Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-19
APPEALS TO Y
GERMANS TO
QUIT WAR WORK
.Down with Government is
Slogan Of Labor circulaF
Forbidden in Empire.

publication OF Wn1Cn the 0oEuIdu 6o'
eminent has forbidden. 1t calls on
and ends with q bit Of verse which
demands, Down with the a Down y
with the government"
In giving out the text the commit
tee on public information attached to
it the following explanatory note:
" "Clandestine presses and clandes,
tine circulars have disseminated
through Germany he following pro-
test Of labor against the war. 1t has
reprinted in Switzerland in the
and in Das Freie Deutsche
Wort. Acopy Of the broadsii lie for
hidden in Germany has reached the
committee on public information. has
been literally translated, and the or
iginal has been deposited in the H.
brary Of congress. 1t is a single sheet
OF foolBcap size, printed on both sides.
ed woodcut representing q soldier In
arms, q. workman In blouse and a
woman showing q rock on q preeci-
pice beneath which IL seer the head
and bust OF the. emperor, crowned
and sceptfed and .moustAched, look
ing up in terror It tho tate impe'd-
Following u the text:
Fight % . F1nishh.
The foes Of the people. r grow,
ing everS bolder, ever more shameless.
War wastrels. swar i1stigators, wal
profiteers. those to whom the mis-
cry Of the people brings power and
gain, such wish no peace. ge,
Disfranchisement Of the masses.
misery of the masses. state Of siege.
slaughter Of the people-this is what
this. government has brought upon
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Must We stand idle and see our
wives and children pine away, u
strength to labor-our only means
Of subastence-grow less and less?
. They promise extra rations to ave
themselves from the wrath of the peo7
pie, from a revolution like that In
Russia. But no extra rations can be
given without consuming tho reed
potatoes and the. breeding cattle.
this course millions Of tho German
'~proletariat, German women and chill
.dren, must face hunger and starva-
ton in the coming winter.
For the government IL in no posi-
ton to fulfill its promises except UNI
der conditions which in the near fu-
ture we shall have to face with fear
and trembling. For there are not
enough potatoes or cattle in Germany
to. assure the promised allowance for
any length OF time. Il IT. weEe not
more plenttfllly Il would have bden
IL crime without parallel. to let them
starvo.. But a . matter Of tact the
instgators Of the war = hiding the
truth from tho people.
+. It is their harvest Of blood which
10 crushing Germany, and their aims
arc for themselves alonA
But the immediate negotiation Of
peace is the only rescue from the
abyss into which the eovernment -
hurting tho country. ~, !,
But the-epneemeHt proceeds 10
plumber the land. Il, wills no peace
which would belacceptabie to the So
called. enemy" countries. And II it
cording to It's own Hiking and II It
could bring about q peace according
to those terms, they wouh always
be-as we know only too twell-in the
interest Of militarism and imperialism
Of the Junker and capitalist castles,
and contrary to the vital interests
Of the German proletariat- Such On
ending Of the va touches each one
Of IL.
Thus the most urgent task Of Ger
man labor il to force peace-just as
our ftu63l6n OEOt00EB 6k0 OO4N8-6HO
to fashion its terms according to the
interests of the international proletar-
lat, that we have our own peace and
not that Of the impetealists.
There Is only one means to this
end. tho strike of the masses. This
strike of tho masses must swell in
the cry Of q million voices for peace,
and that cry will serve for q kfndling
spark in the barracks and in the
Il k.~.oA % Is -ltN ra4I1AI SaAH- AnSt ~
sturdily to the end, It will bring
about an organisation OF the masses
which shall force peace and freedom.
Victory will be won by fighting and
by the strike OF the masses
Workmen! Comrades! While our
sons and brothers n being murdered
land. crippled in the trenches and on
1.-THE b~attleields the laboring people
must starve5 until they have lost all
haustion mnst go on furnishing to the
Thus it Is ordained by the interests
Eof the capitalists and of the Junkers,
thus 1t Is ordered. by the interests of
1.-THE, ring whtch5has contrfved the war
land has brought desolation upon the
German people. =
sian proletartAt, were but . few weeks
fago in the same plight. But we know
what has happened in Russia. There
labor arose and, forced not merely I'd
settlement Of food problems. It has
[also-and this IL vastly more impor-
|tant-gained freedom, Of which the
German w egA'1'' 90 not yet dare to
Russian labor has crushed csarism
land hasSsained democratic republic,
the establishment OF q government by
the people. And We? Are we still
patiently to endure the old poverty.
extortion, hunger and murder OF the
p .soDss ss' cause e AL our pain and
lNo. 4 thousand times no! Quit thu
workshops ana the factories. Let
}labor stop! S.5.
Man of toll, awake from slunber!
Recognise thy growing might!
fAll. the wheels will lose their motion
Without thy strong arms devotion.
Down with the war! Down with the
government sA
Peace! Freedom! Bread!
TOO EASY
Ifssonly the shoes that ,atei ssnsibls
IssWofN dainty and pretty a we'll: