The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-12
Work Bearing His Approval
Dropped as Insidious Ger
man Propaganda.
WITHDRAWAL Is ORDERED
National Defence League Per-
suades Publisher to Take
Work OFF Market.

circulation DOCK wnlcn IL mas pupHshou
recently under the title Two Thousand
Questions and Answers About the war.
The volume has been withdrawn because
II has been discovered to contain a large
amount of matter favorable to Germany
and 10 be impregnated with "a subtle
vein Of dispara cement OF the high prin-
ciples for which the Allies are fighting
No authors name appeared on the title
page, but the name Of George Greer.
chairman of the Committee on Public
Information. Is signed to an Introduction
to It, Mr.. Creel being made to say. such
volumes as this are the text books with
which We will have to begin. II gives
the background of the difficulties out OF
which the war arose IL inoi-
Gates the necessary basis for a perma-
nent settlement OF the terrible dispute.
The Two Thousand Questions and An
swers' in my opinion constitutes vital
part of the national defence"
1t was explained last night that the
George II. Doran company published the
book at the request of the Review OF Re-
pieDs. 1t was not edited or even read
closely before publication. the assump-
ton being that, carrying Mr. Creers I'M
primatur. II had a sort OF off1cial status.
More than 1000 copies circulated before
the books true character was discovered.
A German Masterpiece.
DR.. Claude H. Van Tyne OF the de-
partner: of history of the University OF
Michigan. who is now serving as edi-
torial director Of tho National Security
Leagues bureau OF education. took the
| trouble to 20 through the book with
great care and reports upon 1t as fol-
lows:
an my opinion It Is a masterpiece Of
| German propaganda. The German Gov
orrment could not have devised anything
moro insidious. more calculated to de-
stroy our faith in our allies and to In
sinuate into the American mind excuses
for Germany. Endorsed by the chair
man Of the Committee on Public Infor-
nation. It becomes a menace to the
American morale. and as no authors
name is given no one Is made to appear
responsible but the writer Of the intro
! duction."
! The following have been selected by
DR., Van Tyne as especially luscious
:norsels Of German propaganda. picked
at random from tho pages of the book !:
p. SO. Odd the German EN-
bassy issue a warning to passengers
on the Lusitania?
peared In the New York World and
the New York, Times May /. 1915,
seven days before the sinking OF the
Lusitania." (Quoted in FULL
y. SO. Odd Germany offer in
demnity for Americans lost on the
Lusitaniaf
Ayes, while negotiations over the
Lusitania case were still pending she
stated her willingness to pay indemnity
for the deaths OF Americans.
z. "a. Q.-How would the people
| NJ A1aaN Il m n
A-The Encyclopedia Britannica
1910. eleventh edition. Cambridge. Eng
land, leans to the opinion that they
would wish to remain German.
Sir Harry II. Johnston. the we'll known
British Colonial official, wrote in the
English Nineteenth Century Maoastne
IF a plebiscite were called. absolutely
uncontrolled by Government officials. II
would probably be found that there
was an overwhelming majority OF votes
in Alsace-Lorraine for inclusion
within the German Empire"
They All Love the Kaiser.
o.-How did Prussia become mill.
tarstic?
A.-As a result of being licked toe
often. Whenever France wanted
TO fight Russia or Austria the road lee
through wurttemberg, Bavaria or Prus
STA. . At last the Prussians deter
mined grimly to fight for themselves
and 1t was under the inspiration OF 6
burning zeal and love for home anC
country that the seeds of militarisn
were sown.
=. 215. Q.-what is the German
peoples attitude toward the Kaiser?
A.-With the exception OF the mos
radical Socialists, the German peopl,
hold the Kaiser in the highest esteem.
Q.-Has Germany a constitution?
Ayes. II has written constitution
which is. on the whole, similar to tn,
constitution OF most large nations.
+. 2l6. Q.-Is the German Parlia
ment at all like the United States Con
gress?
An some ways It Is like Congress
The Bundesrath. or upper house
, on the other hand. represents not tn
people OF Germany. but the States spe
clfically, as our Senate was suppose,
to do when United States Senators wer
selected by State legislatures insteai
, of being elected by popular suffrage. I,
fact. our Senators still represent State
rather than electors in political prin
ciple at least.
: Puts Blame on British.
> p. /. Q.-Do the best informed stu
dents OF world politics feel that the wa
| could have been avoided?
A.-The war at first appeared to b
= the result of Germany's Discriminate
A., to grasp and make secure her place /
= the SUM- along lines quite similar {
those upon which in the past had bee
. built the British Empire. the Frenc
o Colonial Empire and the tremendou
Russian expansion.
p. 2. Q.-What were the great sp<
cihc pre-war rivalries?
= A. (3)-British control of the worl
: sea. which bound a huge part OF III
II world together as THE British Empire
: The all red belt around the earth, a
Q shown on British postage stamps) an
the consequent control of nearly III
o whole colonial area OF earth.
r +. 225. Q.-Were German soldier
d worse than others In the march O
Pekin?
It A-According to revelations mace b
% correspondents who managed to &,
u through to Pekin. and by officers aft.
d the trouble was over. there seems
b have been very little to choose betwee
= the conduct of the various troops. {
o all, the Japanese emerged with II
cleanest record. and the Tonkinei
I. troops of the French with the worst.
=. Q. Has war ever produced SO mut
10 hatred as this one?
10 Always much the same kind
N attacks as now on the Germans.
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