The sun., 1917-09-30

tive Ii one OF the problems OF the
Friends OF Freer Germany. Most
important. OF course, IL to get eye
opener arguments into Germany. and
when a country is circled with barbed
wire and bayonets and watched over
by q lynx eyed civil and military or
ganization the like of which for ef-
ficiency the world has never known
propaganda work Is not smooth sail
ing.
Mr.. Butz. for example. would like
nothing better than to SOW the land of
his fathers with pamphlets telling how
much more to be trusted liberal lead
ers like Deputies Conrad Haussmann
and Ernest Mueller are than Kaiser
Wilhelm and the Crown Prince; but
he wants to live his life out with his
wife in Chicago and ne wants to be on
hand to welcome his son back from
the victorious armies Of the Allies. and
he has a feeling that 1t wouldn't be
/ healthful for him to go to Germany on
such q mission; neither would It do
Germany democracy much good He
would be stopped too soon.
The Friends OF q Freer Germany
haven't money to charter airships
with liberal literature. and tho airship
method Is uncertain anyway. How
ever. always in a reform there are
ways. The truth will seep in. even
through barbed wire fences and bayo-
nets and regiments OF frontier guards.
And one OF the means Of its seeping
into autocratic Germany Is by way of
that paper published In Switzerland
the Frete Zettun0.
From Berne. where this little paper
has been written and printed by a
group of Swiss and German liberals
since last April in the interests solely
Of German liberty and for the pur-
pose Of reviving the spirit OF 1s4s-
from Berne thousands of copies gel
somehow into Germany and are read
by the people there. Editor Streichel
Of the Freie Zeitun0 writes Mr.. Koett
gen that by far the greater number
Of the $4,000 copies printed go tt
Germany.
In the very flrst issue. that Of Apri
~. there are long quotations from tt'
speeches and messages OF the Presi
dent of the United States. I'VE adopt
says the salutatory, the standpoint o
| IIoS1ueuL WilsOi, WIN III IlIo duuTcS
Of April clearly pointed out tina
wars are provoked and waged In tn
interests of dynasties or Of littl
; groups and, who logically demand
"a steadfast concert. for peace cal
never be maintained except by a part
nership of democratic nations
Anticipating the charge that the.
, are anti-German. the founders of thi
paper declare that "he who desires tn
! emancipation Of the German peopl
Is within the meaning of internationa
and natural law friend Of the Ger
} man people" In their columns the
discuss German constitutional ques
: tions boldly, and they assert that Il
> Germany there are thousands "wh
? will greet the appearance OF the Fret
, Zeitun0 with secret Joy. longing 70
. the day when In their country will
seen the victory of the principles
!! stands for" Indeed. It is said tina
, each copy Of tire paper that Is SNUG
5 gled into Germany means twenty @
! thirty readers, maybe, many more, fo
D 1t is passed from hand to hand an
read and rcread till 1t fairly falls
( pieces.
= 1t IL this paper that the America
I Friends Of u Freer Germany are de
: pending upon partly to get their mel
; sage across to the German people
} American support, the editor wrote M
Koettgen recently. will be Of tn
greatest value to tho paper. 1T WI
not only supply great moral strcngt