, it is true, prove that the national unity so loudly acclaimed was no empty word; moreover, they show conclusively that grumblers and half-hearted enthusiasts were not

brutal crimes published by the Imperial Statistic Office, Berlin. The present work will contain a picture of the natura

the people and arouse blood-lust, successively against Russians, Belgians, French and English. One is alm

he students and other mob elements were badly ill-treated. Beer-glasses, ash-trays, chairs and other missiles were thrown about freely. One man

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abitants to preserve public order: "If the disturbances in the streets, public houses, etc., should-co

ich a workman was "horribly ill-treated" by eight others. The army autho

to keep cool. The General commanding Leipzig has also warned members of the public not to allow excitement to lead them to

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g was sung he stood up with the rest of the company. Towards the close of the evening he felt unwell and remained sitting, an indiscretion which he truthfully says "nearly co

e to allow a German to generalize: "The rage of the populace has found vent not only against

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Leipzig hotel by strangling her with his necktie. He alleged that he had killed the girl at her wish, and the judge sentenced him to three years, six months' imprisonment-not even penal servitude! The repo

4: Ibid., A

ous time through which our dear Fatherland is passing, but such precautions are urgently necessary in the interests of personal safety. For amidst the excitement which h

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stion suggests itself: How did foreigners fare in the midst of this Kulturvolk? The answer is simple and expressive: "Not half has ever

t the whole country, requesting the public to assist in preventing tunnels, bridges, railways, etc., from

d by the authorities; we do not know whether they are correct or whether they are merely intended to inflame public opinion. Thus reports have been officially circulated of Russian patrol

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Germany. In bitterness towards the Russian State the Socialist journals were solid in their hostility, but the author has only discovered expressions o

something quite other than those feelings which find expression in the present noisy and disgusting scenes. These mob patriots must remember that in their mad attacks on 'Serbs' and 'Russians'-that i

7: Ibid., A

ure from outbursts of rage on the part of the fanatics. Shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday a gentleman in the uniform of a German artillery officer was sitting with a lady in the Café Felsche; apparently somebody 'denounced' him for a Russian officer in disguise. The police accompanied by army officers arrested and led him into the street, where they were received by a yelling crowd. The e

tunate suspect was in t

is an advertisement which helps to explain

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of espionage and attempts to disturb our mobilization. While the Russians engaged in work on our farms may be allowed to

tion, and when strong suspicion is aroused to see to it that the

tions, telegraph wires, etc., demands the mo

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g, Augu

e is a police order, issued by the

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th him and the policeman who intervenes, till the blood flows; if not that, then at least to cause an enormous crowd to gather in giving the alleged spy over to the police. Clouds become hostile airmen, stars are mistaken for airships and the cross-bars

t yet, judging by appearances, we are living in a huge lunatic asylum. Everyone, if he is not a cow

were formerly, and not women. Do not allow yourselves to b

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tor of

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he forceful Swabian manner. Here are a few telegrams which had been sent to Berlin from

t to-day under the suspicion of practising espionage. One of these arrests was made in the top-floor

ous attempts have been made during the last few days to blow up the railway bridges. I

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cording to other reports, ninety millions in French gold had been seized. In answer to our inquiry at the pri

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danger of assault by over-heated patriots. The nation, however, ought to know that the Russians in our midst are labourers, students, travelle

espect the dictates of international law, and treat the peace

ed who circulate such infamous bear-baiting news as the allege

: Vorw?rts,

w nothing at all of an alleged attempt on the life of the Kaiser or the Crown Prince. The commanding General von Laffert has never u

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e beyond doubt the source of these lies, and the cold-blooded, calcu

d in newspapers, is now in the hands of

estrictions upon us and threaten the existence of our journals. As r

r of the Vorw?rts to hi

inter alia, the following details: Our army commanders decline to enter into competition with the lie-factories abroad. They will convince the world that truth i

guards alone. Indeed, in many cases only the Landwehr was needed to throw back the invaders. What about

tion of the report in the Leipz

in which this paragraph occurs: "All news given out by Wolff's Telegraph-Bureau may

ed by the Army Headquarters in the field, for the truth of which the Berlin General Staff guarantees. Secondly, the spreading of their own news, and information supplied to them by other

isguise, was caught yesterday while trying to infect the water suppl

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sterday, proves to be a pure invention. The agency informs us that there is no ground for une

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otor-cars containing eighty French officers in Prussian uniforms tried this morning

8: Ibid., A

officers, masquerading as German lieutenants, to enter the Rhine province as spies is too advent

ecaution, circulated the news. Hence we have here an

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ernment has not yet protested to the Dutch au

