226 MEIN parties. This opinion .wals enhanced in the^eourse of w events of the WorLd'war by the obvioutf'nnpossibility cl fighting ruthlessly against Social Democracy because of th absence of a-movement which had"TO be more than a 'p£ liamentari'an' party. I talked openly about tH^to my more intimate friendS .--What is more, I nowlrad for the first time the^kiea occupying myself poH^fcally later on. And this was the/particular reason that#*ade me asst my small circle jm friends that after tJseWar I would active as an orator along with my nrwession. I think7 tifat I meant this venj/€eriously. CHAPTE WAR PROPAG T THE time of my attentive following events, the activities of propagand 1 been of extremely great interest to m instrument which just the Socialist-Mar ns mastered and knew how to apply with ned very soon that the right use of prop |nts an art which was and remained almos |,Qwn to the bourgeois parties. Only the Ch fc movement, especially during Lueger's ti rtain virtuosity with this instrument and it ^success to it. |But it was shown only during the War t |>usly important results a suitably applied |y lead. Unfortunately, everything has to I other side; for the activity on our side w Itdest in this respect. However, the very fail |e enlightenment on the side of the Germ |ich was bound to stare in the face of every so |sed me to occupy myself still more thor | question. Inhere was often more than enough time f $ it was unfortunately the enemy who gave d an object lesson.
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6M
EIN
part
ies.
T
his
opin
ion
.wals
enh
ance
d in
the
^eou
rse
of w
even
ts o
f th
e W
orL
d'w
ar b
y th
e ob
viou
tf'n
npos
sibi
lity
clfig
htin
g ru
thle
ssly
aga
inst
Soc
ial
Dem
ocra
cy b
ecau
se o
f th
abse
nce
of a
-mov
emen
t w
hich
had
"TO
be
mor
e th
an a
'p£
liam
enta
ri'a
n' p
arty
.I
talk
ed o
penl
y ab
out
tH^
to m
y m
ore
inti
mat
e fri
endS
.--W
hat
is m
ore,
I n
owlr
ad f
or t
he f
irst
tim
e th
e^ki
eaoc
cupy
ing
mys
elf
poH
^fca
lly l
ater
on.
And
thi
s w
as t
he/p
arti
cula
r re
ason
tha
t#*a
de m
e as
stm
y sm
all
circ
lejm
fr
iend
s th
at a
fter
tJs
eWar
I w
ould
activ
e as
an
orat
or a
long
with
my
nrw
essi
on.
I th
ink7
tifa
t I
mea
nt t
his
venj
/€er
ious
ly.
CH
AP
TE
R
VI
WA
R P
RO
PA
GA
ND
A
T T
HE
tim
e of
my
atte
ntiv
e fo
llow
ing
of a
ll po
litic
alev
ents
, th
e ac
tiviti
es
of p
ropa
gand
a ha
d al
way
s1 b
een
of e
xtre
mel
y gr
eat
inte
rest
to
me.
In
it
I sa
win
stru
men
t w
hich
jus
t th
e So
cial
ist-
Mar
xist
or
gani
za-
ns m
aste
red
and
knew
how
to
appl
y w
ith
expe
rt s
kill
. I
/ne
d ve
ry s
oon
that
the
rig
ht u
se o
f pr
opag
anda
re
pre-
|nts
an
art
whi
ch w
as a
nd r
emai
ned
alm
ost
entir
ely
un-
|,Qw
n to
the
bou
rgeo
is p
arti
es.
Onl
y th
e C
hris
tian-
Soci
al-
fc m
ovem
ent,
espe
cial
ly d
urin
g L
uege
r's t
ime,
acq
uire
d a
rtai
n vi
rtuo
sity
with
thi
s in
stru
men
t an
d it
owed
muc
h of
^suc
cess
to i
t.
|But
it
was
sho
wn
only
dur
ing
the
War
to
wha
t en
or-
|>us
ly i
mpo
rtan
t re
sults
a
suit
ably
app
lied
prop
agan
da|y
lead
. U
nfor
tuna
tely
, eve
ryth
ing
has
to b
e st
udie
d on
I ot
her
side
; for
the
act
ivit
y on
our
sid
e w
as m
ore
than
Itdes
t in
this
res
pect
. H
owev
er,
the
very
fai
lure
of t
he e
n-|e
enl
ight
enm
ent
on t
he
side
of
the
Ger
man
s —
a
fact
|ich
was
bou
nd t
o st
are
in th
e fa
ce o
f eve
ry s
oldi
er;—
now
|sed
me
to o
ccup
y m
ysel
f st
ill m
ore
thor
ough
ly w
ith|
que
stio
n.
Inhe
re w
as o
ften
m
ore
than
eno
ugh
tim
e fo
r th
inki
ng,
$ it
was
unf
ortu
nate
ly t
he e
nem
y w
ho g
ave
us o
nly
too
d an
obj
ect
less
on.
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