New Britain herald., 1917-09-05

the Government of Germany every time that government did something contrary to the dictates of humanity. Consequently, he was kept busy near ly all the time. As a result of his activities his newspaper was silenced and he was taken away from the work of writing to accept compul- sorry clerkship in a government bu- reau. Nor was Maximilian Harden the only voice put out of commission
 With him there went into exile every newspaperman and publication that dared call attention to the rottenness of the Imperial German Government.
 Having gotten rid of such men and papers as Harden and his publication the Imperial German Government found it very simple to keep public opinion where it wanted pubic opinion to be,-in the same old rut. Whatever the Government did was right. The King can do no wrong. And so. the thing went along until this man Matthias Erzberger, leader Reichstag one fine day this Summer and told the Imperial Government some of it's shortcomings. Some of the newspapers in Germany with lib- eral tendencies then and there took up the gauntlet, although in half hearted way, for the people. They quoted the words of the greatest statesmen of all time who stood for government of the people. for the people and by the people. And the name of our own Lincoln went ring ing throughout Germany.
 Now the work of characterization is beginning to/gain a foothold in Germany On the twenty sixth day of this month the Reichstag will meet. Then and there will be intro duced some resolutions which will be totally new to Germany and her dyed-in-the- wool pan-Germans. This same Erzberger, aforementioned, will even before that date confer with the Main Committee of the Reichstag and demand certain rigid measures which will contain radical suggestions for reform in the government of Ger many.
 It having been pointed out by erni- nent lawyers in Germany that tho Reichstag possesses the power to make the Government responsible to the people the movement is now get ing underway to bring this about The message of President Wilson to he Pope's peace proposals having set forth certain terms and stipula- ions upon which the people of the 5arious belligerents would accept peace terms, the light Is beginning to flow into the dark recesses of Ger many It is beginning to dawn on the folk in that ar-ridden country that the only thing that stands in the way of permanent peace is that dreadful castle on the hill, the House of Hohenzollern. That must be done away with even before thu people of other nations will consent to talk peace.
 This. of course, does not necessarily mean that the people of Germany must band together some night and go enmasse to the Wilhelmstrasse for the dire purpose of assassinating the Emperor and his puppets. It does not mean that Wilhelm must be driven perforce from his throne. It means, however, that the Kaiser must have his wings clipped. It means that he must be shorn of the greater part of his power and be placed somewhat in the same position as the
 King of England who is nothing more
 nor less than a fguEehead.J ..
 These things are big things. They
 will not be brought about in a day
 or night. They cannot make over
 the entire German government as
 readily as they might make an iron
 cross. Time will be the big factor;
 but the first inroads are being made
 on German autocraoy and the people are beginning to feel the pinch of wakefulness. After they rub their eyes and begin to stretch out toward take long to relegate the House of 1 Hohenzollern to the junk heap, where it belongs