Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-28


torial utterances of the Philadelphia
Tageblatt by Special Agent Garbarino'
OF the Department of Justice. He sent
Z translation Of the editorial to the De-
partment of Justice, at Washington
which will determine whether the state
ments made are detrimental to the
United States.
Translations of the editorial in the
Tareblatt. whose editors. Dr. Martin
Darkow and Louis Werner, were hailed
into the United States Court on trea-
son charge and subsequently acquitted,
are being examined by Attorney General
Gregory
Garbarino said he would communicate
directly with the United States Attorney
General regarding the Tageblatt cdi-
forials. a copy of the editorial in the
German-language newspaper was sent
to Prof. Leonard A. Peck, of the Episco-
pal Academy, for translation by United
States District Attorney Kane.
Mr.. Kane said incidentally that there
was no truth In a rumor that he would
resign or that he had been asked to
resign.
why should I resign" said Mr..
Kane. There was no bungling," he
added, 'of the prosecution Of Louis
Werner and Doctor Darkow or editors
Of the Tageblatt. IL there is any re-
sponsibility to be faced. am willing to
accept that responsibility"
stin Under Indictment
4 Mr.. Kane called attention to the fact
that although Werner and Darkow were
acquitted they are still under Indictment
for violating the espionage act. for which
they will be tried in June. 1t would
have, been much better. said Mr.. Kane.
to have tried Werner and Darkow on
the espionage-violation charge first
Discussing the trial Of the Tageblatt
editors. Attorney Kane said that the
Government had fallen down" on the
case and made this explanation:
Here's where the Government fell
down: Although the Court admitted
thlrty-one out of thirty-nne articles and
documents which we offered we had no
evidence of the effect produced on the
minds Of the readers. We had no evil
dence It stopped single subscription to
the Liberty Loans, that 1t caused a sim
Gle man to evade the draft or woman
10 waste food. AS I said. l doubt that
" we had obtained such evidence the
Court would have have admitted It,
"Had we succeeded in getting the case
to a jury. I don't think any one Of the
jurors would have hestated to declare
the articles submitted were reasonable.
THE Government had doubts at the
outset as to the outcome of the trial.
but lawyers told US that We were right
to raise the question of whether treason
could not be committed by the publica-
tfon OF such articles as we offered in
evidence
i The Tageblatt editorials. quiet in tone
h. l..v.,
was raided by Federal authorities last
December. again assumed strong pro-
German propensities.
Apparently the newspaper feels il has
achieved an important victory in the
s mot guilty verdict directed by Judge
Dickinson in the United States District
Court. Its leading editorial published
the day after the acqulttal verdict.
praised the new German seventy-six-
mile gun. and emphasized that unless
the Allies hurry and surrender more
surprises may be sprung on them, as
the Germans are "the people of think
ers.'
The Tageblatt grows enthusiastic over
the new gun and proceeds to impress lis
fellow American citizens" with the
possibilities of the new warpiece,
Here is the editorial:
"A general shaking Of the heads was
the answer OF people TO the report that
the Germans had bombarded Paris from
= distance Of about seventy miles. Most
people regarded 1t simply as impossible
1 30 far they knew only of guns which
could shoot about twenty English miles
The jump from twenty to seventy miles
appeared bit too great. But later
arrived reports leave no doubt about the
6act that this Is a matter of projectiles
0red from a gun and not dropped from
( Glrshlps
Tells Of Bombardment
s 5poFnany renfirms the bomba rdment
[G01 France admits that the shells were
u11ed which could have had no purpose
10 tier we're intended to be dropped.
Besides. tho French believe to have
located the position OF the gun In the
t(7obain woods. seventy-six miles from
Paris About the fact that German
Utaeesses a gun which can throw 9h-
5l&ch shells over this distance there IL
'>1erefors no longer any doubt
|] Fan grest technical fnnovstisns In this
tWaf. With the exception Of the tanks
1&Eop frem the German aide, which al
|1Dnroes y no surprise. That the Ger.
n1ns oRe the people Of thinkers has poa
~ been dtspntsd. They are now slmpIv
(11Il11 tho1r meet pr0minent talent
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