Semi-weekly herald., 1916-02-07

news stands with its own magazine
American Defense, which, like all pa
triotic publications, bears on its GOV
ers the Stars and Stripes in effulgen
colors. And it is a fat and prosper
Gus magazine, printed on glossy pa
per. 1t has an article written by &
Governor of the Aero club, who in,
sists that the United States should
Immediately spend S25,000,000 OF
aeroplanes, and alongside is a full
page advertisement of an aeroplane
company with the largest and best
equipped aeroplane plant in the
world ready to take the S25,000,-
200 contract.
All hail the profits Of preparedness.
The literature of this purely Ameri-
can publication has all the earmarks
of the English propaganda. On the
one hand we are told that Germany
mas been everlastingly defeated by
England. Page Is: "The British
have blasted the hopes of a success
ful submarine campaign" Page s.:
English commerce continues. 1t ex-
ports its raw materials. finished
goods, and il imports it's supplies
necessary for the nation, practically
without interruption"
Moral-The United States must i'm
mediately hand over $500, 900. 900 to
Wall street munitions makers for the
construction OF navy second only to
Britain's.
The facts are ignored that Official
figures show that 761 British vessels
we're sunk from the beginning of
the war to the end of December, 1915,
with a loss of more than 1900 900
tons-a loss that has ruined Britain's
ioreign trade, doubled the cost of her
food and driven freight rates to fig
ures that compel the British govern
ment to commander all merchant
ships plying between foreign ports.
But when we deal in preparedness.
We must conceal the truth. That is
true patriotism.
On the other hand we are told that
Germany has everlastingly defeated
the world, aud is now bent on coming
over here and defeating us. Page ID:
This European war has taught us
that at any time after it terminates,
We may be attacked by a nation hay
ing from 100000 to 100000 trained
men and all the ships and supplies
necessary to land them as an effect
i've fighting force upon our shores"
And to keep no one in doubt as to the
IDENTITY of this malign nation, full
page cartoon shows unsuspecting
Uncle Sam holding fat money bag,
while a shadow cast behind him dis
closes "A Prussian with spiked helmet,
his bayonet raised, ready to stab
him in the back.
Moral--the United States must i'm
hand over 100000, 900 a
year to Wall street munitions makers
for the equipping of an army as large
as Germany's.
The true preparedness patriot sees
nothing illogical in these two argu-
ments.
The trustees state in their society's
program: Work for a careful ex-
penditure of public moneys and elm
mate politics and politicians from
the cause of national defense" But
not a word is said of eliminating
the war munitions makers of Wall
street from grabbing the annual hun
dreds of millions in profit from the
sale of guns and shells for the use
of the national defenders. Tush,
tush, we must not be impatrioticl
The Advisers of the
Defenders.
Among the members of the advis-
ory board of the society we not the
following names:
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, one time
president of the United States.
Hudson Maxim, manufacturer of
powder.
Hon. Perry Belmont, vice president
of the Navy league.
Henry b. Joy, vice president of the
Navy league.
Hon. Charles ]. Bonaparte, ex-at-
torney general.
Mr.. Roosevelt, several months ago,
during a trying crisis in our country's
relations, in referring 10
those of his eountrymen who OBJ
jected to going to war on England's
side because persons Of English
birth persisted on sailing on English
ships while England was at war, dis
himself by shrieking:
"Shoot them in the back!"
The Hon. Charles J. Bonapar.e, 1t
a meeting in Carnegie hall on June
Is, 1915, said: 'If am asked what