Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-22
Fantastic Stories of Battles.

| In general this paper reproduces the
| Democratic dispatches in more fam
| bovant and offensive form. dwelling on
| the injustice and i'll treatment alleged
| to have been melted to Mexican citizens
| in the United States, and calling on all
| patriotic Mexicans to be on guard to
| repel the Vaccinations of their neigh
| Dor to the north. The paper, however.
| does not confine itself to distortion of
actual happenings. 1t has printed ac-
| counts of the sinking of entire Amer
lea and British fleets. the bombardment
| of American ports by hostile warshtpS
| and other fantastic stories.
| La Defensa enjoys the peculiar ad-
| vantage of being allowed to post copies
| Of the paper on prominent buildings
| throughout the city. In this way the
paper is read by many who otherwise
| would not, buy 1t. Often these sheets
are posted on government buildings.
| For example. an issue with the follow
| ing Headline, Wilson, your hands
| dripping with blood" was posted on
| buildings under both municipal and
| federal control
| Following the lead of La Defensa
are number of other papers appar-
| emily thoroughly under German inilu-
| ence and control Among them are
! la Roietin de Ia Guerra. conducted by
| an editor of mixed German and Mexican
1 parentage: La Rendition and La eau
/ terio. All appear in the afternoon and
/ all follow the genera! lead of La De-
fensa. They are opposed in the after
noon field by II Nacional. a pro-ally
/ paner. and the Courier de Mexiaue
printed in French.
! IN the morning field FL Democratic s
opposed by Fl Universal. which has
conducted a strong pro-ally campaign,
and by FL Pueblo and +! Excelsior.
/ which have been friendly. rather than
opposed to the United States.
| In addition TO the papers enumerated
| above, the Germans issue also a week
| " sheet known as the Deutsches lei
tung Won Mexico. printed in Spanish
and the Informaciones des Inalam-
/ bricas, or Wireless News issued when
/ it is deemed expedient.
Legation Keeps in Background.
So far as is known. II. Won Eckhardt.
| the German minister. keeps himself
| and his immediate suhordinates aloof
| from this propa ganda. the direction Of
| which il is understood. is in the hands
of II. Lubbock. or Von l.ubeck. wealthy
"a ired German merchant
/ Ii is known that Won Lubbock sent mes
/ saees to German consuls throughout Mex
| leo last May asking them to disseminate
| the news that Won Eckhardt had been
| enthusiastically received by the crowds
at the opening of the Mexican congress
| while the American ambassador had been
| greeted by marks OF dsapproval
| German propaganda has not been con-
fined to the capital Strong efforts to
influence public opinion have been made
| in Guaralajara and Puebla and other
cries. but, so far as can be estimated
have met with little success Pro-Ger-
| man meetings We're stopped by the
thorities at least two occasions in
| Gnadal lara.
/ There has been marked influx recently
| of Germans 10 Mexico City. The greater
| part of the newcomers seem in prosper
GUS circumstances and many of them
| speak Spanish huenrly. 1t is supposed
! they come. for the most part, from Cuba
| and Central and South America.
Proof of more overt acts against Mex
|
| been made public. If the agitation which
| produced the strike In the Tampico oil
| fields was of German origin 1t seems GER
| tain that it was produced through agents
OF other nationalities and Gov. Ricaut of
| the state of Tamaulipas had little diff
(! icillty in effecting settlement.