A DISGUISE THAT WAS TOO THIN
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Bethmann-Hollweg: "That Socialist's disguise is no good, All Highest. Let's try another clerical peace trick."
All over the world attempts were made to create distrust of German Social Democracy. We were described as being really war agitators, obedient servants of German Imperialism. The memorandum on our peace work which we delivered at Stockholm will, we hope, destroy many misunderstandings and many prejudices which are based on them.
Of course the misstatements and slanders have already begun again.
Herr Scheidemann, Stockholm, June 29, 1917.
