Arizona republican., 1914-04-04

varia. Baden. and Wurttemberg-have not been backward in showing how they differ from semi -feudal Prussia ! The Bavarian minister of wars re- cent circular apostrophiZing cruel treatment in the army caused quite stir. It is scarcely less eXtraOr- dinary. at least from the Prussian i nunciation of the Chauvinistic press and the strong appeal for slackenlng ! the pace of military expenditure which shortly preceded it. Similarly , the recent ministerial declaration in ! the Bavaria diet concerning the so- cialists is thoroughly obnoxious to the official Prussian mind The min ister of state, although firmly and i fundamentally opposed to socialist ideas, sad that the party was never ! theleSs part of the community as whole, and could not be treated as body of Outcasts. Some of the Ba- varian socialists have also consent ed to appear at court. making the contrast between north and south ap- pear Stlll more refndrkaD Die.
 This turn in the politics of South ern Germany, for the time being. can have little or no effect on the cXter- nal policy of the empire but it de- serves to be brought to notice of only because it appears to bear out the wisdom of Bismarck. who fore saw d growth in the divergency be- tween Junker Prussia and the more Liberal Southern States
 The leaders of the socialist party recently decided that a whole week should be devoted to what may be called revival work German work men are at the present time quite well off. They can get employment wherever they choose to look for it. and can command good wages. It is even reported that the workmen themselves have no heart for this ''revivalist'' agitation. and are not inclined to give either time or money the executive committee There is, too, d lack of agitatory material. In the industrial world workmen are fully employed and in the agricul- tural world thousands more could find employment People are tired of the Zabern affair, and they are not particularly interested, in fact, that Rosa Luxemburg, one of the hotspurs of the party, has been sentenced to years imprisonment for attempting to undermine the allegiance of the military.
 There is, therefore, nothing left but the unfulfilled political demands of the extreme radicals, demands that are unfulfilled because they are so extravagant. The party leaders are making the best of these, and their followers are doing their utmost to ob tain proselytes and secure fresh suD- scribers to socialist journels. The term Red Week. has been gwen to the six days during which the revlval
 st efforts will be made. over a hun dred men have been taken into custody bYt he police because they were found affiXing to houses and public buildings small red placards on which are the words: Remember the Red Week"
 Great indignation has been aroused by the news that serious damage has been done to the monument to the Emperor Frederick, in Charlottenburg, by promoters of the socialist agitation. The monument stands in front of the royal palace which is so intimately connected with the emperors last ill., ness and is very prominent feature of the neighborhood. On q Wednesday night the words "Rote WOche' were
 inscribed in twelve places on the mar ble base of the monument and on the granite steps leading up to it. Stencil plates were used, and the red cOloring matter employed has been found to contain substance which renders it's removal practically impossible. All attempts to erase the red letters serve only to disperse the coloring matter, leaving large red blotches. It is feared that the paint has eaten into the mar ble and granite and that the injury can be repaired only by replacing the great blocks which, of course, would be d costly matter. The socialist cause will undoubtedly be injured by the adop- tion of such methods.