Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-14
Dr. LIEBKNECHT
GIVES UNCLE SAM
SOME UPPERCUT5
German Socialist Parliamenta.
rian Says America Needs
! Another Columbus.

Two thousand enthusiastic men AMI
women, mostly Germans, were at
Wevers's Colosseum last night to hear
DR.. Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist mem
Der of the Prussian Parliament, de
liver an address.
The applause with which the speaker
was greeted and with which his speech
was frequently interrupted showed that
the audience was heartily in accord
with his views.
DR.. L%iebknecht landed in New YORK
on Monday, and is touring the country
under the auspices of the Socialist
party. The meeting last night was
conducted by the Socialists and the
Brewers Union.
Although DR.. Liebkneeht spoke only
about an Jour he found time to travel
all yer the world, giving long-distance
knockout blows to the Kaiser, his arnlN
Il divine right ideas. to the existing
condition in Russia, France, England,
Portugal and Spain. and winding up
with short uppereuts straight under
the chin of Uncle Sam.
Feels at Home Here.
In his opening remarks the speaker
said hat although he has been in the
United States only a few days he felt
at bone, nevertheless.
81 was greeted by German working
men on my arrival,N he said. Il met
friends here that knew in Germany,
and / passed a town called Berlin on
my way to Boston. Many Of my
former comrades who left Germany be-
cause of Bismarck's tyranny Are now
in this country and have greeted me
cordially"
DR.. Liebknecht said that he crossed
the ocean with Henry Taft, and on
arriving here both were interviewed.
You canot escape the American re-
porter said the speaker. I'm dis
cussing German affairs Mr.. Taft spoke
in glowing terms Of conditions in the
Kaiser's realm, while [ deplored them;
but. of course, Mr.. Taft was enter
tanned by the Kaiser and reviewed the
army, so naturally he knows more
about the fatherland than ! do.
despite the fact" he continued,
chat the German -worlingman is as
educated as the workers of any other
country Germany in its political life
is still in the middle ages. Divine-right
wilhelm sees the world from n false
perspective-he does not fit in with
German conditions"
when the BayOnets Begin TO Think"
The German military system was
warmly denouneed-"the ~SlisteniaS
bayonets are the curse of the empire,
said Herr L~iebknecht, when tae
bayonets begin to think Germany VIII
be free"
He said that the trade unions N
Germany have come to the realization
that it is to their interest to take
political action and are fast joining
the Socialist movement.
This country, according to the speaker,
is the very heart of capitalism, INC
although Columbus Day was celebrated
the other day, it would be well to re-
discover this country and to refree 1t
frsm the pressure of a ~tyrannicaI
group Of individuals. God mammon is
the real king here, as he is wherever
capitalism holds sway.
He said: "rhe emancipation of the
working class must be brought about
by themselves. II makes no differ
ence what your faith is, capitalism does
not discriminate; the Jew, as well as
the Christian or heather, Is exploited
by the ruling class
Criticises Premier BRAND.
The speaker took a fling at Premier
BRAND for his attitude towards the
French strikers. BRAND said the
doctor, posed as a friend of the peo-
pie, as q Socialist, and yet at a time
when he could prove his friendship for
the toiling masses he sends troops TO
shoot them down"
"Francisco Ferrer.' he continued,
! was executed by the Spanish Govern
ment a year G today because he
was the apostle Of freedom, education
and hrogress-and education is what
the Spanish government fears. Bdu-
cation of The masses would forever re-
move the Worse-than-ever slavery con-
dition existing in SPAIN
The speaker wound mp with a strong
plea for Socialism and trade-unionism,
He said that the workers are subjected
in every country. hat the standing
army of Germany was no worse than
that of the United States-in fact, he
considered our army as being more
dangerous, owing to the fact that in
Germany some are forced into the
army against their will. while here it
is a voluntary service.
ENth tUth Is va W 1AH'NF'
THE tariff reform he said, lis the
same abroad as IL is here, the poverty
in Germany is the same as the poverty
in New York. New York is a witch's
kettle, fun of slaves and misery.
American freedom must be made free,
and it will not be freed by the Kaiser
or Roosevelt, but by the united effort of
an enlightened and class-conscious So
cialist party
The chairman of the evening was
John F~rackenpohl, of the Sixth and
Fourteenth Ward Branch of the So
cialist party. The Liberty Singing So
ciety and the Socialist Liedertafel en-
~tertained the crowd before DR.. Lieb-
knecht arrived. Sigmund Bach repre-
scented the Polish Socialist Alliance
and made a short speech. All the
speeches were made III the German
language.
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