The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-27

lers 1 have interviewed, would 'f the German government, and formation has been secured. following than the most popular in fIuential Socialist member of the Reichstag in Germany But most of her following are Jews, Poles and women
 As I have already discussed in one tf my earlier chapters, at present the German Socialist masses revolution ary programme is in the talking stage and become a serious menace to the reign of our rulet8?"
 I must be truthful and tell what they all told me.
 Not Yet Beyond the Talking Stage
 Every German Socialist whom I have interviewed assured me that they had already gone considerably beyond the talking stage and that the next few months would bring about won derful revelations in the German char acIer. For myself, I left Germany unconvinced that the German Social ists would become a serious menace to German militarism during the war. pray, however, that my conclusions are based on wrong premises. I will admit this much; the German Social. ist is not yet revolutionary, but is be- coming threatening. But I make this admission very unwillingly. Why do you insist that the Ger man people would suffer still more other people ?''
  cattle?"
 These are the persistent inquiries demanded of me by my Socialist friends since returning from Germany. Between the time I dictate these chap ters l am constantly being interrupt ed to receive anxious friends to find a satisfactory reply.
 I say to them, NO, the German
 people are not much different from
 any other people. And for that reas-
 on theiy will forebear the privations
 of the war still longer without seri-
 ously menacing the iron rule of their rulers"
 German People and the Hun Press Let me make it plain.
 The most of the German people are
 still wrongly informed regarding the
 war and it's causes. They still believe
 were unjustly attacked. They still be- lieve that the whole world is bribed
 by the diabolical Englander to des-
 troy their Fatherland.
 The German press is too we'll or
 ganized for isolated independent
 newspapers to retard the progress of
 falsehood, methodically and systemat-
 ically defused. It took many years
 to bring about such a universal Ger man mentality to be changed within
 such a short period. In wartime the
 government is n a more advantageous position to continuously spread it:
 poison, and prevent the truth from be. ing known.
 . The German people are very angry against their government and the ter. : rible tragedy is that it ends there Our rulers do not care how angry art the German masses, so long as they ' GO not become menacing. Anger unorganized is only danger ous to it's possessor.
 '"Thc greater numbers of the Ger = nan masses are organized throug1 their trade unions, and through thei
 political parties, 50 why do they no
 put into execution their anger ?" ? Under the present circumstance : this very fact, their too efficient ant | thorough trade unions and politi a l organizations are detrimental and n complete disadvantage in the way o 2 q successful expression of anti-govern f ment feelings. The rulers, througl : fear or favor are in control or dom = ination of their leaders An individua l ct v Crnment works without express sane n tion of the centralized bureau at Der S lin.
 @ COId-Feetcd German Leaders Il Whenever there looms a menac 7. such as this, the head of the trad 'f union bureau, who is usually neithe It heroic nor courageous-an pernaI o an idiot or a coward-hastens to suT n, press such a movement, always feal n ing that the authorities will hold hil It personally responsible for the unIav ts full act that might be committed | re thew orkers at a distant industri; le center. He is only a trade union bI Do reaucrat, and a mere expert in dt r. tail. Occasionally he is a good d. n. batter, and even that qualification ts e detriment to the cause of the worl O. CT, who is ready for democEaC V through 'b1ood-letting.'
 ic This also applies to the Germa
 Socialist Party.
 ? The men who have become leade ,o through their becoming memhers, ,,r the Reichstag, are mostly men k, small mental calibre, provincial, d r,, void of knowledge of other people g- but well verscd in the old Sociali B, dogma, which they wish to guard zea
 ously and jealously against any a .s tempt to revise it. They are mo - talkative than heroic. and unle ,o through heroic measures, revolutio nd cannot feed on talk alone. as Heroic But Too Prudent he There are, of course, heroic me1 of bers of German Socialist parties
 the Reichstag, but these are too pr h. dent to accomplish anything. lll The German Socialist Party disci ese line is staged after the fashion of o ms Prussian military discipline, and ore intolerance would put into shame t nd devotees of old churches. Aal But aside from the three Social