Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 76, 6 March 1916, Page 5

Germany

4&, SOCIALIST'S SENSATIONAL SPEECH. THE AUTHORITIES RAKED UP. CAGCJMG PRESS PEOPLE. CAPITALIST TREACHERY. THE POSITION IN AUSTRIA. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Amsterdam, March 5. Amid frequent interruptions and calls to order, Herr Liebknecht (the well-known Socialist leader), in a sensational speech in the Diet, denounced the censorship. He declared that the newspapers were forbidden to announce the impending release of Rosa of Luxemburg, fearing popular demonstrations in her favor. The newspapers were prohibited to mention trials in. connection with peace demonstrations and food riots, and as a result the population were not aware of the vast increase of such trials. A prominent member of the Lubeck Senate had been imprisoned for placing his Swedish copper mines at Russia's disposal. Capitalist treachery in selling munitions to the enemy through neutrals had so increased that the Government had been obliged to issue a warning. German soldiers had been killed by guns supplied by Krupps. The situation in Austria was worse than in Germany, One of his Austrian comrades bad been sentenced to death for a speech in December, 1915, on the ground that his remarks were hostile to the State. CRIMINALS IN THE ARMY. DEGENERATION OF KULTUR. MILITARY JUSTICE DENOUNCED HOLY WAR OF THE SOCIALISTS. (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, Marcli o. Referring to the atrocities in Belgium, Herr Liebknecht said the German army contained many criminals, and already five thousand soldiers were in military prisons tinder Prussian administration, and prisons under the Ministry of the Interior were largely populated by soldiers. The dearth of foodstuffs was one of the social causes of crime, and one. of the results was the degeneration of our whole kultur. After mentioning the case of a person who was sentenced to death for, writing a poem, but whose sentence was commuted to five years' imprisonment, he denounced military justice towards civilians, and stated that the police bad opened a new department in Berlin to deal with the peace propagandists. He predicted a severe class war, an increase in political precaution, and a reaction. The cry from the prisons and penitentiaries would soon become more audible, and rouse mankind to the only Holy War which the Socialist knew. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. [ONITHD PeBB« AiBOOIATION 1 Zurich. March 5. German newspapers publish wireless messages from Washington emphasising the gravity of the GermanAmerican situation. Tin- Frankfurt Bourse on Friday ended in a panic. RIFF-RAFF OF HUMANITY. AUSTRALIANS VILLIFIED. London, March 3. The Vossische Zeitung declares that the indescribable joy over the victory at Erzerum is due to England's knowledge that her cause in the Near East is shaky, because her forces mainly consist of Australians and Canadians who are the very rift-raff of humanity, descendants of murderers and thieves, drunken hordes who despise the very thought of discipline and decency. This applies particularly to the Australians, who are worthy descendants of criminals. The Zeitung proceeds to villify the Australians in the filthiest terms, regretting that Germany's heroic sons are doomed to fight such filthy human refuse. The Hamburg Nachrichten, on the other hand, praises the Australians' fighting, saying that Australia will not consent to remain shut off from the German markets. NEW WAR LOAN. London, March 2. A German wireless message states that the fourth war loan has been floated for unlimited amounts. It is quoted at 4* per cent. £95 5 per cent. £9B 10s, and is redeemable alter October, 1931, KRUPPS SUBSCRIBE LARCELY. I Zurich, March 4. Krupps headed the fourth war loan with a subscription of forty million marks.