Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1915-01-01
THE GREATEST DISsEAINATOR
OF LIES.


(From the Irish World. New York;
England not only aims at being
mistress OF the seas, but she likewise
reaches out for the monopoly Of the
( news agencies which have so much
to do with moulding public opinion
in all countries She has succeeded,
to q measurable extent. in getting
these channels of information under
her control. 1t is literally true that
most of the European news published
in the American press has on it the
English impress. American editors
have to face the alternative Of either
publishing this English-manufac-
tured news or ignoring altogether the
matters with which it deals. Hence
the pro-English and anti-German re-
ports of the present war appearing
daily in thousands Of newspapers in
every part of the country.
In this way American editors,
whatever may be their personal
views of the claims put forward by
Germany and England. are con
strained to become pro-English pro-
pagandists. They have to take the
distorted accounts sent to them from
London. They virtually have no
other source Of information about
the great international tragedy upon
which the attention of the civilized
world is riveted Scarcely had the
first shot OF the war been fired, when
English warships cut the cable con-
Meeting this country with Germany.
II was tho preliminary step toward
isolating the Fatherland preparatory
to infusing American sentiment with
anti-German prejudices For q
hundred years and more England
adopted similar tactics against every
country and every people that had
earned her enmity. Men of the irish
race know from bitter experience
how unacrupulously, how persistent
ly, and how unrelentingly she availed
herself of hor advantage OF having
the ear Of the world in her enve-
nomed and malignant campaign
against ireland and everything irish.
With similar unscrupulousness she
defarned America when 1t suited her
purpose, as was the case during our
Civil War when she thought she saw
an opportunity to found English in
dustrial supremacy on tho ruins OF
tho Union Always and everywhere
sho invariably employed her news
monopoly to injure her trade rivals
and further her own selfish interests.
In an interesting and Illuminating
article from the pen Of Mr. Arthur
Moore, which appears in the New
York American, the advantages Eng
land has reapod from her news mo-
nopoly are graphically described.
Here is striking excerpt from it.
England has controlled the news Of
the world for more than a century.
It has been her greatest diplomatic
weapon. 1t has propably gained
moro for her then her huge navy
and fino army More than once it
has saved her from serious loss"
This Is not the language of exaggera-
tion II is the plain statement Of a
fact which becomes moro apparent
whom we reflect for moment on the
power England wields from being
able TO mako mankind view things
through English spectacles The
writer we are quoting says OF this
power: Not one great event but has
been sccn for the rest of the world
through English eyes and told to the
rest OF the world as England wished
TO tell il. The traditional racial
characteristics OF each Of US we're
fitted upon us by England for all the
world TO learn BY heart. And the
myth OF British fair play" stands
above all the characteristics we suf-
fer under as the greatest masterpiece
OF them ALL"
In the New York American article
we are dealing with several instances
are adduced showing how England
has been able to persuade the United
States and other countries to judge
things from her viewpoint Thus
since the establishment OF the triple
entente France is no longer a deca-
dent Nation, but one that shows all
the euidnncas of National vipnr that