Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-18
German Advertising of Offensive Puzzles

name, and he came from Chemnitx--
again. The criminals were swifter than
he. Afterwards his parents told q COR
respondent OF the Dittmar news bu-
reau that he had been executed At
Vessel on the Dutch German borde:.
Use Tricks in Extraction.
The writer whose real name, by the
way. Is not Berton and who Ii at pres
ent In Chicago. tells how the German
government frequently obtains possess
sion of deserters thru trumping uD
evidence purporlil.g to show that they
have committed ordinary crimes In
Germany tnd thus having them extra
dicted as cSmmon criminals. ~
course, the DGtch government. tries to
see that tn, men IL delivers - the kai-
sers minions ala tired only for the of-
lenses with which they are Charged
but It's Efforts are generally in vain. A
typical Ease Is described as follows by
the desert.e-author:
THE man whose eXtradition from
Holland was demanded by the German
government was accused OF house,
| breaking and similar crimes and he
was delivered UP by the Dutch author.
tiles. His trial took place In Dresden.
The Netherlands officials protested In
| advance against his icing put on trial
! for desertion. as he had been extra
dlted solely on charge OF robbery.
| and. consequently. could ooly be tried
on that charge. The day Of tho trial
came and the accused young man had
| to be acquitted on the charge Of bur-
glary because Of lacx OF evidence.
What nowl
Under 4 law enacted d1r,c3 the
war the government only had to givo
| the disch arx9d man th:rty-sx hoIrs 10
leave the country. OF course It was
impossible Cor tho destitute and perse-
cuted man to travel from Dresden to
tho Dutch border over railroads In war,
time. Furthermore the bloc mounds
wero close on his heels.
Tho unfortunate man had Just
passed the Altenessen station whom his
thirty six hour period Of grace expir-
cd. He waS arrested for Aeeertloa aud
four days later. without 1urthsr for
malities and defended ~ asbod6 mo
was shot At Colo6ns-A viaeam Of the
brutal tyranny Of claD government.
German culture had triumph0d.'
After asserting that during Dr. Won
Kuehlmann's stay at Tho Hague the
| German spies became DO bra1en that
tthey maintained agents At the railroad
stations to meet the incoming trains
and to hold up and question all youRS
mon who looked like Germans. and
that this practice was only stopped
because OF the protest of the Dutch
railroad officials, Mr.. Berton concluded
by saying:
But one thing Is certaln-the un.
terrified propaganda work OF these
masses who fled from fratricidal MUIR
der has borne good frdit In HOLLAND.
Even II Minister, the editor Of Der
Kampf, is no longer the Intellectual
leader OF this battle unit II comrade
Minister also falls q victim to the bru-
TALLY OF German criminals in Berlin.
the seed sown by Der Kampf,a Ia Karl
! Licbknecht will bear fruit and VIII
make tho day Of reckoning all the
more terrible for the betrayers and
criminals who have deceived the Ger
man people.
According to IA report received IN
Washington on Fob. .. the Dutch gov
eminent has requested the German
| government to take no action against
Minister pending an investigation by
the Dutch authorities of the charge
that Dutch territory was violated i'll
making his arrest.