Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-14
GERMAN SOCIALIST
PARTY DISRUPTED
Leader Accuses Peace Men
"t Being Traitors to
Country.
DenounccS Those Socialists
Who Dcsir" Germany I"
Sue for Peace.

.anrrc,p ,pout,uur ol tho Associated FrrsN
EEHLlN, E"h. Is As indicative ~
disscusion nv Hhr ranks Of the social
Democratic party, karL lt"bknechS
and his supporters are severely crit
icizcd Wy Wo'fgaug Neine, one az me
party leaders m the Ecichstag, in a
pamphlet entitled Against the In
triguers."
Ncine charges that the Socialist or
gan Norwaerts has been guilty of de
ccption and of causing "disruptlOn of
the inner unity of thc parity and the
promotion on 3he O'h"U hand of Hhc
interests ut those who IN Hhe 0lm" ot
the Couu'ry's need condemn the post
tiOu of the party
THE. social democracy he says,
could aCt no differently than II mas
done, II had 30 align itself ON the side
oG The fathcrland i'm This war; Vie
vefurcs Indignantly Vhc claim ~ ShG
"intriguCrs" that 3hc social Demo
Gratis az" "hurrah patriots ohauvlu-
lists and jmgOCs and denies 3hat Vhc
war from Germanys standpoint Is an
imperialis'ic undertaking.
AS long he continues cas- ahe
enemies cannot contemplate ans peace
PROSTATE Germany. just so long j. II
worse than madness, betrayal Of
the interests of our people in far', 60
talk of peace to them.
"To stick IL out 20 the end THAT
abov" all things Is our duty 10 our
selves. our longing and our hopes,
our sympathy and our concern. must
not be allowed TO Ovorpowcr us, at
least not until everything is dark
ahead. Even the most pardonable de
sire and the most comprehensive .X-
cess of feeling can do us the utmost
harm If given way TO at an unsuitable
moment
Touching on the future, IIeinc de-
Clares that I'm these pOrtentous times
courage and determination must not
be weakened. "The party, without
hesitation, chose its rightful place at
the outbreak of the war. Now, in the
middle of the war, while dangers in
crease and the ability Of every man
is needed, the party must not yacil-
late, thereby causing confusion in the
ranks of Germanys defenders This
might cause the most serious COnSe-
quenCcS for the whole German peO-
pie, including the working classes"
In conclusion he calls upon the
comrades to stop their attempts 70 dis
rupt the party, with consequent dan
ger to the fatherland.
The time Is not OppOrtunc,' he
says, "tO resort 10 self deception and
to hope that eventually things will
not be so bad. Every day now may
do much damage. Il Is the custom Of
those in the majority to take no no.
tice Of confused and untrue attacks
on the defence Of the fatherland.
at is, to be true, neither easy nor
comfortable TO oppose those who, with
the authority OF pretended superior
learning and intelligence spread
abroad a mass Of untruths-such, for
example, as that the war is a war of
conquest by Germany; that it was be-
gun in order to suppress the work
ing movement; that the borders of the
fatherland are no longer menaced, and
the like. And yet 1t is urgently nee
essary that the party's comrades as
sumo the unpleasant duty.
The hOmeliest and most unassum-
ing comrade is i'm a position TO ask OF
the intriguers this question:
DO you want your party I'm the
eyes of the world TO assume the re-
spOnsibility in case Germany should
be beaten, cut TO pieces and robbed
Of its industry and commerce or do
you want TO protect the German work
ingman from this"
"lie whose eyes are not open by this
Is surely beyond help, and may, be
fore all the world, be charged with