The Glenwood post., 1914-08-15

IAe weeks passed since the begia-
niag Of hostilities in the Southeast of
Europe, and now ripened into one Of
the most studenduous struggles which
poor old Europe has ever seen, have
bees productive of the genus, well,
better not name it now, but rather
classify it by its performance and dc.
nominate it Afterwards.
rais genus is represented by numer-
Gus species speaking all kinds of langu-
ages, but at present, and this fact
should be emphasized, it has thriven
considerably and to an overwhelming
dsSsee by the use Of the official langu-
ase Of these United States, COMMONLY
called English. 1t excels in such vio-
lsot eeatortions Of the truth, it per-
verts the most simple faets to such an
unAsafd Of extent, it completely upsets
the most elementary rules of syen the
mere primitive reasoning, that TO the
uabiased and, Instructed observer this
eusstisa presents itself foseihly. Ars
- -1AnAl1nnh sfsSAo Vno.G 11noD
. ~ efs esauesesly 0halst0s1, fsae.
WsAa2s7 Or ~ tAsJ Haesly fully ta3ss-
i,sdl 1t al1sost looks - if tAs ma
jority Of MS are too torpid to even dis
cuss these questions, and therefore we
must be jolted up some. l propose
here to somewhat jolt.
The genus 1 spoke of above is the
manufacturer etc, of war news.
Apart and wholly untouched by ma
tiOnal bias or sympathies, does it NOT
look Is if the organizer inventor, mad
ufscturer, copyist, jobber and whole
sale and retail distributor of war news
considers the newspaper reading public
As q vast accumulation of imbeciles!
For how could it otherwise be that
such fellows don t starve, On the
contrary, though, they thrive, and the
papers whom they serve prosper. Or
how could it otherwise be that the
papers of the sort alluded to could be
sold at all!
Note Carefully that:
Az soon - the hostillities began and
long before; not ONE item of authcn-
tic military news was obtainable.
That's flat! Not one of the selfstyicd
associated or unassociated press re-
porters could possibly report anything
true in connection with mobilization or
its preparation, equipment, strength Of
units or destination.
"guessers" even, would be promptly
followed by cOnfscation and ultimate
suppression of the papers, Imprisonment
and fine of those responsible for gues-
sing'', was, naturally muzzled.
The press reporter with foreign ave-
uues could therefore not even copy
the home notices. When the-already
mobilized-Austrian force on or near
the Servian border moved, no foreign
correspondents were allowed in camp
OF with the staff.
Remember that iberality of former
years in similar cases was poorly re-
Quilted; remember further that this
was to be and has really become the
war Of the two-thirds Of the Trips
Alliance with the Triple Entente, and
to Servia first planned by Austria
not merely the punitive expedition in
And then remember that an ignorant
marplot who gets paid for padding
space can do and has done previously,
untold harm, causing literally the loss
of Thousands of lives by tattling.
Hence the present continental war iu
Europe is carried on on the japanese
pattern, inasfar as the news service is
concerned. Also do not forget that
there is now in the making or perhaps
completed British Governmental con-
trolled Press Bureau for the purpose
Of furnishing such news Is an enlight-
ened BritisA censor win let 60 by him,
With the pfevisssly, annoaneed pur-
Psse to stop the internal Hes the var