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<blockquote data-quote="Naofumi" data-source="post: 47468" data-attributes="member: 39">I was outraged that, in a nation where any half-wit could claim forhimself the right to criticize others as a &#039;legislator&#039; in the Reichstag, thebearer of the imperial crown was himself subject to reprimand by the mostmiserable assembly of drivellers that has ever existed.I was even more disgusted at the way this same Viennese press panderedto the every rickety horse in the Court, and then flew into wild ecstasies ofjoy if he wagged his tail in response. At the same time, these very newspapersdisplayed anxiety at anything to do with the German Emperor-all the whiletrying to hide their enmity. But to me, it was poorly cloaked. Of course, theydenied any intention of meddling in Germany&#039;s internal affairs-God forbid.They pretended that, by touching these wounds in a friendly way, they wereboth fulfilling the duties of the mutual alliance between the two countriesand were also meeting their journalistic obligations. Having thus excusedthemselves, they then poked their finger ruthlessly into the wound.That sort of thing made my blood boil.I then began to be increasingly on guard when reading the great Viennesepress.2.23 TRANSFORMATION INTO AN ANTI-SEMITEI had to acknowledge, however, that on such subjects, one of the antiSemitic papers-the Deutsche Volksblatt-acted more decently.One thing that got on my nerves was the disgusting manner in whichthe big newspapers cultivated admiration for France. One really had to feelashamed of being a German when confronted by those saccharine hymnsof praise for &#039;the great cultural nation.&#039; This wretched Francophilia morethan once made me throw away one of those &#039;world newspapers. &#039; On suchoccasions, I often turned to the Volksblatt, which was much smaller in sizebut which treated such subjects more decently. I disagreed with its sharpanti-Semitic tone; but I found, again and again, that its arguments gave megrounds for serious thought.Anyhow, it was as a result of such readings that I came to know theman and the movement that determined Vienna&#039;s fate. These were Dr. Karl</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Naofumi, post: 47468, member: 39"] I was outraged that, in a nation where any half-wit could claim for himself the right to criticize others as a 'legislator' in the Reichstag, the bearer of the imperial crown was himself subject to reprimand by the most miserable assembly of drivellers that has ever existed. I was even more disgusted at the way this same Viennese press pandered to the every rickety horse in the Court, and then flew into wild ecstasies of joy if he wagged his tail in response. At the same time, these very newspapers displayed anxiety at anything to do with the German Emperor-all the while trying to hide their enmity. But to me, it was poorly cloaked. Of course, they denied any intention of meddling in Germany's internal affairs-God forbid. They pretended that, by touching these wounds in a friendly way, they were both fulfilling the duties of the mutual alliance between the two countries and were also meeting their journalistic obligations. Having thus excused themselves, they then poked their finger ruthlessly into the wound. That sort of thing made my blood boil. I then began to be increasingly on guard when reading the great Viennese press. 2.23 TRANSFORMATION INTO AN ANTI-SEMITE I had to acknowledge, however, that on such subjects, one of the anti Semitic papers-the Deutsche Volksblatt-acted more decently. One thing that got on my nerves was the disgusting manner in which the big newspapers cultivated admiration for France. One really had to feel ashamed of being a German when confronted by those saccharine hymns of praise for 'the great cultural nation.' This wretched Francophilia more than once made me throw away one of those 'world newspapers. ' On such occasions, I often turned to the Volksblatt, which was much smaller in size but which treated such subjects more decently. I disagreed with its sharp anti-Semitic tone; but I found, again and again, that its arguments gave me grounds for serious thought. Anyhow, it was as a result of such readings that I came to know the man and the movement that determined Vienna's fate. These were Dr. Karl [/QUOTE]

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