The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
PRO-GERMAN TALKS
FACE THE PRIETHS
Articles Denouncing England
and Sneering at America
Read at Trial.
ALL FOR THE KAISER
Five, Including ProprietOrs Of
Newark Publication, Accused
Under Espionage Act.

Copies and TRANSACTIONS Of editorials
and articles appearing since Americas
declaration of war In the New Jersey
Freie Zeituno, a Newark morning news
paper, all scoring England and deploring
Americas participation in the war. were
read to Jury impanelled yesterday be-
fore Federal Judge Thomas G. Haight
20 hear the case OF Ave defendants in
dicted after the office Of the newspaper
had been raided year ago by Charles
r. Lynch, United States Attorney.
The men on trial for alleged violation
OF the espionage net are: Benedict and
Edwin s. Prieth, publishers; William
Won Katzler, editor; Hans Won Hundels-
hansen, associate editor. and Henry
Taechter. city editor.
About fifty articles alleged by the Gov
eminent to form the basis Of n conspir-
acy on the part Of the defendants to de-
feat the operation OF the seiective draft
law were introduced in evidence, and
number of them read to the jury yester-
day in full, while reference was made to
some of the others All of the articles to
which reference was made by Assistant
United States Attorney Joseph L. Bo-
dine. who opened the case for the Gov
eminent. appeared in tho columns of the
Freic Zeitur0 between June 1s. 1917. and
October 1, 1917. In all the indictments
charge 1876 overt acts
"vulgar EngIish slang"
Some Of the articles and editorials
upon which the Government will base
fts case appeared in English and others
In the German language. Among them
were the following excerpts:
June IL: This vulgar English slang
which has become so popular in this
country follows you wherever you go.
1t seems impossible to escape 1t. Even
our private mail is tainted with 1t. and
most OF the letters we receive bear a
stamp In red ink reading: DO your bit;
subscribe for the Liberty Loan Isn't It
disgusting?
why not have postage stamps dis
playing the visage of King George, the
monarch with the look of almost human
Intelligence, and bearing the inscription:
United States of Great BrftAinr Our
Anglomaniacs would no doubt hail such
q stamp with shouts of pure Joy. and as
far as our really pro-Americans and
patriotic citizens are concerned-well,
who cares about them anyhow. now
adaysr"
June "a: "Mr Wilson accuses Kaiser
Wilhelm of plunging his country into
war without consulting the German peo-
pie But did Mr.. Wilson consult the
American people when he plunged the
United States into a war, the chief OBJ
iect Of which Is to save England from
the thrashing she 80 richly deserved?
In this country recruiting was a COM
plete failure and CONSUMPTION had to be
resorted to-"
Uncle Sam a. Hangman.
June IS: What a beautiful and
touching sight II Is to behold the two
great lovers of the small nations des-
perately attempting to strange little
Norway. whose only crime ia that she is
trying to save her remaining ships.
When bribes fail threats. caJoiery and
browbeating are employed to bend the
dearly beloved small nations to the will
OF the Allies. 1t Is nothing new to see
John Bull in the role OF TALLER and hang
man. But Uncle Sam? Really one
hardly believes his eyes,
July 8: "Englands friendship has
never yet brought any nation good luck
We have this on the authority OF some
NJ our greatest patriots, such as Wash
Sngton. Franklin, Jefferson and Lincoln.
See what has happened in the course Of
ahe present war. Belgium IL firmly in
German hands, France is slowly bleed
fig to death, Serbia and Montenegro
bave lost their independence. Runania
has been crushed, italy impoverished
Ard Russia is in the thross of terrible
md bloody revolution.
TO guch sad passes has England's
,i.Hdshdp brought these unfortunate ma
ions Let US break loose from the
tneshes in which crafty. selfish and
fathless Albion IL gradually ensnaring
u. Let US look the facts squarely in the
ace and cease from being the dupe by
sAose aid England hopes to achieve her
Nil aims. Let us do this before a single
merican soldier has been sacrificed on
90 blood soaked fields OF France
June IS: The espionage conducted
ey Washington is more dangerous to our
country and its popular liberty than are
all the German spies TO the popular lib
erty of the world"
June 10: "A victory OF the Allies Is
unthinkable. and the United States is
only helping to prolong the war and
Fastening the impovertshment of the
whole world"
sees Americans Forced TO Arms.
June 20: American money and
American lives are to be sacrificed not
rights against the German submarines.
but only to help out the allied slackers
That Is why The average American is so
reluctant to enlist"
July 3: Not one American out of
ten Is in favor Of sending our troops to
fight on European soil but I'M
Ike Russia, Canada. Australia and New
Zealand. this country does not consult
the masses Of the People. They have to
obey or go to jail
July II: 'The South wants all the
offices, the majority o. emoluments in
the form of appropriations. and Is
strongly averse to paying the blood tax.
j. is patriotic enough TO shed the last
sirop of blood of the North in order 10
win the war. This characteristic of the
South, which is described by a pro-
british paper. cannot be surpassed. And
il Is the same South that beloved so
nadly for the war
The first witness called when the case
opened was Frederick j. Hartmann. for
iHer advertising manager OF the paper.
Nhb was arrested in the raid on the
papers plant. but later released. He was
questioned regarding the activities OF
Edwin S. Prieth and his brother, Bene.
,ict. in connection with the publication
of the paper. He testified that the two
. irothers were in the office only about two
days week at the time of the publIca-
ton of the articles,
The frete ZettuHg had a circulation O,
between 5000 and s.4OO copies a day,
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