The sun., 1917-09-06

Harden boldly attacked them In nj.
ZuknnJt. He made 1t plain tina, TN.
speaknble political and social condi.
tions prevailed among the Camaril,
and he intimated that they were guilt,
besides OF the grossest misconduc,
personally. Berlin and Germany wer.
shocked and astounded. Finally tn.
charges were called to William IT.,
attention. Harden was brought Ia
court on charges of criminal libel
A highly melodramatic trial too,
place. Harden. apparently the de.
fendant soon became the prosecute
He presented an overwhelming mas,
Of damning testimony. Every attcmp,
at rehabilitation by the Camarir,
failed miserably. Atlast the Emperor
himself turned against them Tie
power of the intriguing clique. whlC1
had overthrown Bismarck and va,
planning to bring about the Prime.
Won Buelow's downfall, was shattered
forever. The individual members o,
the clique were ruined and disgraced
Harden emerged from the trial III,
greatest and most powerful journal.
istic figure in Germany of to-day. H.
became the idol Of vast public. with
influence great enough to defy the
| foremost in the land--even. IL would
seem. the Emperor himself.
1t Ia partly in Die Zukunh ana
partly by means OF popular lecture,
that Harden makes himself heard His
style. in both its written and spoken
forms. is all his own. 1t Is highly
theatrical In It's effects and yet thor.
oughly Biblical in coloring. Often
Harden will preach on text from
the Bible as II he we're composing
sermon.
In many ways the German reop.
have assigned to Harden the function,
OF the old Roman censor. lie expose
shams and humbugs of all kinds h.
vocate Of right even though he must
oppose all the powers that be. H'
themes are practically always polit..
cal. Information comes to him in II.
most wonderful way. and he is the
confidant alike Of statesman and shoe
maker. OF the man Of great affairs
and the man in the street. Conse.
quently he is often the first to real
ize that a change in current or part.
ing of the ways has come.
He Is in great demand as publi'
speaker, and he Is said to he even
more plain spoken than plain written
In the present war Harden again
and again has lifted a voice OF warn.
! ing against .Prussa's reckless course
He has appreciated the American
viewpoint and American psychology
as IL he were himself an Amercan
He has demanded that Germany yield
10 the demands of Wilson, and has
insisted that this would he no weak.
ness-on tho contrary. a sign Of wise
I looking before and after. Alone among
German editors he has refused to
sneer at America aS blindly following
! Great Britain's lead. but has pointed
| out that the entrance of the United
| States into the war Is the result purely
| of highly idealistic motives. AZ the
present time he is warning tho Ten
| tonic regime that II must not pin IL
| hope to the Russian revolution. to hop.
/ ot Russian disorganiZation, to desires
. for a separate peace.
1t should he said of Harden. rs q
/ Liebknecht. that he is performing the
most useful of services to his cour.
/ Try. lie is proving to civilization that
there are Germans in Germany who
regard the barbarities of autocraoy
! with the same horror and hatred az
| tho rost OF the world does. and thai
| 1t - not necessary to draw IN an
| Indictment against q whole nation.
| Harden. II is to he hoped. is y pinnse'
Of tho reformed Germany of tho n.
turc. Meanwhile. "thc honorable Han "
| ne tho British newspapers oall him :
possibly the foremost figure in Co.
! many, a true leader and prophe, In a
, land where leaders and prophets ar.
unfortunately rare.