Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-04-19
six MONTHS IN HE'LL AND BACK AGAIN.

more than five stout leaders in the
Reichstag. The rest are opportunists,
and are too learned and cautious to
make material for a truly democratic
revolution. The feeling of the Minor
ity Socialists of Germany against the
Majority Socialists may be typified in
the following interview / had with a
heroic leader of the Minority, a
woman:
Karl Marx! Was He Hun Agent?
Karl Marx, / sometimes think, like
our poison gases. was made for our
enemies, she explained feelingly,
Like Christ, the East produced him
for the West, and the West was
obliged to return to the East and tell
them about his teachings
Another woman Socialist, who has
already served several prison sentences
for her anti-militaristic declarations,
was still more violent, and would re-
fuse to admit that there was the slight
est difference between the Majority or
the Minority Socialists of Germany.
"Cowards and traitors to the Inter
nationalle,' she termed them ALL
/ must make it plain that these
words are not the historical screams
of a woman. She is admired by more
real Socialists and trade unionists.
and has a greater number of individ-
uals following than the most popular
influential Socialist member of the
Reichstag in Germany. But most of
her following are Jews Poles and
women!
AS / have already discussed in one
of my earlier chapters, at present the
German Socialist masses revolution
ary program is in the talking stage
of the movement.
"Will the German Socialist masses
progress beyond the talking stage ami
become a serious menace to the reign
of our rulers?"
l must be truthful and tell what they
all told me.
Not Yet Beyond the Talking Stage
Eyery German Socialist whom / have
assured me that they had
already gone considerably over the
talking stage and that the next few
months would bring about wonderful
revelations in the German character.
For myself, | left Germany uncOn-
WINGED that the German Socialists
would become serious menace to Ger
man militarism during the war. /
pray, however, that my conclusions are
based Oh wrong premises. / will adj
NIT this much; the German Socialists
not yet Revolutionary, but is becoming
But l make this admis-
sion very unwillingly.
why do you insist that the German
people would suffer still more with
out a telling protest than any other
people?'
Are the German people made of
cattle?"
These are the persistent inquiries de-
manded of me by my Socialist friends
since returning from Germany. Be-
tween the time / dictate these chapters
| am constantly being interrupted to
receive anxious friends to find a salts
factory reply.
| say to them. mo, the German peo-
pie are not much different from any
other people. And for that reason they
will forbear the privatiOns of the war
still longer without seriously men,
aeing 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
that they were unjustly attacked. They
still believe that the whole world is
bribed by the diabolical Highlander to
destroy their Fatherland.
The German press is too well organ
lied for isolated and Independent
newspapers to retard the progress of
falsehOOd, methodically and systemat-
ically difused. 1t took many years to
DfluS ABOUT SUCH Il UNIVERSAL UcTuldLi
mentality to be changed within such a
short period IN wartime the Govern
ment is in a more advantageous posi-
ton to continuously spread its poison,
and prevent the truth from being
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 are
the German masses, as long as they do
not become menacing.
Anger unOrganized is only dangerous
to it's pOSsessOr.
1.-The greater numbers of the German
masses are organized through their
political parties, so why do they not
put into execution their 'anger'?"
Under the present circumstances this
very fact, their too efficient and thor
ough trade unions and political organi-
cations are detrimental and a complete
disadvantage in the way of success
full expression of anti-G0vernment
feelings. The rulers, through fear or
favor are in control or domination of
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