The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-14
GERMANY
| STILL TRYING
To WIN SPAIN
EFFORTS AT ALLIANCE HAVE
NEVER BEEN RELAXED IN
MADRID, WHEFE THE SYSTEM
is THOROUGH.

mans have been hard at work fan
ming the embers of SPANS dislike OF
France. Their spirit of system has
not its match in the world. The
source of their greatest and most
lasting advantages over the allies is
their capacity for organization and
their thoroughness in utilizing it..
The press, commerce, diplomacy. lit
erature, music, espionage are all
cleverly co-ordinated and directed
toward the same end.
In Spain the soil lent itself better
than elsewhere to this spirit of meth
od The Spaniards are a chivalrous
race, easily impressible and suscep-
tible to motives which elude cold an
alysis. The Germans began by re-
which they had received from Ber-
lin during the war against the United
! States. They laid stress on the al
| legged fact that British sympathies
were then entirely with America.
They invoked the memory of recent
events in Morocco, when France and
Britain were, they affirmed, again
in partnership working against Span
ish interests And they pointed to
Gibraltar as a constant reminder
of the opposition between Spanish
and British aims.
Spanish Press Aids.
Since the outbreak of hostilities a
section of the Spanish press has pro-
| vided an effective instrument for
German propaganda. Long kilograms
abounding in stirring details of the
war are being sent daily to many
| journals of the ro.lnces gratuitously
| Leading articles, special essays and
innocent looking paragraphs have
been written and published discredit7
| ing France, Britain and Russia. Al
most every price catalogue OF ma
| chimes, seeds, books, cutlery, contains
readable dissertation on the causes
of the war as entisaged by Germsny.
| And the perfidy of the allies as thus
| depicted could not fail to make an
impression on the uncritical mind OF
the average reader.
But elaborate journalistic innuen-
| does form only the fringe of Ger
manys Vaccinations. These extend
to every department of public life
and to every social layer. Far more
effective from the point of view OF
| immediate utility is the German mill
tary organization, which is more
complete and widespread in the pen
insula than in any other European
country. Every Atlantic and Medit
erranean port, every city and town
of importance, is presided over
by a patriotic German, who is a re-
serve officer either of the marine
or the army.
System" is Thorough.
Working under him are a number
! of assistants, one of whom, in case
of need. fills the place which his ar
rest, departure or death may render
vacant. over all German residents
who acknowledge allegiance to the
kaiser,-and in Spain their name is
legion-this representative of the
monarch holds sway. His orders are
peremptory. 1t is open to him, if in
his Judgment the interests of the
fath erland demand it, tC
dismiss, transfer or appoint consular
and other agents, to offer advice
which has the force of a command
to bank directors, heads of CONNER
cial firms and tourists in word
every German subject has to bow
to his behests. In Gibraltar the
individual who occupied this post
after having accomplished a goot
deal, attempted much more, and, get
ting within the clutches of the law
was arrested. But he has a worthy
! successor.
German activity is not confined tc
those places or to enterprises that
can be thwarted 50 easily An area
which they can more readily contro
is Morocco and there they have
achieved feats to which they car
point without diffidence True, they
have not yet ACCOMPLISHED their end
but neither have they relaxed theil
efforts. From the outset one of the
hopes cherished in Berlin was tha
Morocco would keep very GargC
percentage of Frances land force!
busy, and thus divert them from tht
European theater.