El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-31
THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE ENEMY;
HOW TO JUDGE THEIR EXPRESSIONS

THE condition Of German servitude-he condition the
1 whole world would soon be IN If Germany this
warts reflected in the condition of the German press 1t
is bound hand and foot chained to post and the post IS
inside jail
There no free press in Germany There is no freedom
Of expression in German papers unless the opinions to be
expressed coincide exactly with those Of the rulers OF Ger
many. Suspension Of publication and imprisonment Of
editors follows attempt to break the iron rule Of the
government the press For confirmation, ask Maxi
milan Harden Since the began he has spent almost
more time ID jail than out OF Il PROBABLY ne would nave
been shot long ago It that the imperial govern
does have apprehension regarding the great
body Of socialists in Germany and is unwilling to provoke
crisis
Very frequently German editorial comment is repro
duced IN American newspapers 1t IS quite interesting.
We like to get line German views. We recognize
the views published IN most German papers official
sentiments unoffcaIy expressed As to others, most
people do not know whether to ascrbe them to ofadom
popular opinion for It is recognized that while
German papers exact mouhpeces Of the government
there others which Try be- when possible representa-
tive Of liberal German opinion
For the guidance Of Herald readers in interpreting
pTessons Of editorial opinion reproduced from German
papers, the following classification Of the enemy press viii
be Of interest
There is in Germany what is known as the Iiberal"
pTess-papers which favor parliamentary form of govern
ent more representative Of the people than the kaiser
dominated rechsag They opposed the PanGermans
who s dream Of read from Hamburg heaven guarded
and protected 5y German troops, as one writer has
Thsss newspapers are the liberals:
The Frankfurter Zeitung, the leading financial and
commercial newspaper Of Germany; Berner Tagebatt,
owned by Jewish syndicate and having the largest crcu
laon OF German newspaper (but the Tageblat keeps
II with the powers that be by having naval and military
correspondents who write viewpoint Of the Ger
military machine); Die Zukunft owned by Macmillan
Harden also Jew, friend Of Bismarck fearless writer
who spends much Of his time in jail before stated but
with very limited influence The circulation Of his payer
Is only about 1000 weekly. paper which is under the
ban Of official dspeasure all the time is suspended
most Of the time could hardly enjoy large circulation
Then there Vorwsers the exponent Of social democracy
IN Germany It Is, however, edited by board Of party
leaders who have trimmed their sails to fit the govern
msnt breeze and are now 1oyaF TO Germany than
at the beginning Of the war.
Following are the PanGeran papers, devoted opponents
Of Kaiser Kultur and Kussedness:
The Berlin Loa Anzeiger, for which the kaisers own
correspondent Karl Rosner writes; the Deutsche Zetung
Of Berlin and the Tagebatt Frankfort There are other
papers IN this group, but these the chief ones They
were purchased last year by admiral Trpz and the
FatheIand party The Fatheand party Is an organization
campaign for the annexation Of the Belgian coast and the
industrial sections of France
Other newspapers holding extreme annexatonist views
are the Koenische Ztung Cologne Gazette Catholic
organ and the Leipzig Neueste Nachrichen This last
paper has been printing series Of p articles On the
Washington correspondent Of the Koenische Zetung His
articles incidentally truly imperial In lecture IN
Berlin ne stated It would be years more before the
United States could possibly have 100000 IN France
This paPe together with the Berner Deutsche Zeitunr
and the Deutshe Tges Zeung, consistently and VIC
lently anti-American.
The status Of the Neueste Nacrhten Of Munich Is Oh
scu1e It is very influential journal which heretofore has
had liberal tendency but reported to have passed
under the control Of the Fatherland party It is pretty
hard Tor any influential German paper to keep of the
grip Of the PanGermsns IN these days of German poverty
for the newspapers suffering extremely high costs and
extremely low revenue They need money for existence
and the tatherand party has the money It looks ike VIZ