Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-03-18

fatherland." The
words are from
an official letter
of William H.,
emperor of Ger
many. Again and
again, in spirit if
not in exact sub
stance. he has re-
psated the state
nent. Nor has
,o:ees the German en-
peror, more pow
erfuI than any
A other European
at monarch, hesitat-
1879 ed to use his en-
-- 7ower toward suppression Of
IT which he so vigorously de-
c..,,rsts 80 Per Cent. Socialist.
:. he's allied with hip ia this de-
.-i-a5 oDBosit.ou the clerical and
--srrarire classes, combinations of
-. and Uossessors Of privilege,
4. aricrlturaI interests, the less
.s.sI liberals Of the middle class
4 vst-rearly one voter in every
are IN Germany is a Social Demo
~t the largest single party is the
asI Democratic party and its mem.
,s-si7. organized On military and
arfssirI.lel lines, is, with occa-
trgE and temporary lapses, steadily
,~8sirg The figures which politi-
a satisfies furnish showing its
wrsss are sufficiently impressive as
its growing strength and import
nee In thirty years it has increased
s number Of it's voters from 100000
-o-s than 100000, from s to &c
Y cent Of the total number OF votes
ysi with 10 representatives, de-
ses an absurdly ineQuitable SUI
ra system. in reichstag or par
lament Of 397 members.
Far more impressive even than
h..s figures are the conversations
The Man in the Street, the pro-
gan which TO him is gospel, the or
a-atiOn which he has built up and
z-ailed, and FOrwaerts Forward
ts uenchaut daily newspaper which
reads. These Will count, whether
HagpTOve or disapproye, in tomor-
Ts Germany, and tOmorrow's Ger
a,y is to loom large in tOmorrow's
wl.
What Social Democrats Demand.
Tie party platform or program
uy be summed up in few words. The
ator Of VOrwaerts declared it thus;
ADMIT suffrage, one vote for each
IN and each woman; government
a901sible to parliament; local self
Eanment; referendum; voluntary
sila; freedom Of speech and of the
Fat; equality Of woman and man
saTe the law; no state church; COM
r3oEy attendance, with free tuition
state schools; free legal proceed
-E medical attendance and burial,
F9Hd5d by the state; progressive in
ala tax aud succession duty"
Ia advocating this program the
&4l Democratic party has other and
S clearly defined purposes. 1t is
@l4ttad, through It's leaders, to an
Aaca upon the church which has led
Is more radical members and official
~salces to approve atheism. The
-y Is coniessedly and entirely
'-'lSlIc, said a Berlin Conservative
~'laLst. On the contrary, the man
I le street, while attacking the
~.'ca as a kind of class privilege
frequently careful to distinguish be-
wen church and religion, between
1''SlaStic.sm and the Deity. In
@'o' an entire section of the party
y aIy OF it, the Christian Social
,--'a' as its name suggests, is at vari-
We With the doctrines of atheism.
FOR Peace and His Throne.
Inc abolition of monarchy is. of
y s'.Se held as an end to which the
:. ..'aI Democrats look forward. 1t is
= strange that the emperor views
party with such scornfuI and
f.. '-''-5AL disapprOval. The assertion
j. '''5A heard in German cafes that
y. /, emperor, war lord as he is, and
~, -'' alter military renown, has
-. - constrained to become an advo-
-, ~ " peace many times, and just
s.r IL The latest-but not the last
- ~~- struggle, for the predominant
,,. - 'Aat a war might and probably
~, -.1 mean the downfall of the
'oay. Peace and a throne have
~ preferred above war and Viii
!, HohenzolIern. private citizen.
!. 4s-SeF keeps his own counsel and
h ~SSeEuon may be wholly unjusti-
-, ;. out there have been twenty-five
s,,:- "Itnout war and the emperor at
~ ~ SUN rejgns and rules.
i,- purpose Of a program is some
4. ~oTe Indicative Of a party's de-
h.. '-an the program itself. This
~ - S,o.'kingmen's party has ex-
= - ~ lis purpose in much writing.
e~~-A'1s many books on the Social
b AZ, -,'-ic party in Germany there is
- -, Much translated quotation
s- IN IS a WEAKNESS to the flesh.
a5s .e quotation from an official
- ~ Of the party, with an early
, .s saat of purpose, furnished
b., onae Of Torwaerts. the official
~, VIII suffice:
e. an Of Social Democracy IS