The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-07-17
Smash that damnable Hun propa.
ganda and we will smash the German
line.-GeneraI pershing.


General Pp,shing has seen condi-
tions at home and he has faced the
German troops in France. He knows
that Germany has powerful war ma
chine, but he is not afraid of it. He
knows that American soldiers are the
match for the troops of the kaiser, and
that American spirit lover there" is as
stanch as mans heart can be.
What General PerJhing is afraid of
If he knows fear at all-is not the
high explosive shell, the poison gas, the
minenwerfer or the machine gun, but
the secret, treacherous, undermined
German propaganda that is still going
on here In the United States.
Secret Propaganda Goes On.
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1t is certain that the secret German
propaganda goes on. 1t reaches into
the homes and wrings the heartstrings
of the mothers whose sons are going
overseas. 1t sneaks into the factories
where war work is being done and
whispers to the workers to slow up. 1t
penetrates into the meeting halls of
labor unions and says "strike." On
the railroads, where hundreds of thou
sands Gf workers are struggling with
the greatest congestion this country
hns ever known, the German propa-
Sanda spreads discomfort. To the
farmer 1t says 'hoard" and to the city
consumer it whispers of extortion and
proiiteering. To the man Of business
* prates of government incompetency
and inef,iciency; and to the derellct,
me wanderei', the tramp-if you please
it breaches class hatred and revolt.
Loves the Pacifist Here.
Germany, the nation which glorifies
var above all else, loves the pacifist
in this country. Peace is the favorite
topic OF conversation among the pro-
Germans. They would quit cold, wound
compromise, would do anything, in
short, except fight out this war to
finish and crush forever that menace
of militarism which, above all things.
the pacifist is supposed to abhor.
Creating friction and jealousy among
the nations allied against the kaiser
Is one of the propasandists' most eff
fective methods. They are active
abettors of that group of Americans of
Irish extraction who are bitter against
England. They work effectively among
the half educated who. by superficial
reading Of United States history, have
been accustomed TO regard England as
Americas traditional enemy.
They create distrust and suspicion
Of Japan, and both here and in the
Orient have so sown the seeds of sus-
though conflict must inevitably en-
sue. Down in Mexico bandits like
villa get money and supplies from
mysterious sources, making necessary
the holding of considerable Ameri-
con force on the border.
How far reaching and well organ
lied the German propaganda was in
this country just before we entered
the war was shown In 1915 when men,
bers Of congress were flooded with
nearly million kilograms, all OF iden-
teal wording, protesting against the
shipment of arms to the enemies of
Germany. The American Embargo
Conference was the organization be-
hind these messages. II sprang up al
most In night and q million tele-
grams cost lot of money.
The American Truth society was an
other of the organizations which
seemed to have plenty Of funds and
sought to influence members Of con-
gress In favor of prohibiting the ship
ment Of arms and ammunition. Then
there was the German-American Ma