Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30
BRITISH ARMY IS
4,000,0OOSTR0NC
WRITER DECLARES
London Newspaper Man In Cur.
rent Issue of American Maq-
azine Says Kitchener Has
Fooled the World.
GUARD SECRET CAREFULLY
Vast Numbers of Men Said to
Have Been Moved Under
Very Noses of Spies
Press Silent.
GUARD SECRET CAREFULLY

vV4y MUSES. Ol spies
Press Silent.
I'm the July American Magazine, out
today. there is an article entitled Lord
Kitchener's Great Bluff" 1t is a re-
raised am army our times as big as she
has admitted. The deails of the story
Include an interesting account of the
tremendous part tina advertising
played in persuading men to enlist.
The author of the article is j. Her
bert Duckworth. of whom the editors
OF The American Magazine say in a
note:
belonging to a family of we'll known
London and Liverpool journalists. but
Cor the past 10 years, with the excep-
Ion of w years in London. he has
lived. most of the time, in New York,
where he has been connected with
wal he went to England. where he has
remained most of the time. During the
winter, because of his unusual oppor-
tunities for getting inside information
pertaining to England's part in the war
he came co~nfidentially into possession
VI lLS ldCtS ia ItllS dTI1Cl0. OH account
Of the strict censorship imposed by
Lord Kitchener, no English journal has
published them. and. in truth, few Eng
lishmen have known h real facts. In
deed. Mr.. Duckworth himself has been
unwilling, until now, to communicate
publicly what he has learned"
Under Noses Of the Spies.
Following is a brief extract from Mr..
Duckworth's article:
GLOW che army was secrotlv
increased from 1.000.0 900 to 100000
men right under the very noses of
ubiquitous German spies is one of the
most amazing stories OF the war.
"This grim joke on the kaiser was
concocted by Lord Kitchener himself.
He Communicated the services of the
press to assist him to carry out the
great bluff.
"when the British secretary Of state
For war first conceived the idea OF put
ting into the field 100000 men, he
realized that it would be q grave
strategic blunder to allow the enemy
to know what was really afOot. Rather,
the game should be to call for 1000, 900
men, and then press agent the world
with stories lamenting the fact that,
at last, the British empire was about
to crumble up because the men of
England had not be pluck to defend
It. The scheme worked out admirably.
Newspapers Kept the Secret.
"The campaign Of silence was con-
Quoted on strictly scientific lines. The
newspaper editors were first warned
that any indiscretion would mean a
court martial, under the defense of the
realm act, on charges of having spread
reports likely to interfere with the sue
cess of his majesty's forces They
were instructed to publish only the
recruiting returns sent out by the wal
office. Independent censu taking was
strictly forbidden. All articles on the
new army. and even pictures of SOL
diers. had first to be submitted to the
censor. A permit was required even to
own a camera.
Zone, London editor refused to stay
put, He published a picture Of some
soldiers without h permission Of the
censor. Lord Kitchener sen for the
offender.
ga second indiscretion.' he explained
will mean a court martial Int JAIL
ION what charges?' suffered the
astonished editor.
sner; we will clap you into prison
first, and find the charges after h war
Is over.'
How Troops Are Moved.
when it came to moving the new
troops to France extraordinary pre-
cautions were taken to mislead the
spies. The regiments were not all
wv ~
Boulogne or Havre. Instead they were
shipped from what were really out-of-
lhe-way and in%convenient ports-Bris-
:ol, Avonmouth. Cardiff. Swansea and
barrow for example-to French ports
~ far from the firing line as st. Malo,
Brest, and wen Bordeaux on the west
coast and Marseilles on the Medfter-
anean.
Troop trains were invariably moved
It night with drawn blinds. Often
fines they were run half way around
he country before being a
alongside a transport. Not even the
Observation-Disclosures 1t was to be
france, Egypt. India, or the Dard-
tnelles.
THE engine drivers were changed
very 20 miles or 30. and the captains
II the troop ships received their final
nstructions by wireless after they had
put to sea-"
CAMPAIGN FOR FACTORY
WORKERS IN FULL SWING
London, June 25.-In England the
ampafgn for munitions ID In full swing
With the possibility Of national regis
ration to ascertain the imam power"
II the nation. That England appre-
:iates the need Of adding to her fight
nc resources Is significantly indicated
" the publication in the London Times
u tables showing that the casualties
af the officers during the last month
come within a few hundred Of the total
South African a The total in South
Africa was 2.252. while the lists since
May 26. show that $40 officers have
hAen killed or wounded. or reported