The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-06-21
Socialist Deputy Gives Reichstag
Revolving Picture of Criminal
ity, Profiteering, and Demoral
izGtion.
EVERYBODY CHEATS AND
STEALS, HE DECLARES
Thefts on Railroads, Juvenile De
linquency, Food-rule Violations,
Extortion in High Places, and
Hateful Censorship Scored

Amsterdam. June 2l.~-A picture
of social condition, Ia Prussia wa,
given during debate june i ou
the budget of the ministry of the
interior IN the house of dcpuIir, az
u session of the rcirhstag.
We are face a. face with a ter.
rihlc condition of public moral
ity, said Deputy Braun, social
Isl. We hear of numherless eases
If thrftN on railroads and alarming
juvenile criminallty. According to
official statistics between October
1915. aud November, 1917, there
were 4~1726 convictions for in
fractions of food regulations, c"d
these were only a small percentage
of the actual trau>grc>SlonS com
mltted.
AS for that. We are au sinners.
Prottocrinr exceeds Hll hounds, usurV
Is rampant among 'u olussos Fruudu-
lcnt proutcorur uNo that Daimler
works Is uoWl.D exceptional pniual
bodies attempt 10 oNtort Illegal profits
Poor p,opI, cam only uuy clothes az
tho official clothing department hN
br.bug sIlosm,u with tips co.. food
.Tu, Increase .. crimin.uty demon
atrtt.s On, dcmorfhzatuu through the
war which is described Dos louls Hs q
r,uy,uutug bath. Self sacrifice aud
patriotism perhaps are stll found iu
tho trenches, but ia thc invaded re-
gtous prottccrlus hogius to r"ar its
head. cIlmuauug m IN, most ropul
N,o prout-su'tcr0 az home
Everybody cheats, steals grabs
from lalbrd to court chamberlain,
who cheats th, needy home worker
ou' 0t his scuutN earnings and pock
cts millions and ia" longer the WAT
lasts tho worse b. becomes
Added 10 this rs the Fath,rl1uJ
party's wild war-baitinr propaganda
and refusal of equal suffrage What
wonder that popular oNaspcr,tior
hurst forth iu ule strikc in January.
u,rr Braun further pilloricd the ac.
uvttics of tho police and ntornors and
tb, hateful. h,porrticIl censorship
Tho prohibition of the ucknuwledg
mcut of gifts hy soldiers 20 tho social
istic funds. he SAID. was ordered iui
the purpose ut withholding from pub
ltc knowledge tine magnitude of IA,
demand iu the 1rWy for peace au6
equal suffrage.
lie further mcrcilcssly indicted tb,
systematic discrimination against th'
socianstc press. while tho Fathcrlau,
party and lunoN1tionists with impun
ity raised tho accusation of brthor
with Auglo-Amcrican money agaiuv
those fnyorng peace by negotiation.
Tho minister of the lntetior Dr
nrrws. answered vaguely that hc wa,
not responsible for the censorship oil
the other matters complained OF whicl
were under tho Jurisdiction Of the NH
itary authorities
The socialist newspaper Norwacrt.
deyotos long editorial TO the forcgo
ing. lu which 10 SAYS.
"Dr UrcWF unsatisfactory 1rgwC
ig tantamouut 10 a confession Of m,
impotence Of the rivii government Il
tact there is mo- responsible ctyil gov
.rnmoui iu Prussia today. II demon
stratcs the necessity OF tho abolition
OF the state of siege In the country to
which there is no legal justification
whatever. Tho nrccssit, ot Ic4pou
sibIc government is shown cspeoiaiu
.N M, Iltc of suffrage reform. WhI,l
has been du,pEcd from reading u
+ reading without the government Iu
icrrcninE with tho immediate. % #sulu
ton ot the house