"what peaceful moments really needs," he said, "is a sitz-redacteur. a sitz-redacteur, john, is a gentleman employed by german newspapers with a taste for lese-majeste to go to prison whenever required in place of the real editor. the real editor hints in his bright and snappy editorial, for instance, that the kaiser's mustache gives him bad dreams. the police force swoops down in a body on the office of the journal, and are met by the sitz-redacteur, who goes with them cheerfully, allowing the editor to remain and sketch out plans for his next week's article on the crown prince. we need a sitz-redacteur on peaceful moments almost as much as a fighting editor. not now, of course.