The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
.PR0.CERMANS IN
UNITED STATES
AFFECT RUSSIA
Teuton Spielers in Petrograd
Make Valuable Use of Paci-
fist Movement
AGENTS OF MISCHIEF
PREACH LIES TO sLAVS
0ratory Is National Game in New
Regime Says Charles Ed
ward Russell

ward Russell
This Is another Of the series Of
articles by Charles Edward Rus
sell, staff writer of The Tribune,
who has just returned from Rus
sia, where he spent three months
as member Of the official United
States commission to the new
Russian government.
BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL.
Copyright, 1917, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.
"The people of the United States
are not in favor of this war"
"The government of the United
States is controlled absolutely by the
munition makers. For the sake Of
profits the munitiOn makers wanted
the United States to 60 into the war.
That is the only reason why the I'm
tied States is in it."
THE people of the United States
are utterly opposed to the war and
wish to make peace at once. They
are about to overthrow their govern
ment. Then they will make peace
with Germany and the war every
where will come to an end.
The other day in the United States
senate resolution was introduced for
peace. You see-I told you. l know
what the people of America think. |
am an American myself and l know
they are dead against this war"
These are a few samples Of the
stuff dinned necessarily into the ears
of Russians by thousand profession
al trouble makers anarchists and the
like, returned from America with AM
erican passports in tllair pockets to
try to win the situation for Germany.
This sort of stuff and worse.
Sometimes they tell the Russians
that conditions in the United States
are far more intolerable than they
were in Russia under the czars, that
the people are more oppressed and
miserable that whatever else the Rus
slams do with their freedom they must
be on their guard against establishing
any government in the least like that
of the United States.
"The United States has ruined Gu
ba and Mexico" they say. ut has
enslaved its own people. 1t has now
sent commissions over here to pre-
pare the way to enslave you Above
everything else, be on your guard
against America. l know what it Is.
am an American myself. Look at
my American passport"
What They Say.
The United States will never do
any fighting in this war. DO not be
deceived. The United States is only
bluffing. 1t doesn't intend to fight.
The munition makers only want some
fat orders for guns and things and
then the United States will make
peace with Germany That is what
you ought to do if you don't want to
get left. Now is the time to make
peace. What do you want to fight
for? England and France are all in
and the United States is only fOollng
you Everybody knows that in the
United States. l just came from
there / am an American. | know -;
The great Field of Mars, the an
cient parade ground of Petrograd, is
the forum and huge debating school
of the new democracy. Every Sun
day you can see there 100000 or 30O,-
coo people in groups around the
speakers. listening to Oratory Ora
tory is the Russian national game.
These agents of mischief, recently
returned from America, run from
meeting to meeting, reiterating the
lies | have quoted above.
There is no chance to deny that
they do an infinity of harm. The Ger
man propaganda in the United States
and Germany, which directs their ef-
forts, judged with perfect accuracy of
the harm they could do. Nothing bet
ter for the kaiser has been done
since the war began.
They undermine faith. They de-
stroy courage. They make many
Russians believe that the United States
is about to seek peace and Russia
therefore will be left fighting hope
lessly alone.
1t was this treacherous activity,
combined with the pre-arranged mu-
tiny of German agents in the ranks,
Russian line in Galicia. Direct cause
and direct effect.
But take god heed of the next
point in this black record. Every
thing that happens in the United
States that can be used by these
back.firers gets promptly over
there.
Every time a plausible ,cleverly
named pro-German organization
calls a peace convention the fact
gets to the Field of Mars, and is
used to show that the people of
the United States are opposed to
the war.
Every time senator or repre-
sentative introduces disloyal
resolution news of it flies without
delay to the huge German ma
chine that is working ceaselessly
in Russia to break down the spir-
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