The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-10
BERLIN LETTER

Rersin. JUNE s.-fsEH |
inc ..hi,,ion mark bill. appro-
ns ns' se5o 0 900 for German
ornaments. is not enough 10 sat
;sfy Gerann militarists. \ canpaish
for further increases IN Tug ooii
army. TO begin as soon as the -
legislation is out Cf the way, aireau. :
sisnaiized. and the direction IN Which
nan-ofici,l pressure on the govern
Oent, so successful in the case o. the
bending measure, will ED applied, al
ready is indicated.
The proposed additions to IeFfha-
ny's armed forces. great as the! afe'
constitute only the extreme MINI
mum" Of what IS necessary, IN .me
oDinion Of the National Defense Socl-
ETY.. This society, which has a mem
bership of $4,000, and with allied or
ganization a further total OF Z""'Vo"
members. vent on record at It's amman
meeting this week in favor OF the az.
d;tion to the EMPIRES force OF two 1uH
army corps: a further extension OF
obligatory military service; the lorna
ton OF cavalry divisions at present
contemplated only for war INES ana
further drill periods for reserVists.
General keiIe. president or the So
warlike speech, in which he attacked
the recent Berne peace conference,
and said:
.Furthrmore, the peace movement
is dangerous for Germany. one nun
dred and forty Protestant pastors have
made public a peace manifesto. ana
we find similar views among the
teachers. We must work, e~nerseti-
cally against these manifestations. A
people which ceases to seek its high
est aim in manilIiess is lost. 10 be
manly is to have the capacity to hate.
Bismarck hated day and night. | hate
every man who threatens the lie OF
the German eople Occurrences luxe
Those Of Luneville and Nancy must fill
the German folk with wrath and this
wrath must grip also our young men,
The affair Of krupp is likely to take
a new turn as the result OF charges
made by Das kleine Journal OF Ber-
lin. This newspaper originally charg-
ed that DIR. L~iebknecht, the Socialist
Reicfsstag deputy. obtained his mate
rial for the attack on krupps from
Leader Erzberger. OF the Cierica1s,
Who in turn had it from August Thys-
sen. Germany's greatest iron nagnate,
and that Herr Ihyssen was trying to
break the existing monopoly in mum
tons Of war enjoyed by the kTupps
and Stumm-Dillinger The newspaper
, asserted hat Thyssen, since 1910, had
been delivering Samples Of arnaOr
. plate to the marine department. and
: had to convince the ad-
|~nirality that the existing contracts
! with Krupp and Stutnrn-Dnlinger. the
latter a corporation in which French
IcApital is largely involved, were dan
gerouS to the state. 1t was asserted
also tina the marine department
found the arnor samples so poor that
= it was bou to refuse them. when
, the Center party came to the rescue OF
Herr Thyssen, who is a prominent
n Catholic, by giving DR.. Iiebknecht this
material for his charges.
Herr ThysSep 7aro.ops1v aantad tbf
accusations Of Das Kleine Journal
), land that paper has now returned t.
the charge by publishing photograph:
OF autograph letters Of Thyssen TO va
d rious persons, proving, according t
the paper. that the charges were true
The paper declares in effect that tn.
accusations against krupp ant
iStunTn-DHlinger are the outcome 0
secret efforts Of the Center party t,
= secure for one Of it's co-religionists
those firms. Das kleine Journal i
careful 10 state that it is in no wa,
taking up cudgels for the accuse,
y firms. as TO which it desires a uii in
If vestisation. It is mainly concerne,
- that the Clericsls' battle in ehalf O
ThySsen shall not succeed
of The free-handed days of the Rarli
Of ponce censor Of cinemategraph film.
Id whose DECISIONS against alleged oh
3 ]ectionao1e pictures have ca,sa
wrath and DISCUS: TO the ..nov;e
IN Elai,aSers and amusement to the res
a. OF Berlin. have come to an e,d r.
OF - .AuHflhiStTatlEe Court ha
overruied his decision]f nrohihit;,a
5 !I'n showing a penniiess artist ohta;,
"a ing a free dinner for himself and f.,l
of ny III q restaurant by the expedient :
Il smuggling a sardine into the puddin
OF q .uo ~ o. me meal. exhibiting
Go the Mortified waiter, refusing :
pay his check because the puddjn
was served in that condition Th
censors forbade h production Of ~
ol ''t sfohhd tnat II might eI
A., .ooiase oe"rI persons 20 defraud rex
=, eepef
. A number OF other ya,,es h, -
ponce censor on the ground that -
ma production Of the flyn NIGH, ;ncir.
tcr,n1e remains i, be acted uDoc nv -
in Superior Court. These 5ne7,da -