South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
"AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY. "

your rcopperhead' peace copy refused We have
no aid, comfort announcement to lend to the
emperor Germany. and get along without his
money"
The News-Times answer TO a Geographic order
and copy for page advertisement yester-
day. received indirectly the EMERGENCY Peace
federation 20 Fifth av the aggregation that is
planning swoop upon Washington early
week attempt stampede the president and
gress surrender the kaiser his
simps.
The advertisement runs appeal Americans
OF the West. urging them to behind the "Ameri-
cans of the East. join by telegram
insult that the preparing be hurled into
the face of American patriotism and intelligence,-
though of course. Insult is not what they call it,
We backwoodsmen out here-"You in the west do
realize how being stampeded into
you reelected because lie kept
of war . tell him with voice that
should still keep is America
so without intelligence etc-wel. we apparently
supposed jump through the hoop like many train
ed pups at this beck and call" of the wise Of
the east" but the worry.
We lin the west" may not be as bright as they "of
the east. but there things that 4
realize; occasionally something that imagine We
know. of those things that Pres't Wilson in
keeping already exhausted about all
the patience the genuine American people have; and
we have no more cheeks to We say genuine
American people" in order that makeup of
the Emergency Peace federation" be in
cuded. Their patence-with Germany.-seems abso-
lutely unlimited We suppose they ever thought
thing taking up with the kaiser keep
out OF war"
The anxious than east;
and dare say, less sensible the conditions that
plunging war insofar we are really being
aI.o
preparedsts either. Just organizations the
Emergency Peace federation, doing much as
anything. II them that the kaiser depends TO
keep divided if possible. depends to befuddle
America while he goes on terrorizng
the seas, and paving the way 10 linaton of the
earth The News-Times hardly be accused of be-
ing war standing "frenzied" pre-
parsdness and what more and better still, hope,
may accused being
the United states especially favor such
a constituencies autocrat Kaiser Wilhelm. All
America is peace but a peace promoted by
traitors American people do much for peace
propaganda that smells we'll of being financed from
Berlin. That "a difference. perhaps. which the Fed
Grafton 20 Fifth did not expect anyone TO scent
The newspapers were supposed gulp because
Of the advertising compensation in t. and "you i'm the
realize" were expected so it as
though 10 were the last supper.
There may be no doubt are honest patriotic Well
meaning people in the federation referred 10. The
wolf always has been adept i'm proyidinS himself
with sleeps clothing The kaisers and Bernsorh
American peace propagandtsts smooth enough, yoa
may depend upon TO cover up their steps and and
unsuspectlng and unsupported folk behind which to
hide. provided such available The honest pa
trotic and we-meaning. the easiest dupes in the
world II you them astride your hobby and
keep them blind folded their follies II has been
the operating process proGerman propasandists in
America since the first dash into Belsum near three
years ago.
Is high time IA, Americans know sOmethins Of