Now we are sliding gently into the winter of our discontent.
Category Archives: 1919
Two Men Off Duty (Zwei Mann in Zivil)
So that is who has ruled Germany for the last four years. That is who set the tone, and commanded and suppressed and reprimanded, and made Weltpolitik[1], for four years. These were the heroes of a people which revered itself through them. These two? Good God!
The Wicked Lie (Die Verruchte Lüge)
Responsibility (Verantwortung)
The leading statesmen and generals ‚take responsibility‘ for the fate which they impose on their peoples. But what does that mean? A terrible responsibility must mean that he who takes it on takes on a terrible risk.
Of Dogs and Men (Von Hunden und Menschen)
In the last few days, a new image has been added to the multitude of street scenes of Viennese war suffering: a man who has been bent into a right-angle by the war, an invalid with a broken spine, moves almost inexplicably along the Kärntnerstraße, selling newspapers.