New-York tribune., 1917-07-12
Allies Called Bankrupt
Other Articles Praise Kaiser
and Defame Entente Poll
cies and Leaders
By~a loyal American of German BIRTH

Tending the Kaiser and his followers.
But the jewel of the lot is neither
an article nor news" dispatch from
Berlin, but a new Hymn of Hate that
bids fair to rival that truly Hunnish
creation Of Herr Professor Lssauer
And its author is Baron VI. Ostin;.
a Royal Bavarian major. II is entitled
ITO England" Here is literal trans
lation of this newest example of
schrecklichkeit in Germanic lyric
poetry:
This is the hatred, the wild, grim
hatred,
Hatred for you and vengeance many
thousand times.
+, You shopkeepers' nation, you bro
kers' bunch,
Who lied to all the world and de-
ceived even the friend in dis
tress,
Hatred for you and vengeance,
shall extend my hands TO every
brave enemy
| When peace will unite us again.
But hatred and shame on you for
everl"
This new Hymn of Hate appeared in
! the "Brooklyner Freie Presse."
! II must be remembered that the
/ Sunday editions of the Germsn-lan-
guage press have a much greater cir
culation than the dailies. II must be
! also borne in mind that vast major
ity of these Sunday papers are read
by the poorer classes.
A Teutonic Editorial
In the "Freie Presse," under a three
column streamer telling OF English
Cruelty" one finds bitter attack on
England, and on the editorial page
there is an editorial captioned "The
Clandestine War Against Germany" a
bit of quasi-treasonable and typically
Teutonic literary propaganda, from
which the following is quoted:
"The treacherous fight behind the
front is a fight carried on with poi
soned words and lying literature which
revile the adversary and degrade him
in the eyes of the neutral and enemy
world, and attempt to destroy his good
1ame as. a nation. The methods OF
Sighting are calumny and falsehood.
malicious representation and inten
tional forgery. Whoever knows how to
use these means more cleverly wins the
victory over his adversary.
The governments that spent great
sums of money for this propaganda
have certainly found out that the
money is we'll invested and bears rich
interest. Indeed, they have put up
the greater part of the world against
Germany"
Great Britain and France are de-
scribed as practically bankrupt in an
article on English and French War
Finances" that appeared on the same
editorial page. In another article, en-
titled "Alsace-Lorraine- French
Premier Ribot's Forgery OF History
Corrected" it is argued that Alsace-
Lorraine belongs rightfully to Ger
many. That the Allies are responsible
for the present war is the contention of
an article entitled Interesting Adms-
sions of Fine Souls" A seven-column
headline reads: india, the Paradise OF
English Officials. How the British Have
impoverished India"
Another article is intended to set the
Jews against Russia. A Russian sol
der is quoted: 81 wish we were home.
Ivan Iyanovitch. There they are com
hitting the most glorious pogroms, and
men like we must. in the meantime,
stay in the trenches"
a glorification of the Kaiser is head
ed. "The Right Answer-How Dr. Otto
Zollner Repels an Attack on Kaiser
Wilhelm
All Praise for Germany
The greater part of the Sunday "Freie
Presse,n like all other greater New
York German Sunday papers, with one
exception, consists of articles full OF
praise of Germany, her people, her
rulers, her soldiers, and of defamation
OF the Allies. This exception is the
"Volkszeitung" Even fiction serves the
same purpose, TO a great extent.
Essentially the same article that
bore in the "Brooklyner Freie Presse"
the title Interesting Admissions OF
Fine Souls" was published by the
"New Yorker Herold" under the head
line Secrets of the Entente On its
editorial page the "Herold' published
"Professor Kuehnemann's Opinion,
attacking the motives of the United
States for entering the war. Protes-
sor Kuehnemann is quoted as saying,
in part:
"But never has it become so evident
as in this case how absolutely auto
cratically America is governed by the
/ President in times of great crises:
America attempts TO save the colossal
sums that she has invested In the
cause of the Allies by attaining
victory for the English. :. Iney
the Americans fear Englands ven-
. geance in the event Of an English de-
feat. an alliance Of England and Japan
which would mean danger 10 the eX-
istence of the United States.
No comment was made. and. thereby,
the professors opinion was indorseo.
A specially of the Sunday stats
Zeitunc." the American Norddeutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung' of the Herren
Ridder. is the publication of articles
of German military critics on the war
operations. The editors Of the paper
don't need to say anything IN favor
Of the Central Powers; that is done
by the authors of these articles. ne
Sunday "Staats-Zeitung' pub ished
"The Battle of the Aisne and the
Scarpe" and THE Failure OF the Great
Offensive" by the German lieutenant
general. Baron Ardonne, who gIoriheS
The moral and military virtues OF the
So-r,ans ,,,S the yalor and courage OF
their officers, and accuses the rrench
ord Italian officers of cowsrdice.
a similar pro-German spirit is mani.
fos,ed and instilled into the readers OF
tho "Staats-Zeitung" by an article
"About the Tenth Battle or the lsonzo.'
Still worse is "The War in German East
Africa" that was first published by the
"Ncue Zuericher Zeitung," which, ac-
cordinp 10 the DISCLOSURES by Eugen
Richter in the "Freisinnige zeltung IN
issS was a reptile newspaper when us
Rerlin correspondence appeared over
the signature OF Hans Thudlchum.
Claim Ruthenian Support
That the Ruthenians, the Russians As
we'll as the Austrians. are Aus,rlansr IT, a.
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