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Foreign News
September 10, 1917
The Tacoma Times
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
What is this article about?
Satirical commentary on German press freedom during World War I, quoting Crefeld Anzeiger on over a million war widows urged to marry wounded soldiers with Hindenburg's approval, and Frankfurter Zeitung stating America entered the war to deny Germany victory.
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What bliss it must be to pound the editorial typewriter in Germany, these times! All the German editor has to look out for is the toes of the autocracy. He can sail into all else with an abandon that must make the sanctum glow with joy, while it is about half the labor of the American editor to study out what she shall not say, out of respect for the police, for decency's sake, or for regard for policies that make the circulation hump.
For instance, here's the Crefeld Anzeiger with this: "There are more than a million war widows in Germany. All the widows must get married at once, preferably to wounded or unfit soldiers. It may be added that the utilization of crippled soldiers and war-stricken women in the interest of the empire's future wars has the cordial approval of our great Hindenburg."
Can you picture an American editor who got off anything like that? If you can, it would be a nice picture to hang up in a butcher shop; and an army of great Hindenburgs couldn't save him either.
America only entered the war to deprive Germany victory.--Frankfurter Zeitung. It is a delight to get from a German newspaper an exact statement of fact.
What bliss it must be to pound the editorial typewriter in Germany, these times! All the German editor has to look out for is the toes of the autocracy. He can sail into all else with an abandon that must make the sanctum glow with joy, while it is about half the labor of the American editor to study out what she shall not say, out of respect for the police, for decency's sake, or for regard for policies that make the circulation hump.
For instance, here's the Crefeld Anzeiger with this: "There are more than a million war widows in Germany. All the widows must get married at once, preferably to wounded or unfit soldiers. It may be added that the utilization of crippled soldiers and war-stricken women in the interest of the empire's future wars has the cordial approval of our great Hindenburg."
Can you picture an American editor who got off anything like that? If you can, it would be a nice picture to hang up in a butcher shop; and an army of great Hindenburgs couldn't save him either.
America only entered the war to deprive Germany victory.--Frankfurter Zeitung. It is a delight to get from a German newspaper an exact statement of fact.
What sub-type of article is it?
War Report
Political
What keywords are associated?
German Press
War Widows
Hindenburg Approval
America War Entry
German Newspapers
What entities or persons were involved?
Hindenburg
Where did it happen?
Germany
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Germany
Key Persons
Hindenburg
Outcome
more than a million war widows in germany
Event Details
Commentary on German press freedom, quoting Crefeld Anzeiger urging war widows to marry wounded or unfit soldiers for future wars with Hindenburg's approval, and Frankfurter Zeitung stating America entered the war to deprive Germany victory.