GERMAN MURDER RING.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3133, 4 September 1922, Page 8

GERMAN MURDER RING.

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\ny luaximuian naraen.; The German murder epidemic is disgracing the German people in the opinion of tin; world. True, England also lias one, which culm-mated in the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson, but that represents the last agonies of the war between two peoples. Her compatriots murder each other merely on account of party differences without the excuse of age-long strife. There have been Ml 7 victims in Germany, all from the democratic group. Not a hail' of a; nationalist or a royal-i-t lias been touched since Germany's collapse. As the latest victim's mangled-corpse whs being carried home crowds were cheering [lindenburg and two of the Kaiser's sons at Potsdam, only half an hour away. The Prussian monarchist Order of St. John was holding its annual knight-dubbing festival with all of its ancient monarchical pomp, and with, the names of each of Wirhelm's mandarins printed on the programme with their full court title, and Kite! KYiodcrich named as his royal highness. The officiating clergyman, called Hofprediger- -meaning court preacher expressed the hope of .soon seeing Doom Castle blossom into ucw life. Everybody understands what was, meant. Wilhelni, win; lied from his armv and now is exacting 100.000,000 marks from Germany's misery for his memoirs, still calls himself Emperor and King, his eldest son calls himself Crown Prince; in Havana, Prince Uuppreeht reviews his troops, and the abdicated grand dukes do likewise in Maden and Hesse. Hindenburg performs this ceremony in Kasl Prussia transported there in a special car, and for weeks is adored like a god and honored more than any general after a triumphant victory. The republican Hag is torn down and spat upon wherever hoisted. The President of Germany is hooted in Munich. Dozens of imperial officers in bright dress uniforms take a morning ride in the Thier Garten, followed b,v uniformed footmen. The old court society gave its balls during the winter in a luxurious hotel, while the devout hurgcoisie looked on reverently from the. outside. Nationalist leaders in the Reichstag publicly declare the people want the monarchy restored, and promise an early fulfilment. And the Republic 'allows all this!

Unless our leaders are blind or dead (bey know numerous officials and all military men regard the Republic as only an ugly interim stop gap. This explains why not a single political murder has been expiated and no murderer caught despite gigantic promises of reward, and why the military murder business can be' entered almost without risk.