Germans reduced to a state of absolute panic and-what was intended by those who spread the lie-blind hate against Germany's opponent

and everyone's life was in danger. It is hardly possible to conceive the effect of this terrible rumour. Messengers of despair rushed from house to house, knocking at strangers' doors

scare occupies more than a column in the Mü

arning the inhabitants that the waters of the Oder have possibly been poisoned, and appealing for ev

olera bacilli. It is presumed that cholera is raging on the upper Weichsel in Russia, and that the Russians have not allo

n, August 20th. A lying report put in circu

contradicts them all and announces, "lieb Vate

rs, water supplies and springs which have been reported unauthoritatively from all parts of the country, and published in th

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h no rivers had been poisoned, the same could

ho led the man away. But the official was unable to protect him, and blows with fists and sticks literally rained on the defenceless fellow. The couple, surrounded by a howling crowd, had just moved aw

of the car, others dragged the frightened woman out again and with blows and kicks she was driven before them to the next police station. But the saddest part o

rrespondent in the Frankfu

ooked searchingly into her face. She understood him, and remarked with a smile: 'I am n

immediately threw themselves in blind rage upon the defenceless woman. In vain the single soldier tried to protect her, and equally in v

rotects her. Brutal instincts, once let loose, are mad and unrestrained. Blows continue to fall on her head and kicks rain against her body. She only tries t

n convinced that they have to do with an absolutely inn

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hunting' with a few facts from my own personal knowledge. On August 3rd no fewer than sixty-four spies (?) were brought into the police sta

official from the Courts of Justice; and lastly, a pensioned Bavarian army officer who, on account of his stature, was thought to be a Russian. A drunken shop-assistant egged on the crowd against th

contained a legend which set all Germany hunting for French motor-cars. "Several motor-cars with ladies in them, taking gold to

o Russia are said to have transferred the precio

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vy imaginations of the country people to the most incredible delirium. We will limit ourselves to a single instance. One of our cars m

at are you running away for?' Then the hero answered in

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erman Empire contained the following paragra

must stop. It endangers the motor-car c

pzig a doctor and his chauffeur have been shot, while between Berlin and Koepenick a company of armed civilians on the look-out for Russian motor-cars tried to stop a car. The chauffeur was compelled

l because he did not stop soon enough. Even child

n a motor. Somebody must have telephoned that the car was suspect, for the Landwehr Society placed armed sentinels at various points on the

ilian society is permitted to hold the public highways with armed guards. A

if Germany first laid aside international law she had no right to expect Belgium to respect its dictates, it may be safely assumed that the evidence cited by the Germans is of little or no value. The oath which German soldiers are compelled to take precludes the possibility that they would or could give evidence which reflected on the conduct of the German army either in peace or war, even if the evidence is

halia. Among them was a poor woman of weak intellect; she was near a bridge, and failing to comply with a sent

uring the last few days, begging the public not to place hindrances in the way of motor-cars, blundering mis

red. There are neither gold-motors nor foreign motors in Germany. Anyone w

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ection of the public seemed to find a source of humour in this tragic hunt. A correspondent of the

each side peasants stood with threatening mien, armed with pitchforks, revolvers and ancient carb

wagons, the same excitement, the same discussion, but now and then somewhat sha

ot even a passport from the Chief in Command, nor papers proving me to be a German and my companion a German off

me came and ended the comedy with a few short words. Then we are allowed to get in again, and as I

d at us from a window. The roads are lined with peasants armed with all sorts of weapons, ir

if we were stopped twenty-eight times in this short distance; even if we did have to put up with hard words and black looks-we suff

Edel in the Berliner

who had set the avalanche in motion a

claimed yet another victim. Recently an Austrian countess was shot while working for the Red Cross, and now

demands that this unhappy hunt for foreign motorists-which has

loaded with gold, are driving around in Germany. Would that our people would stop this horrible murder of their own countryme

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e to prove the blood-guilt of the German aut

te of the fact that the military authorities have repeatedly and urgently appealed for the exercise of the greatest discretion in pu

times we must decline to speculate in the thirst for sensation which has been bred in the public. Rather, on the contrary, we must be

The emphasis i

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French gold. He hopes that his readers' patience has not been exhausted, because the ride may prove an instr

he Fatherland. During the first month of the war there was an outbreak of brutality in Germany; contemporaneously with these horrors

he German Press is worked, how popular opinion is created and blood-lust awakened. When dealing with Germany's defence of her Belgian horrors, we shal

e, and that is the only apology which the author has to make for introducing

doubtless inspired by the noble desire to grab French gold. Yet when Belgian civilians-as Wolff's Bureau alleges-dared to defend their homes, wives and children against the most treache