The Glenwood post., 1914-08-15
Var News juggIed, Distorted and
Manufactured With hstopd.
Ing Nerve Despite Facts
DISCUSSION OF FIRST CAUSES

ious clans Of ~ and non-associated,
ANONYMOUS and signatory reporters
have concoeted and spread through
the United States newspapers.
Only few examples will serve to
show how far from even remote posi-
bilities the hitherto published reports
anonymous and signatory reporters
have been. As rule the phrases "'.
is reported" Dispatches from Paris
......ssy" "Our correspondent
near the seat of war, wires. :" etc
ad infnitum are about Is reliable Is
bucketshop quotation ON wheat or
horse-races, and may be classi6ed-ore
and all Is everyday, six days in the
week. including Sunday lies.
just that and nothing else.
Glance over the news from Lieg~;
first the headlines; verifable stock
yard quotations of killed and wounded.
Then, to bslieve the sofcerer who con
eocts strategic movements, tactical eve
lstisss ste. "Thess vsse Ia, 600 oea
tespaosa - -Asaaala --tAs tsrtssas -
defended " seyeo0" fsw Aeys latasr.
1.-The German Crown Pri.es is
marching on Iese with 100000 (eight
hundred thousand! ! y men".
"The King of Belgium has effected
. junction with the French Army, he
lost one-half of the defending
forces of 10000 during the siege and
assaults. s.'........... -.
e Now you would think he could mo-
have joined with more than 10000
men. But then again that force aad
the other half together had previously
annihilated seven regiments of Ger
mans-about $4,000 men. And
again; "Seven regiments of Germans
surrendered to the Belgisus. -. Sum
ma summarum 4S,0O0-and yet We
know that General Emmick, trying 10
take the fortress by surprise, had only
one army corps, at most $1,000 men.
Say nothing of the 100000 Of Bus
SLAMS who are just now emerging from
their trance; nor of the geography If
Mr.. Reporter who relegates Aitkirci
in Alsace to the German-Russian boz
der, . matter Of q few thousand mis,s
difference in distance.
Another poll-parrot "snaggers" of
10000 Uhlans Nancers)!
The whole force of LAncers proper n
the German Army is about 20 regi-
ments, say $4,000 men; in fact the
whole German Cavalry numbers less
than $4,000 men.
Fortunately we don't give q Darn
how many men there are fighting, nor
how often, nor where they fight, so
long Is We sell them our abundant crop
and hold all the kale of the world right.
here.
But humanely speaking we all have
our sympathies and antipathies and
since we pay for the metropolitan pa
pers we humbly venture the opinion
that we are entitled to the news that
is now and trus!
The exhibition Of ignorance and
downright stupidity and the hatred of
truth SO amply manifested by these
"war' correspondents, who are not
within 100 miles of the scene Of action,
may be subject Of interesting studies
by the alienists and crininologists, but
We, for our nickle are entitled to some
thing that is, at least, remotely, res
embling the truth.
Low appetites and lower sentiments
are originated and fostered by the cute
commentaries accompanying the falsi-
fled and fancifully invented war news.
What about the real causes Of the
wari
have had occasion to actually mar
vel at the peculiar views on this subject
- expressed by intelligent people.
Let ne construct . sinile- Let us
assume that . seditious society was
actively engaged in .easur.s prepara-
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