The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-17

rn, ,hc WY tue people .fcci. But tneE
arr. nnw.ri,SS rh"y believe IN won
iliudcrhurg and they accept "i'at .ie
does ard says. !hcE kn"" Lhat ~ "ns
un, thr kaisrr. nut rrN filndcnpuIH'
WHO mad war with ;Nm"rica pnsSilGt" ::
and they would not think OF criticislns
rh"ir military god.
In addition % IL" Socialist nArtE'
there j. n democratic I'"cSs IN |,rr'nhn'
when longs FOR the zinc when tn" cen
qn-s viii moi &c able 10 edit their papers.
r,rsGrship IN Germany now rractlchII;
or,runrS Ia n central editorial b"ar";
which has power TO control The news ali .'
editorials, printed III every news "a pr,
'.Taccblati" j. Il democrat ms paper
.,,,I siRm vC writer's ARE rrpEresSiNrS. puL
;hcy can do rOthing against Il govern.
mlont censorship. RI" 'Nor"aertS; ~"
Leading Socialist Darrr: III" 'FTankior'-
c- Xri:nng." ,ar most influential news
;,n.r within thr cen;ra! powers chll'u
IN. v,.Ir.-. aggrcssiv" thinkers, are NOR"
,lrim", -" than lh"lr rrhH"fS en- LII II
Us III" lead articles. hh'" H' ,i.:,
iGr editors and writer's on ali th"Sc
ro:.rs and il WAS ~! impression una
!Mn, ,ycrn lust ~ d"mocrHii" and pro-
rr.Sei,... ~ u,n thinking rs our Nmrrl-
r,u ,ujiurs nrc--bul ih"y cHnn"t VIII"
vhuI ,nry ;hiuK 70 German can 'cN
anyone "lsr What h" th;nNS' uh'"SS liz
docs 4 behind closed d"":S.
Radicals Plan Censored.
,o.,,udcd 2 secret meeting OF q s:lL!
e,rrp &C radicals late III l'"c"'"h"F'
rnrrr members nf inr l.eichSt'S Wcrc
there. all Socialists. ON" hcriih cu',oL
and several business "i"i" hiS inet. my
,,,,s ,.;,iI-d Crr II" purpose OF starting
.. r,,r,,uIu. N Germany Ia explain 10 n"
nrnui, thr ideas and purposes OIL IHc
American l.cagu" 10 Enforce l':ace. nc
editor present promised I" WITH" S'' re-
RI rIifurinIS the first are printer
Len, ! fbnrnt ppUSnES II, the
Fore ;ru offiC". II w:IS copied extensive
i, ;hroucnuul Germany, put the iniliirH
authorities discovered II. d@cin"u Inn, IL
was no; the kind of ideas ~hi'h inc TO.
,,Ic should read and informed Inc cdlIor
mat he could write IN more about tNiH
American league. Ard then the ln!4ita,E
press bureau sent out Statehrn'H !" w
fleet that the real object of the league
was to bring the lifted states lhto tHc
war 10 mid Great Britain.
Needless 10 say. no one wanted TO.
rcaG' about such "A league af'cTwarG
'rhat is the military method OF pre-
venting free thinking. One can rcauily
see that as long as the penrl" are under
his iron heel they won't do much plan
ming for democracy.
To-day the people have such Lalth IN
Won l!indenburg and IN tn"ir govern
.urui'S promises that they VIII fight as
j"nr AS ihr governments can defend the
nation from invasion Germany Is neid
together to-day b. faith in victory. The
government has promised In" people
rho Government has tn make good some
,';,,- 10 save Itself. If III" government
succeeds, If III" generals and naval lead
.,.t ran show tho people victory. the peo-
lie will hc convinced that their leaders
,,rrr right: that might afrtr all Is Il
jG:stlt iahlr policy.
Nnt until there is 4 crushing defeat
-: GERMAN arms will tn" people do their
own thinking; not un'll German army
,.o,lcrshi,, is DESTROYED Will thr pcopl:
realize thai tho have been trtcHtd and
deceived hy heir government. Ihat ~
what tho President meant when ii"
stated hefor" congress thar the German
rrorg.. viii NOS SCI. now what ihcy will
see lalnr-thai America and the Allies
are fighting for their freedom.