The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-12-14

cial relations with the press, an in
creased attention to journalistic ten
denotes and views, and more intense |
effort to gain, wherever possible, in
fluence over its attitude. This APP
plies more particularly to the little |
district and communal papers whose
attitude is Of preponderating import
ance in shaping the sentiments of the
country and determining the outcome
of future elections"
Geheimrat Won Loebell then shows
some Of that far-sighted thoroughness
which has made Prussia the predomin
ating power in the Teutonic world, He
sketches the arrangements he has
made to control the press. "A Cen
trail Bureau Of the German Press is
established whose business Is to slp-
ply news and editorials to the pro-
vincial editors, and even, If need be,
an entire newspaper. lacking only the
heading and local items. Herr Won
Loebell goes on to say that "the en-
tire machinery of the correspondence
bureau will be watched over and de-
liberately influenced by my experts"
and he recommends his subordinate
ito sound the newspaper publishers
and editors In SO far as they are ac-
cessible to your influence, to draw
their attention to the above Bureau,
persuade them of the ACCESSIBILITY of
making use Of it, and recommend them
to get into touch with headquarters.
The constant personal contact Of the
authorities with the newspapers Is,
both in the big cities and in the coun-
try districts, necessary and indispens-
able as an aid in the organization of
domestic policy"
At the risk Of being again suppress
ed, the Vorwarts thus proceeds to
tons:
"At time when, through the COM
pulsion of the civil truce, we are be-
ing deprived of the right to discuss
such burning questions of Prusaian
policy as the extension of the fran
chise, the right of combination, the
problems of taxation; when limits Are
imposed on US even on such a grave.
question as the national food-sdpply;
at such time an influential Prussian
Minister is allowed to work in secret
and thus the more effectively-upon
the organization OF domestic policy
and to prepare future elections in &C
cordance with his desires"
Nor are protests confined to such
radical organs as those of the Social
Democrats, for we find Theodore Wolff
editor of the powerful Berliner Tage-
blatt, uttering pointed protest at
the limitations imposed by the author
tiles. Or. Wolff compares the freedom
of criticism allowed to the French
press with the restrictions imposed In
Germany and continues:
I'VE have a different system. Ger
man papers are allowed to print very
much more war-news, and also the Of
fioial bulletins OF the enemy. but In
expressing opinion they are forced TO
exercise couaidepahis,-restrain Every
one recognizes the necessity Of milf
tary censorship, and submits uncondi-
tionally to the military position. for
tunately quite different from that Of
the Entente peoples. Therefore, Ger
many's military critics are spared
many OF the difficulties which the
French and English are forced to
meet
But apart from strategy. tactics
and military organization. there are
many happenings and measures about
which differences Of opinion are pos
sible. 800
"But there are other questions.
ideas and plans about which every
body speaks in political circles. lut
which may not be mentioned in
print. These are questions which do
not concern other countries In any
way. but are OF the very first ~ port
ance because they. deal with metters
of the internal organization OF the
| Empire.
"The Imperial Chancellor has shown
the German people pretty pi't Tres Of
the future, and we hope that ne will
be free to see these ideas assume tan
gible form He, too. surely feels that
the new spirit Of the times must have
with nothing so little in common as
with the spirit OF Metternica."--
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