Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-12-12

CENSOR WORST FOE

,Ry IOHN R. BAIDERSTOND
| .CDa,rigu lvlE u N.,uu Newspaper
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oNP't>' NOV ..,-,..... N, tn. last
rW,W,tl,".,, n',nfr. hy .vr.rrrs who sought
g. cnn,.,. An moi. readers the feeling
of tEn Hritish uuhnc. toward the war,
Gut the Lesf aualys, could do no more
tban Give his own IMPRESSION of the
i,n,,', ana f,Yr. loves and hates of
~ ncn,,In
Ntl,r, ,.tisr,rtnry than the most
t,riIii,rt Instrumentation would be a
,.,,.',d .,.,,nInd rnt hy a single OBJ
ao,,.o,, hut n, me nation itself.
b,,,c hefnre mo "a chart showing q
run,be, of voIIrntcers who ioiued the
British armies i'm Great Britain and
iroI,nd H., '.,T drring e1ch week of the war
a,co,,tirs Tho MAST four weeks and a
fo,, weeks I'm the first summer Of the
strupplo This chart reflects unmis-
,oi,.,i,Iy tho cnlirsr of British pysChoI-
",g,, N-ber the government and the
rcy,,snannrs disseminated misleading
lti,,liisr, recruiting fen off When
ra,i nr s,,nnoscd Victories were won,
reCr,iting dwindled. But when some
att,nIy 'T tho women and children Of
Tn,,Ia'rd an IsrgIish soil aroused fiery
in57,,ration thrnuph the country, or
whan domestic dissension and re-
yorecs on tho battlefield made victory
sean, far off and doubtful. then the
mon Of britain flocJled to the colOTs
n,,., Co,,.o,, 1,o,,r
h''i"H
Events such as the pom u ,llonS
of seaside resorts ana tHe u,atl ot
women ana chlldfeu pS HepPtil"
bombs exercised greater erect on lhe
minds of the people thah GisasI,GliIs,
the most momentouS Tor tie airvS n,lS
happening on the east front me
breaking of the RUSSIAN iine III ''ai-
icia last May, the raII OF warsaw al
though of lmmeasuraDle lmporlaute
TO all the allies, luled 10 impress Il'
man I'm the street suthclehlIy 10 MAKE
him break his nome Jles ana Jake llo
kings shilling
During september, l9I4' tne .. & al-
erase numper ol "egN,S rec, af,orc,ord S,,,~ "
t0nched on the chart. The end Of the
retreat from Mons. the battles of the
Marine and the Afsnc. Impressed every
ono. bnt II is curious as showing the
innradicabIa dislike of the Briton to
do or,.tIirg tbat he thinks isn't alb
soI1teiv necessary. that after the bat
tle Of Narne recruiting for short
tima Summed badIv. "Thc Kaiser is
an +be run and wont stOp until he
,,mts 70 Porlin. tho war will he over
On a r1ortb nr two. why should | en-
let >" said at that time thousands Of
vnutbs Who are now fighting i'm all
narts OF tba world.
II win he remembered that i'm Oc-
+oI,or' tho stuniditv of the censorship
ana the sunnression Of official re-
norts Inv the Government made Amerl>
cans as vel as Euglishmcu believe
tho Germans were beaten. Won
LJIucl,'s right WING. for weeks. was
t1Iled NV Toffre The result Of this
ca',,naien NJ lies and sueers against
tGo Grr,nars in England was that re-
cruitirr stunned badly. From an av-
cr9aa Of 10 900 men a week i'm Sep
tc,nhor tho number of recruits had
dronnad for inc week ending Oc-
tnb6r ~ to "a 600.
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Op'iIi''Nii 4" 'i""'
Now we come to the bright sIde OF
the picture. Late IN OCTOBER ana
through the first two weeks or NO
vemhcr ragged the terrible strugg e3
along the User and around 1pres ana
Arras in which the brltSn ana
French lines held ilrm ana by lhe
narrowest Of margins prevented the
Germans from breaking through TO
the sea. The censors Irled TO sup
press all khOWIedSe OF lhe RraNIly OF
the situation, but fortunately tor tnelr
country they did not succeed. I'm
gland began to wake up, ana on NO
ycmber ?, the weekly table prepared
for Lord Kitchener showed 55'OOO
recruits, on November =, NWVOO, ana
on November l6, 95,O0O: bul ny tnls
time the German assault hdd IoSt lS
force Boulosne ana Caials were
safe. German tax or an INVASION OF
England ebDed away anu rlelnB
optimism in England caused recruit