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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16408, 9 December 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

*' THIS IS GLORY.'* I GERMAN WOMAN'S BITTER CRITICISM. The suppression of Die Zukunft is not due to anything written by -Maximilian G. Harden, but to two short essays contributed to its issue of September 29 by Kiilheiine Brodnitz. This woman's essays are really a savage attack on Germany's military rulers who began the war. The following are some typical extracts from the said ■essays — " There is the tumult of victory with flags _ ana processions of th© returning warriors. Coming out to meet them are groaning widows in long black veils, who approach staggering cripples with wooden limbs. Everything is gay Mid loud except the long black line of women robbed of husbands, fathers, and sons. The air is Iked with blasphemy, wails, and accusations. . The long black lina of mourning women resembles a snake which spits its poison upon the procession of victory, and histay the words, 'This is Glory.'" Brodnitz proceeds to describe the desolation rampant all over Germany in terms equally offensive to the militarists who began the war. Apart from the suppression of the Zukunft, Brodnitz will be indicted for an attempt to stir up seditious agitation, *• ;- :