The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-01
THE ESPIONAGE BILL


 WOULD be better if the espionage bill reduced to the condition of statute against spies Those aspects in which limits freedom press exceedingly dan gerous There is little that be printed which would helpful to the and would be printed which could be helpful to an enemy upon the mere statement o the government that danger might follow improper publication
 The espionage bill is the product of sort of conventional thinking European in it's origin Among the little nations of Europe living in close proximity to other it been possible for the throat of the other with very little warning for one government know what another doing the way preparation, mainly to know when attack is about to begin.
 When begins there is only species of informa ton that of much value to the knowledge of the dis position and of troops In the present detailed arrival and departure of ships might help the though this is doubtful for submarine sinking everything that has far methods for knowing there's ship in the neghbohood- the with the of its commander and officers It the ship soon as gets enough.
 the peculiar conditions of this publicity probably does discourage the foe than anything except soldiers and ships
 Far desiring deceive the Central Powers with the idea that nothing is to be done government has published broadcast news it's purpose great army m tands to send army to France that raise seven b lions by loans let the Allies have much they that many ships will be built including thousands of wooden shs that great food producing campaign of de- yelopmen In short the has freely and wisely dis seminaed the world full knowledge of all of it's ton that is of any magnitude whatever.
 So valuable the aspect of publicity that pro- posed by Joe and the British commission send army France at the earliest possible moment put it the firing line where the Germans see it.
 This is intelligent This is better than conceament The American ag the firing line must be by the Germans if Allies to obtain the maximum benefit of efforts This is just true of the of million American sol diers of a hundred thousand.
 The best interest of the requires publicity of the extensive nd excepting only what relates to the of troops while they in transition and the actual ments of ships.
 Two kinds of publicity will especially aid to victory
 The first kind that telling the plans co-ordna ing the energies of the American people, that they raising billions and ready billions more that they pre- pairing to train millions of soldiers and then millions that they will cooperation with their allies by which be vctorously ended and until the facts to the reost ends of the world for the comfort of friends and the Encouragement of enemies
 The second kind is that which tells the blunders takes crimes of those connected with governments important that these should be declared to the people, that those other facts should be advertised to a world
 Nothing is fatal to victory that government it's representatives mudde along making every sort of take while the people, by of conceaent deprived of that knowledge which would them to find remedy
 How often have the American people told deceived by their government; that Germans would not do what they doing, if they knew the truth
 Then must not happen that the power shall exist by oeceve the American people, conceal from them and the truth.
 The American people get along if they know victory but they do not know of defeat if they qdaed with heistake of their representatives war will not go well at all.