New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
With the Enemy.
The Ne'o York Tibs,,c
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7NHE Germans fear the spreading of r., (
shevik propaganda in their coun,.,.
This general fear has recentlv To-,
expression in the official communicates. -
the German government to the press SnS
public utterances of German ministers. "
The German Minister of the Inter;o.
few days ago made the following statamsa..
"The Bolshcvik propaganda started f,os,
the beginning of the armisticc The ca.
missary of Foreign Affairs founded =
Petrograd paper printed in the Germ.n
language. which is to be spread amopc ~.
German Socialists. In that paper the neon,.
are called to form q united from. apain.,
the bourgcoisie and capitalism. Simila, l.
its object is another German-lanp,,.,.
paper, edited in Pctrograd by the ssu
known Herr Radek, former member Of IL.
German Socialist party. lnnumerable w,r.
less messages are coming from Russia and
among these is one recently sent out \,
Krylenko, who ordered the Russian sold;e,.
to spread propaganda among Germans IN.
circulars were packed in cans and thrown
on the German side in that manner..;,
other cases contraband methods were em.
ploeed. Also, from the sky propaganda rir.
culars have been raining on our solder
l myself can remember the text of thru.
circulars; one Of them begins with the fol.
lowing words Attention. Pass it an,
Three days of strike and victory is yours!
The second is in the form of a small wb;ta
letter with black margins. 1t begins with
the warning: 'Kameraden! Remember your
brethren who have been shot because thew
had fought for right! Remember L,eb.
knecht! Down with the war! Down with
the government Another circular contain,
the following sentence: Soldiers and
brethren The brilliant example which
your leader, Liebknecht, has given YOU. the
battle which you are waging at public meet.
ings and in the press, give US the certainty
that your workmen are ready. If you will
support US the work of peace will be as
Sured'
"You have heard in the Rechstag COM
mittee that the German peace delegates
soon learned that the Russian peace ne
gotiators tried to gain time in order to soc
the coming forth of the seeds which they
had sown in Germany by means of their
circulars. You also know very we'll about
the wireless message in which the Bol.
sheviki express their disappointment with
the inactivity Of the German masses Of
workmen. The strike movement brought by
the Bolshevik waves, found success on Aus
trian soil, where it resulted in the strike.
the apparent cause of which was said to be
the demand for the lowering of the flour
rations. We have been able to ascertain
that also the Entente has made attempts to
influence opinion in Germany. According
to report by the Prussian Minister of the
Interior, it has been found that the
smuggling of melting circulars and anti
German propaganda into Germany is being
conducted from Switzerland"
Recently the German Official war press
bureau issued the following communica-
ton, which was reprinted in all German
papers,
According to various reports, the trust
worthness of which cannot be doubted, the
Allies are endeavoring by refined means to
spread propaganda against the person of
our first quartermaster general. Down with
Ludendorff,' is the motto. With this new
war cry the Entente is trying to weaken
Germany. In this way a great abyss is to
be created between the German government
and the people. | am announcing this to
the press so that they may be able to
take measures to deprive the Allies in ad- :
vance of this hope"
Herr Riesser, president of the Hansa
League and we'll known German authority
on banking predicted recently in speech
in the Reichstag that Germany would re-
cover her foreign trade very rapidly after
the conclusion of peace. He predicted, also,
that the period of transition between war
, conditions and peace conditions would be
l.uch shorter than even the most optimistic
Germans have hitherto believed probable,
and was sure that Germany would enjoy
an economic boom such as has never before
been seen. In these circumstances, he de-
nounced every form of state socialism and
demanded complete capitalstic freedom OF
initiative.
The insistence of Germany that no Gus
toms union arrangement with Austria or
the other German allies should be taken
into account in the settlement of CONNER
cial relations when peace is made was ex-
planned by Herr Riesser as" merely re-
insurance against the possibility of another
naval blockade in a future war; In the
event of another war. he said, Germany
would have an "uncommonly important re-
serve in the countries Of Central Europe.
'Praver Of the Unriohteous