Posen, June 22. Who does not remember the dreadful wailing of the “German brothers” in the Grand Duchy of Posen when, for a moment, the old Prussian regime had ceased there? Who has not read the heart-rending appeals to the entire German nation, in which these “few noblemen supposedly left over from the Polish massacres” hoodwinked the public for a time? What sympathy they managed to stir up for the sorely oppressed Germans of Posen, what hatred against the treacherous, bloodthirsty Poles!

They have achieved their end. Shrapnel, hellstone and cudgelling have restored the old state of affairs to a heightened potency. And scarcely have these brave men got rid of the Poles by means of 40,000 men than the comb of those who were so faint-hearted only yesterday swells, and they are beside themselves with arrogance. They must show their gratitude to their “German brothers” after all! How could they do so better than by introducing everywhere the same state of affairs which now blesses the land of Posen?

Listen:

“The Justice Commissioner Ahlemann from Samter, in the supplement to today’s *Deutsche Posener Zeitung*, calls for a march on Berlin in order to suppress by force the attempted insurrection which has manifested itself there. The whole tenor of the appeal shows that the intention is to collect armed bands and, according to circumstances, to make use of arms in Berlin.”

The above words are not taken from some reprehensible, mendacious, malicious newspaper article; they are borrowed from an official proclamation of the Chief Presidium in Posen; they are official.

And now look, German philistine, you who rejoice that the Berlin revolution has freed you from the despotism of government councillors and police commissioners – look, these are the “German brothers” for whose sake you have driven the Poles into the arms of the Russians! You saved them, and by way of thanks they are marching on Berlin to suppress the revolution; you thought you were saving Germans, and they were – Pomeranians!

It goes without saying, incidentally, that the Chief Presidium strictly forbids the march and is even having judicial proceedings instituted against its instigators. The corps was to have marched out against Berlin as early as the 26th. But why should these brave warriors be sent to their destruction? They are publicly disavowed, so as to hold them back until they can march on Berlin together with the Russians!

– In continuation of our foregoing article, we give some excerpts from the proclamation of Mr Ahlemann concerning the intended march on Berlin:

. . The disgraceful deeds, the outrages, the unbridled excesses of the most abominable hordes which for months, under the leadership of insane heroes of freedom, have defiled our capital Berlin, have again, on the 14th of this month, loaded it with an indelible disgrace. ... The hallowed person of our King is in danger; the fatherland is in danger, for the representatives of the people are robbed of liberty and independence, their person is threatened. Rise up, my brothers from all provinces, before it is too late and our beloved fatherland is laden with a disgrace for whose hideousness our language has no word. Rise up! To Berlin! leave wives and children... Rise up! To Berlin without delay! If our brothers in the capital cannot wipe away the disgrace, if they cannot extirpate the hordes, then we, loyal Prussians from the provinces, will prove to them that it is a small thing to curb the criminals who, laden with curses, spread curses far and wide. Thousands and again thousands from all provinces shall we meet on all the roads and, united with them, fight a glorious fight for the protection of our King . . . . and procure for our representatives the liberty necessary for the completion of their highly important work. – On the 26th of this month we shall march out from Samter and the immediate neighbourhood.

Frankfurt, June 23. Our old-clothes republic was startled out of its repose last night by a criminal outrage. It was a matter of nothing less than offering the “noble Gagern”, who, like all his bourgeois-liberal co-confederates, has worn himself out with astonishing speed, one of those irreverent serenades in which the urchins usually play the part of Almaviva with bottles and old pots. The work had, however, scarcely begun when line troops and civic guards (you know the warlike appearance of the latter from the Munich broadsheets) advanced in magnificent deployment to save the threatened peace by force of arms. The spirit of the Christian-Germanic race in Posen animated the brave men. The defenceless people was dispersed with rifle-butt blows; one worker received a bayonet thrust in the neck, and 17 of the singers were taken into custody. A citizen was arrested because he had dared to propose a cheer for the “republic” – a cry which, of course, can only be regarded in Frankfurt as impudent mockery. All the neighbouring streets remained cordoned off until deep into the night.

– As a special fact it should be noted that the “noble Gagern” this time made no speech to the people.