'But wasn't it stupidity, Mr Švejk,' he said in an artificially paternal tone, 'when, according to the deposition of the police officer who brought you here, you caused a crowd of people to collect in front of the war proclamation which was posted up at the corner, and you incited people with shouts of:
-Eta ez ote da tentelkeria, Xveik jauna-esan zuen doinu aitatar faltsuak-, zuk, hona ekarri zaituen aguazilaren txostenaren arabera, alaka bati atxikitako gerra-adierazpenaren aurrean jendearen pilaketa eragin izana, eta "Agur Frantzisko Jose enperadoreari.