New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-03
The krupp Invasion

hrupps hrst step was to employ
German named Gunther Thomas, for
mer city editor and Berlin correspon-
dent Of the "New-Yorker Stasts-Zel-
tung" For over year Thomas d.
rected this news, but Thomas, who had
more of an American viewpoint than
the German government approved, was
forced out. and Dr. Hammann. for ten
years chief Of the Berlin Foreign Office
propaganda department. was selected
as president of the Overseas News
Agency. The krupp interests, which
had been subscribing 100000 marks
annually to this agency, subscribed the
same amount to the reorganlzed com
pany. Then, believing that another
agency could be organized, subscribed
400. 900 marks more to the Transocean
News Agency. Because there was so
much bitterness and rivalry between
the officials Of the two concerns, the
government stopped in and Informed
the Overseas News Agency that it could
send only political news" while the
Transoccan was authorized TO send
economic and social news" via Say
Vile and Tuckerton.
This news. however. was not solely
for the United States. Krupp's eyes
we're on Mexico and South America, so
agents were appointed in Washington
end New York TO send the krupp- bred
wireless news from New York by cable
to South America and Mexico. Obvl-
ouslv the same news which was sent to
the United States could not be tele-
craphed to Mexico and South America,
because Germany had different pol
'cy toward these countries. The United
States was on record against an UNI
limited submarine warfare. Mexico
and South America we're not Brazil,
which has a big German population,
was considered an unanneXed German
colony. News TO Brazil, therefore. had
10 be coored differently than news 20
New York. Some of the colorng was
done in Berlin; some in New York by
krupp's agents here. AS result OF
Germany's anti-United States propa-
ganda in South America and Mexico,
these countries did not follow Presi-
dent Wilson when he broke diplomatic
relations with Berlin. While public
sentiment might have been against Ger
many, it was, TO a certain degree, an
tagonistic 10 the United States
The News ObIique
So far as know, even though diplo-
matte relations are severed, certain
wireless news from Berlin Is going to
South America and Mexico which is
not reaching New York Krupp's foot
hold at Sayville and Tuckerton s prov
ing valuable. As long as these two
wireless towers are permitted TO com
municate with Berlin this German
propaganda will continue to filter into
the United States. and it will be sent
to Mexico and South America. Ger
many will continue TO manufacture
sentiment among the MeXlcans and
Latin Americans against the United
States.
The English and French newspapers
long ago learned the lesson about TINS
propaganda that it was not what the
German people heard and thought but
what the German government desired
the world to believe the Germans
heard and thought. The Allied press
which formerly printed a great deal OF
the Overseas News Agency news,
learned that the Krupp interests and
the German government were sending
news about Germany which the German
pcople wcrc not permitted to read
And publication OF much OF this hrupp
information was stopped.
The KruDp interests have gigantic
nlans for a publicity campaign to 10
low This war. Not only the Krupp di-
rectors. but the army and navy. believe
thew can Conquer the world By pub
licitv." They plan to merge the Wolf
Agency. in Germany. with the Trans
ocoan and Overseas News Agency and
distribute news" throughout the
world, especially in North and South
America. They count upon the foot
hold they have now IN the United
states to aid them in their schemes.