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 CAMPAIGN AGAINST GERMAN ORGANIZED LABOR 4 5 5

and more evident that people are growing tired of the prevailing influence of Freiherr von Stumm and his friends. People want more freedom and credit for the development of the laboring class. It is not impossible that even the Kaiser, accommodat- ing himself to this changed sentiment, will gradually come again into the current of the first year of this decade. Many symptoms indicate that the "House of Correction Scheme" is the preliminary or final conclusion of the policy of suppression of the laborers. On the other hand, in opposition to this law the various parties among the laborers have drawn closer to each other. Formerly the Social Democratic, the Catholic, the Evangelical, and the Free-Thinking (the so-called Hirsch-Dunkers) labor organiza- tions fought each other in the most lively fashion. Against this law, however, they have protested shoulder to shoulder. This is also an unexpected result of the "House of Correction Scheme." In conclusion we must say, as one of the most eminent jurists, Geheimrat Sohm, of Leipzig, expressed it at the National Socialistic party convention in Gottingen, in October : " Whether this scheme or any part of it becomes law or not, right it will never be, for right has its roots in the convictions of the whole community, especially in the conviction of those who are affected by it."

Dr. PHIL. Max Maurenbrecher. Berlin.