Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-12-22
AMtl|CANISM AND
WHAT IT MEANS
Y SAMUEL MERWIN,

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yar,s 20 Propaganda of the mos
ssnd far-reaching sorts is a,
~ 'senti moment active every.
rs' I'm the world. 1t is by nc
", al clever, but it is enormous.
i, 'NSlent For the German aim
n. NC initial failure to win by
~, arms Is evidently to win by
s"(aton and endurance Like
s'attacks of the German army,
W.. fopaganda drives are designed
wi i, YIN over and through Cat what
publ OS'l and destroy by overcoming
most %aOras of the army.
Chri russia Germany's propaganda
Ter udS been larger factor in
TINS "'ns the newest republic to it's
y ~ 'nan the power of her armies.
Immense accomplishment was
accf "''Oie because of the large element
simplicity and honesty of the
bib "aage Russian mind This mind
aRqd still is easy prey for a ma
with Mrs. hat possesses neither of
day afterno0Ve attributes
at the Inn. Sweden, Norway, Hol
The celebran nd and Spain the pro-
niversary, 10th yealex mixture of
and 25th of the orr and intriguing
church will be maal and in parti-
addresses from tble, through dv-
Rev. R. B. Wrig. The great value
Hawkes., of Caphe dynastic system
perintendent Fell illustrated in the
years, and Areece though this form
superintepeomes only in part under
The CDR of propaganda
tionsFrance the subtly controlled and
Wtr-active propaganda appears at
present to consist mainly in an at
tempt to weaken the national spirit
secondary ain, of course, is de-
signed to veal the faith of the
: French in the. ply across the chan
mel; secondarlA because, like the
similar drive az inst England in our
own country, t. obe mentioned later,
1t looks not to present success, but to
later International relationships in
the world which Germany knows she
Will have to face the present war.
In Ireland, as in India, Burmah.
Egypt, Morocco, Algeiers, and other
dependent and. semi-dependent re-
gions, the propaganda aims at
straight rebellion. The work among
the Irish in particular, has been done
with the present military object of
harassing Britain and occupying
elements of her troops and the larger
political object of fastening the divi-
sion and downfall of the British en-
pire, which is of course, the greatest
single Obstacle " .Germany's dream
of comelefe wosd domination. The
di5f pected elements among the Irish
istrys. have yielded easily, even
fer So, to this pressure. We know
tivitieat much of the work has been
navy ,mong the Irish in the United
Mid
lg the South American re-
the propaganda has aimed
rmining the continental in
Servisof the United States and
BlDle Slait of Germany. 1t is now
MORNING during the years before
a. m. ir the German government /
A Christmfar as to subsidize with
B. X. Psvoral hundred thousand
Evenlnetlers in Brazil and the Ar
Sub1ect I'M Mexico and Central
B1bie 81 edition to the main OBJ
night. pOpaganda has also been
Suhaay rouse A continuous petty
held Januafa fJIUnited States, with
w. +. bying the attention
g. -, and our troops.
lily in Japan, an /
Christmas d,y it is, aims at the
held at the chnity between Japan
her % at II: 00nd holds out the;
Mr. Walter Ashte alliance between
offertorv solo Which perhaps more
House Possess a genius for
speedird for war With such
ge and with Germany vic
One fie two powers, with their
companyht hope to rule the Pacific
now rivorld.
rather$ United States the original
linger,ada was heavy handed and
like hieutonic Probably working
all'assumption that 80 years of
lengths penetration through oul
course industrial, bind particular
still coytional syfems had fully
quest wafour minds for the fnal
,gSa Dernburgs and Munster
$3.50 ndeavoring to bully us into
,,..g In German fashion The
49,, NAT q, few million Germans an'
l . .,,or,rsns .of German descent were
,,,,,rs IN the tpited States and tha'
nVip s we're, as Foreign Secretary
thu mann in informed ambasadoi