Likewise, in the question of eliminating so-called traitors against the nation the same consideration is in order. It is absurdly illogical to kill a scamp who has informed about a cannon, 1 while next door in the highest posts and dignities sit scoundrels who have sold a whole Reich, who have the vain sacrifice of two mil¬ lions on their consciences, who bear the responsibility for mil¬ lions of cripples, and with all this calmly carry on their republican business deals.
It is senseless to eliminate petty traitors in a country whose government itself frees these traitors against the nation from any punishment. For then it is possible that some day the honest idealist, who puts a scoundrelly armaments stoolpigeon out of the way, for his people, is called to account by capital traitors against the nation.
Therefore, it is an important question : Should we have such a traitorous petty creature eliminated by another creature or by an idealist? In one case the success is doubtful and the treason for later almost certain; in the other case, a small scoundrel is eliminated and the life of a perhaps unreplaceable idealist is risked.
Further, in this question, my position is that there is no use in hanging petty thieves in order to let big ones go free; but that some day a German national court must judge and execute some ten thousand of the organizing and hence responsible criminals of the November betrayal and everything that goes with it.
Such an example will provide the small armaments stool-pigeon with the necessary lesson for all time.