written
by Herr Loewe to Boulanger the Loewe Com
pany was occupied exclusively with the
manufacture of machinery. Nevertheless,
despite Herr Loewe's explanations we are
compelled to regard with deep regret the
outrage of national feeling brought to light
by the offer contained in the letter. The
most dangerous weapon welded by anti
Semitic agitatorS in their conflict with
Judaism is the assertion that Judaism does
not aspire to amalgamation with the peonIe
OF Germany, and that it continues to pursue
the will-o-The-wisp of an exclusive and
privileged Hebrew nation. Everybody not
desirous of seeing the German people in
cited to religious and race hatred must be
filed with the deepest sorrow when repre-
sentatives of Judaism in press. parliament
and commerce are strengthened by such
deeds as this through the influence of
fanatics.
The offer of the Loewss was made at a
time when great war panic was spreading
through the civilized world. In Paris ap-
peared the book 'Avant la BaIaille" De-
roulede was making his great tour OF agita-
tion in Russia and other countries. Bou-
langer stood at the head of the French war
party. The Lebel rifle may be said to date
back to 1886, but the distribution among the
troops was not finished until lsSs. The
French Government felt the necessity of
Fastening the manufacture as rapidly as
possible This manufacture required a ma
chine of extraordinary eIactitude and cost
illness. Very few factories were capable of
risking contract in such a costly business
Loewe to make his offer was very great |
Therein lay all the more reason, however |
that he should resist the temptation.
Not Used to lrming Their Enemies.
The representatives OF Judaism ought to |
take more trouble than the Germans them |
selves to avoid everything calculated to |
arouse popular suspicion as to the sterling |
quality OF their patriotism. So far as we |
are aware, no German establishment sup |
plies war materials to France The Schiehan |
wards supply torpedo boats and Gruson sup
plies armed towers to Russia, and in ordin- |
airy times we have nothing TO say against
such proceeding, The case of Loewe, how
ever is different. in view of our political
FEELING toward France, and especially in
view OF the critical condition of our inter-
national relations at the time of the az
fair.
1t is common among some anti-septennate
fanatics still alive to believe honestly that
the historical buying OF wood and building
of barracks near our border. the Melinite
affair the Lebel rifle scare, the Boulanger |
and Deroulede matters, were all simply in
yentfons of Prince Bismarck, who planned |
them in order that he might pass the sep
tennate by means of the war alarms thus
created As u matter of fact, then, as often
before in his eventful life. Prince Bismarck
used for the good of the Fatherland and his
own patriotic purposes the circumstances
of the hour At all events, Herr Loewe
would have been not only wiser but also
much more loyal had he resisted the tempta-
tion TO increase his business by serving the
French purposes of revenge. The matter
has done Ahlwardt & Co. an inestimable
service The words "Debel" and "Loewe"
will be the war cries OF the anti-Semitic
Rgitators for years TO come.
Proposed Law TO Cover Such Cases.
The KreaGzzeits1sg thinks that the Figaro
revelations Justify the Hebrew-baiting
declarations OF the Conservative conference,
and gives currency to the report OF a bill to