HARDEN, MAXIMILIAN (1861-1927), German journal ist, founder and editor of Die Zukunft, was born in Berlin on Oct. 20, 1861. He commenced journalism as a keen admirer of Bis marck, and Die Zukunft, founded in 1892, made its name by its attacks on the court camarilla, which resulted in a prosecution for libel in 1907. Harden's statements proved to be justified, and Count Kuno von Moltke, who had instituted the prosecution, withdrew from the case and Prince P. Eulenburg fled the country. During the war Harden was a candid critic of the German Govern ment and the German high command. He was just as unsparing in his criticisms of the German revolutionary government and of subsequent administrations. He died on Oct. 3o, 1927.
Many of his writings and essays were published under the title of "Kopfe" (1910-24, 4 vols.). See Kautsky and Harden, by H. Delbriick (192o).