Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

so-caled Socialist Labor party, which is I'M ~
radicals who want peace and who have reached the no
they can no longer support the Government. ~ wa
night at the invitation of editor Of one Of p
leading newspapers who is Socialist radical attended, @
session of the Socialist Labor party At this meeting scent
present three members of the Reichag the president ~ ven
Germanvs leading business organizations two nov vi one
one agitator had been travelling to industrial
mobilize which opposed continuat ~
rather welknown Socialist writer who had been
anti Government pamphlets which printed in
and sent by mail to Germany One of the business men n
had audience of the Kaiser, and he reported
monarch told him about the possibilities Of The rep
rather encouraging to the Socialists because the Kasor @
would make peace there opportunity Rt -
Socialists did not have much faith in the Kaisers promises ~
jokngly asked the business if the Kaiser did not d
him as a result of the audience
Combating Liberal Public Opinion
The real object of this meeting was to discuss m .
acquantng the German people with the American oroa
entitled the League to Enforce Peace An American business @
who charter member of the American Organization
there explain the purposes of the league meeting d,
the publication in many German newspapers as ns
of explanatory articles The newspaper editor present pn
them and urged their publication various journals M
first article appeared in Die Welt Montag of the WALL
of Berlin 1t copied by number progrs
throughout the empire but when the attention ~ a.
military and naval authorities called to this propaganda
order issued prohibiting newspaper from making an %
the League Peace an-American sa
writers inspired write brief notices effect that d.
league in reality be league against Germany supo
by England and the United States.
Throughout the and fall there appeared in vs,
including the influential Frankfurer Ztung inspired
articles about the possibilities of annexng the industrial ce
by Doctor Schumacher of Bonn University, published en
Antwerp It's World Position and Importance Gemanv,
Economic Life Another writer named Urch Rauscher vr
number of newspaper and articles purpo
showing that Germany would need Antwerp after this war in o
successfully compete with Holland England France in voa
He figured that the difference between the cost
transportation from the Rhine Valley industrial to Awn
the cost of transportation from the Rhine Valley am
and Bremen would be great enough to enable German products
sold in America for less than products of Germany enemies
These articles brought up the old question of eeim
of the seas" Obviously if the Allies the seas
after the they had during the war; Germany could make
plans for the reesablishment of her world
there that her merchant be
free the high that Of any other nation During the
Germany had talked great deal about the freedom The
When the Lusania torpedoed Won Jagow
interview that Germany fighting for the free that
by attacking Englands control Germany acting in the
of the whole world But Germany really what
she said about having the free What Germany really
not freedom of the in time because the
been free before the What Germany wanted
in mefreedOm for her merchant ships from
many any in the world and return with everything
absolute cOnaband Germanys object keep from building
navy great enough protect her merchant fleet order thai
she might devote all her energies organization But tie
freedom Of the popular phrase Furthermore explained
German people why their submarine warfare m
really fighting for the freedom of all nations
the high seas!
CONTINUED TOMORROW