Of course it was not only the law that interfered with our management of the paper. The politicians, too, soon took a hand. The Oberprsident of Schleswig-Holstein, a man named Krbis (which is German for pumpkin) forbad its publication; it appeared the next day, entitled Die Westkste [The West Coat]. This too was banned, and for a short time my brother's wish was fulfilled and we edited Die Grne Front. I, too, had the gratification of seeing my original suggestion realised whn it became, in due course, Die Sturmglocke. Finally, the Oberprsident forbad us from publishing any paper at all which was not purely concerned with technical agricultural matters. So we rechristened it Der Krbis, aand the leading article consisted of variations on the subject of pumpking as given in the encyclopaedia; we expatiated on how pumkins flourish best in plenty of dung and on the disagreeable nature of their blossom's scwent. Thenceforth the paper resumed its original name of Das Landvolk and that was that.

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