New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-05
THE EDITOR CHARGED WITH TREASON.
SEDAN DAY ARTICLES IL socIALlsT ORGAN
BRING DOWN THE QUICK WRATH
or THE EMPEROR.


BRING DOWN THE QUICK WRATH
or THE EMPEROR
Perrin. Sept 4-The Editor Of the Socialist organ
"Vorwaerts" has been arrested and all Of the
copies of last Sundays edition Of that paper have
been seized i'm consequence Of the publication Of
leading editorial on the Sedan Day celebrations.
The charge against the editor Is high treason To-
days edition OF the paper crlticises the Emperor
fetes and speeches. and declares that an eXplana-
ton OF the passage In the Kaiser's speech at the
state dinner in the White Hall Of the Castle Mon
day evening. calling upon the Guards 90 put down
that reasonable band" (meaning the Sociaiistg
has become imperative. The paper adds that ade-
quate criticism Of such threats were INDUCED In
public prosecutions already begun.
In the criminal prosecution Of the EDITOR ana NE
seizure OF the paper, me initiative was t,n'n IL,
the Emperor himself after seeing the opJ't iloldpi.
articles The semi-ohicial press makes haste 10
deny that the action taken against me NprW1i,,i,
implies project TO renew exceptional leBS'''vh
Ia the Keichstag
Such exceptional legislation had been talked about
when In the last session OF the Kechs,ag. the So
clallst Deputies refused TO rise np and join the
other members in Their "hurrahs' and "hocha' In
honor Of Bismarck and the Kaiser The young En-
peror has forgiven the Socialists FOR that Insult
but he remembers also that the Keichsiag d"ciheH
to pass the ant-Rcyolutlonist bin through fear
that the reprcssve measures proposed against the
excuses Of the press and Of meetings might be
applied sometimes to other political parties though
they aimed especially al the Socialist or
san.zations This Is why the semi-ofhcial press
hastens to deny that the prosecution Of the "Nor,
waerts" Is the forerunncr 81 any project 10 Apply
exceptional legislation
The light is localized between the Government ana
the Socialists. who have made such progress IN Ger
many within the last twenty years that they count
2vO voters and nearly forty representatives, III the
keichsag, where only three OF them occupied seats
In 1870 Their principal organ, the "NOrwaerts I'M
der the high direction OF Bebe, Liebknccht and
Singer, is the bette noire" Of Emperor Wiiliaml
mainly on account OF IT'S cosmopolitan, fraternal
doctrines which are considered as antl-patriotic:
Quite recently a semi-oflc.a paper OF Berlin accused
the "Norwaerts" OF high treason, because i had
said that the Franco-German War OF hlO-I had
been "frairlcdal" The Socialist organ answered:
III Is true that II have applied. and II We 90
sti apply. such an epithet TO that war. It Is not
because William in his letters 10 Napoleon III al
ways called the man OF the Second Of December
Dear brother cousin and friend but because We
do consider really the French people as q br0thery
people and consequently We have considered and
stil do consider any war between that nation and
ours as an Immense misfortune which stops the
collaboration In a common work OF the two most
civilized peoples" Under the inspiration OF such
IDEAS IL Is evident that the occasion Of the Sedan
bay celebration, the Socialist official organ must
have censured the National festival, a we'll as the
military tendencies Of the young Emperor and
brought upon itself the stern measure reported In
the cable dispatch.