Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-09
CHARLES E. RUSSELL, MEMBER
OF ROOT COMMISSION, STILL
HOPES FOR RUSSIA.
MEN WHO ovERTHREW
KERENsKY LIKE I. w. w
Former Socialist B'sme' United States
For Permitting Influences For Evil
to Gain FoothoId in New Democracy
Systematic Propaganda Carried on
by Germans.

malists can no more control Russia
than the l. W.. w. can control the
United States" vigorously asserted
Charles Edward Russell. socialist lee
turer and member of the Root COM
mission to Russia, when a Register re-
preventative gave him details Of the
Lenine coup in Petrograd.
Mr.. Russell came to Des Moines for
a lecture last evening.
There are spots in the United
States where the l. w. w. is strong,
but they have no influence in the
country at large he said. The Boil
sheviki control Petrograd, and they are
fairly strong in Moscow, but outside OF
those two cities they are about as pop
ular and influential as the I. w. W. Is
with the American farmer.
Real Peril Is Here.
"The greatest influence for evil in
Russia is not the Bolsheviki, nor Is it
the wonderful German espionage sys-
tenn which is at work in that country,
continued Mr.. Russell. sit is the attitude
Of majority of the newspapers OF
America.
American editors print every wild
story about Russia which comes into
their hands, They publish editorials
criticising and denouncing Russia,
based on falsehoods and containing
false conclusions. Every wild news
story and every unfriendly editorial,
finds it's way back into Russia and
there does its mischief.
Il can not understand why such q
cI.~ 90 nyo6c
upon Russia whether the allies shall
win the war together, or whether the
United States shall be left to fight
Germany alone. make the statement
with assurance that If Russia stops
fighting, the United States will be left
to bear the burden alone.
Russia's Power n War.
1--WE hear every day that Russia
does not count in the war, but the lat
est figure shows the presence of near
ly 1000, 0CO German, Austrian and Bull
garian soldiers on the eastern front.
France Is still brave and true, but
is close to exhaustion. Great Britain
for year has been driving under full
steam, and can do no more than she is
doing. Italy Is struggling to avert
disaster.
What will happen If these 100000
soldiers on the eastern front are re-
leased for the west? Italy will be con-
quered. France will be overrun. The
British army will be driven back into
Great Britain and Great Britain will
break down economically. 1t will be
Germany against the United States.
Greatest Press Agent.
" IT, k<ax
nation on earth, and the German pub
licty machine has the newspapers OF
America in the hollow Of its hand.
II do not mean that the American
press deliberately aids Germany. 1t
does not The trouble is that every
American editor has implanted in the
depth of his being the instinct for
good story He will publish anything, II
1t makes good reading
so the German press agency works
on his sense for news, and puts in his
path the most startling items about
Russia, without grain of truth IN
them, but calculated to make America
distrust Russia, and Russia distrust
America. 1t also sends out articles OF
the most innocent appearance, but
filled with poison.
Fall For German Game.
There ought to be a limit to the
capacity of Germany to gull the news
papers but there appears to be none
How does 1t happen that newspaper
purchased by Germany at the outset
eff the European war, and operated in
the interests of Germany ever Since
can send a representative to Russia
for the sake Of sending back German
propaganda, and get his stuff into hum
dreds of newspapers which know Of the
German relationship Of the newspaper!
The German press bureau did a
fourishing business under the direc-
ton of Count Won Bernstorff. u sent
tons OF stuff out Of Washington when
he was there And it is still playing
the game as effectively as ever altho
Bernstorff Is gone.
Campaign For Colonies.
1.-THE next job undertaken by the
German press bureau in America will
be, campaign to prevent further add
being extended to Russia. An effort
will be made to have congress refuse
to sanction further loans or credit to
Russia. on the ground that the country
is in a state Of anarchy and chaos,
and it will be an important effort,
engineered by and for the benefit >of
Germany.
Another task for the German press
burea,i Is to stimulate American pub
lie opinion in favor Of the restoration
OF the German colonies. Germany Will
be put IN the position Of saying: Let's