Socialists Karl Liebknecht and Lededur(?) struggle to restrain Imperial Germany from getting its slice of the world — Togo, Cameroon, East Africa, Southwest Africa — that other world powers carve up. France, Italy, the United States and Britain dig in.
Die Sozialdemokratie gegen Weltpolitikgegen Kolonien, gegen Heer und Flotte!Die Welt VerteilungSocial democracy against world politicsagainst colonies, against the army and navy!The world distributionReverse:The center is a true people's party! pusing no interest politics! fights for throne and altar!Map 2Germany has passed on the expansion of its economic territory, which means that Germany can abdicate its responsibility as a policy-making country, but also restrain itself economically, thereby putting the situation of the working population at risk. Therefore "comrade" Calwer rightly says: "Commercial stagnation (halt) can not improving the condition of the workers." Nevertheless social democracy shamelessly invites the direct betrayal of the Fatherland, threatening mass strikes and revolution, failing which Germany would be forced to defend his rights and honor with the weapon. The Center stands solidly for a global and colonial policy, so that Germany can have land opened up for its surplus population, and gain new markets and sources of supply for trade and industry.So vote for each of the Center's candidates and attend to his words.Das Zentrum ist eine wahre Volkspartei! betreibt keine Interessenpolitik! kämpft für Thron und AltarKarte 2Verzichtet Deutschland auf die Erweiterung seines Wirtschaftsgebietes, so heißt dies: Deutschland kann nicht nur als politisch maßgebendes Land abdanken, sondern es geht auch wirtschaftlich zurück, und damit ist gleichzeitig die Lage der Arbeiter-Bevölkerung bedroht. "Genosse" Calwer sagt daher richtig: "Gewerbliche Stagnation (Stillstand) läßt keine Hebung der Lage der Arbeiter zu". Trotzdem fordert die Sozialdemokratie in schamloser Weise direkten Vaterlands-Verrat; sie droht mit Massenstreik und Revolution, fails Deutschland gezwungen wäre, sein Recht und seiner Ehre mit der Waffe zu verteidigen. Das Zentrum tritt ein für eine solide Welt- un
"In Germany, anti-war feeling was growing. Deaths from starvation as a result of the Allied blockade was becoming a daily occurrence. In 1915 some 88,232 deaths had been attributed to the blockade. In 1916 the number rose to 121,114. There were food riots in more than 30 German cities. On June 28 a three-day protest strike began, in which 55,000 German workers took part. The one anti-war member of the Reichstag, Karl Liebknecht, was expelled from the Reichstag and sentenced to two years' hard labour for continuing to urge soldiers not to fight. Two months later his sentence was increased to four years."
Karl Liebknecht was a leader of the German Social Democratic Party, assassinated, along with Rosa Luxembourg, by right-wing thugs in 1919.
The First World War, a Complete History by Martin Gilbert, page 256, copyright © 1994 by Martin Gilbert, publisher: Henry Holt and Company, publication date: 1994
1916-06-28, 1916, June, Reichstag, Karl Liebknecht, food riot, blockade, food shortage, strike
