New-York tribune., 1922-07-04
rditorwho Fought Kaiser
Injured Five Times in
Head by Nationalist,
Near His Berlin Home
Found Unconscious:
AssaiIanis Arrested
Writer Believed Target
of Assassins Because
Of Stand for Rathenau
By Joseph Shaplen

r..,,Ist. 1872. Sew York Trlbnne inc.
srRLIN july 3 MAMMALIAN Har-
=, ,Si,or o. "Dio Zukunft' and most
,,.,s q German publieists. was at
...,,s and severely injured by two
rs1,is:s 20 day
n. attempt on the editors life was
...,rjsd a. .te latest development Of
90 mOnsrehisi pot which reached Its
,sr,x in tie assassination last week
=. ,se German Foreign Minister. DR..
w.,ber Rdtscnar Harden was as
.,,led near his home IN the Grunewald
,sssrb. in which section OF Berlin DR..
p,,berau also rad his home and where
:, ssu victim 20 royalist bullets.
Hsrden's continuation Of his antag-
,.;.n IN ,hc former Kaiser and his
,ytsr,n,s. which resulted in the sup
,-...,o, o. his newspaper during the
"a, and hi. unrelonting opposition 70
as .esemes o. the monarchists as ex-
.,..d by the German police since the
p.,bsnau assassination, are believed
q have made him one Of the targets
for the nationalist plot.
BrRLlN. July 3 by The Associated
pre,sl-Mazimil.an Harden, after be-
,rg ATTACKED today BY Two men, was
..t., ,.eo,.eious INTO MS house
,h.r. .e was found 90 be suffering
tf5n fye wounds 10 the head.
Ihs a.sa. ants were arrested.
Harden hos incurred the hatred OF
the nationalist agitatqrs, ana was
near fie cd o.. thc .st Of men marseu
s..s..t. along Witn Tneodor Wolh,
,,.rrtor OF Die Taceblatt,' and
,.a, Warburg. tho banker.
r.r t.e last 81, months Herr Harden
t,cn les, active than usual. re-
...r his editorial output 10 nome
rs.on He also vefraired from
9utlc lectures. where he always
We. the target for gTllling o.
1.aimHan Harden. whose real name
Wnshowski. ls ifty-siX years old.
lie ..ls an actor before taking up jour
ism boz Berlin where ms weekly
tsvsnarei. "D.c Iukunft." was known
-sascscro critic OF the former Kaiser
I'd certain of Iis encourage long be
0tihc Nar Durinc the war Harden
eor.nucd Dds savage attacks on tne
1rerial government. although he stood
.nly for Germany against all her enc
m.es
H.s str..ing articles almost invaria-
ily denounced the policy OF the Hohen-
lollsrns. and finally. IN July, 1917, his
publication was suppressed until the
md OF l0st.lities. When Die Zu-
kunft reappcarcd. after the former
Emperor was cxiled. II supported the
republican form OF government Tor
Germany and continued to denounce
the morarch.sis ~ their efforts 20 re-
gam power.
Harden was the only German writer
wrO during the war criticized con
sst,ntly tle disastrous course OF the
n'itarsts and the imperialists. HIS
eanra.rr against submarine warfare
and in favor oi Wilson's peace pro-
gran attracted much attention on this
SIDE Of the Atlantic. Before his paper
was suppressed iis attitude toward the
empire caused many in the Allied
countries 20 wonder at the forbearance
o. Tho mper.a authorities The. eX-
planation was .ugCested that Harden
ircwcdge ~ certain intimate phases
q cour, lfe protected Inn. He at
'sined the zenith of his popularity IN
Germany q fer years before the WaT'
when he exposed certain scandaious
conditions In The former Kaiser's I'M
mediate surroundings.