The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-10
FOURMNUTE MEN
TRYING TO UNMASK
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
Importance of This Weeks Ad-
dresses Emphasized in Bulletin
Sent from Washington to the
Speakers; Subtle Lies Spread.

This weeks topic for the Four
Minute Men ~ the moving picture
theatres will he diminishing German
Propaganda" Il viii he supplement
tary to the general topic What our
Enemy Really is which was touched
On last week. The names of the
speakers Will % announced by l. +.
Ice, of the state council OF defense.
INK the course Of the day.
The speeches against the German
propaganda are regarded as OF the
CREATES, importance hS the govern
ment and the bulletin sent to the
Four Minute Men here emphsl.zes
that importance:
we must unmask pro-German
arguments that pretend TO be Ameri-
can sentiment and which deceive
many well-intentioned Americans, 80
saws the bulletin The present ac-
tivities Of German propaganda are
such as to deserve especial attention
nt the hands ~ all who are in a posi-
ton to ,ouuteract THIS influence upon
the public mind.
Abundant facts known to the gov
eminent, says the bulletin show that
tho German war office has long been
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! .rgument which ~an he masked as "a
Kind ~ American sentiment, and that.
aided 10y paid agents. and pro-German
! sympathizers. these arguments have
been ]insinuated into the popular mind
IN this country hy speeches and writ
ings The evidence Is also abundant
to show that these arguments are
finding Judgment IN the minds OF
many people who would not for u mo-
mrnt think of themselves as disloyal
citizens. These arguments are find
inE voice i'm many ways. and their in
nuence must be overcome 10y telling
the plain truth about them
The German pluttrrs, continues the
bulletin. understand an too well the
weakness Of human nature which
presumcs 10 sit in Judgment ON the
policies of the government without
knowing a thousandth part Of tn,
facts upon which those policies are
based This type of mind. which d,
legion, * an easy prey 10 the false
arguments ~ German propaganda
which end To- divert public sentiment
from the effective support of the
governments war program, our rea
enemy In this war Is this Kind nj
false argument. ana the type uf min,
that can DE influenced to give II cir
culntuu. mo- less than II is the Ger
man system Of government which
owes It's very existence To the ca
paCity of the great masses In Ger
many tn absorb monarchial doctrin,
as patriotic sentiment
William Mccormick Blair, the ma
tional director of the Four Minute
Men has sent tins message to IN
speakers
"Our speakers Will be Interested Z,
know mat the work OF the Fou
Minute Mcn Is receiving q great dea
of commentator from Variou
sources. Authorities In Washington
have freely expressed their pcrsorg
appreciation Of the effective servic0
heing rendered by the organization
Much of this credit rs duc "a the in
diyidual speakers upon whose Ier
vice the uses of the organization rest
ana the state ana local chairmeI
without whose executive efforts IN
work could not be carried ON. tredi
IS also due, and in no small degree
To the and managers uf mo
uon picture thcatcrs for their essen
tjal part IN giving the -Four Minut
Men access to their audiences durin
the intcrmission. We feel sure, how
ever, that the personal consciousness
OF performing a patriotic service M
furds q satisfaction which outweigh
any words of approval which other
might say about the work