The Dermott news., 1917-11-15
PRO-GERNAN LIES
 SPREAD OVER LAND
PEOPLE DECEIVED AND ALARMED BY GRoTESQUE STORIES
 WITHOUT BASIS.
RED CROSS MUCH ANNOYED
Lies Told for Purpose of Stopping the Making of uppies-Other Wretch ed FaIsehoods Concerning Loss of Life in American Forces.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.

By EDWARD B. CLARK.
 Washington.-In the war depart- ment, in the Red Cross headquarters, and in virtually all the other branches of the government there continues to De unrest because of the continuance of the vicious stories which are put out by pro-German agents to deeelve the people of the United States, to make fathers and mothers anxious and to hurt the cause of the country fight Ing for democracy against the most persistent and insiStent autocraey that the world has known since medieval. Ism passed into modernism in history.
 There is no apology to be made when It Is said that the belief k strong in Washington that not only alien enemies of Uncle sans domain, but some natiye-born citizens. the one group for one purpose and the other group for another. stJl deliberately are spreading tales intended to iaiure this free land and te benefit tha .aad of q military autoeracy.
 Washington authorities still are cn- gagged in an attempt to run down the spies which infest the country and those who. while not being spies in the strict sense. are doing what they can to divide this land against itself. Things have reached pass when soft words cannot be used One of the worst features of the whole thing k the apparent ease with which the liars seem 10 be able 10 make many of the
 Outrageous Lies About Red Cross.
 Again within a week the Red Cross authorities have been compelled to issue denialS of stories so groteSQue as seemingly to bear refutntion on their faces, and vet which have been accepted as true In many parts ef the United States to the hindcring in many places and to the actual stop ping In other places, of work for our soldiers and sailors in the field and on the sea.
 Some Americans In the districts where the tales most widely are spread do not believe them in full and have sense enough te make inquiries Tt headquarters concerning their truth or their falsehood Hundreds of in- quiries have come In concerning the tales bearing on the work of the Red Cross and with them are hundreds of Inquiries concerning stories which have been spread and which con .t, | ' of life among the american troops
 Sometime ago q story was spread throughout the United States that inc Red Cross had enough surgical dress ings and handageS of various kinds to meet every possible requirement. of war which might 70 to any length Women stopped working. The story was pro-German He in ltS Inception and In It's spreading The Red Cross still needs handaEeS and surgical dress ingS, and everything else which lt has asked the noble women of the country to help to make.
 Another story bearing on the Red Cross was to the effect that II was selling to soldiers and sailors at large profit prices the knitted garments which women were making This story was no sooner denied in the quarters from which it emauuted than It appeared Tn other places In the United States The women must knit and continue te knit. for the product of their hands will he needed hy the men who are defending the flag The Red Cross is not selling these things
 Lies About Loss of Life.
 In several of the great cities enemy agents have been driving fathers and mothers of soldiers into state of terror by stories to the effcet th0t every American soldier who hns em. parked to France hns lost his life nt sea The war department Is doing what It can to offset these lies. Ii has promised time and again to make pub 1 lie at once every casualty which may be suffered by the American army or the American navy.
 President Rests In Midst of Work.
 President Wilson k trying to rest in the midst of work. IL Is said that he i knows how to do it. The president l gets his recreation before great many 1 people have had their breakfast II does not follow that because congress ! has adjourned this ctlY js ID aur .,ay a