The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-22

{Fron the Committee on Public In
formation, Washington, D. CO
The kaiser's famous violets. pluck
ed on a devastated hill near st. Quen-
tin nourished on the sacrifical blood
Of heroic poilus, and dripping with his
majestys crocodile tears for the sor-
rows OF unhappy France, should GER
tainly have been sent back to the
kaiser wrapped in a copy of the Gaz-
cite des Ardennes.
This evil little journalistic change
ling, now four years old, appeared in
the wake of the German armies that
swarmed over France in 1914. Ever
since then IL has been spreading what
ever poison gas can be compressed
from printers ink. II is issued for
the sole purpose OF destroying French
civilian morale in the occupied dis
tricts back Of the German lines.
1t has a certain French look about
it. it is printed in French and even
the name OF It's editor is French-Rene
Provost But NJ. Provost Is really
Herr Provost who, before the war.
was correspondent in Paris for we'll
known German paper. The assistant
editor is Herr Paprziziki, formerly
German Journalist OF Mulhausen. and,
as a newspaper man in the list prov
inces," more or less familiar with
French thought.
The Gazette des Ardennes is pub
lished four times a week from Charlie
vile, commonly supposed TO be Ger
man headquarters on the west front
In all probability, its funds, which
appear to be limitless, are supplied
by the German foreign office. but il
is as much a war mechanism Of the
general staff as any battery of howit-
zers pounding away at French VII
lage.
Makes Good Appearance.
1t must be admitted that it is care
fully edited. Printed on good paper,
IT'S makeup is good. and a profusion
Of illuzt-ation give 1t an attractive ap-
nea~rnce. 1t advertises a nominal
rr'as but may be had for the asking.
vrhilo IL is circulated chiefly in the
Frer~h occrried districts some effort
IS made to push it among the French
~ oas'n~ FORMULATION of Switzerland. A
'"'eature od'tion' issued from time to
time aiwavs carries group of pic
tr1reS calculated to make an appeal in
Svvitzerland.
The last edition illustree" of the
Gazette des Ardennes 10 reach Aneri-
.ca is No 81. dated March II. 1918. 1t
II typical. If your sympathies are SO
-T-ncnch that vou don't care to read the
-te--t YOU can get enough depression
.fror1 the pictures alone to last you
'uo+il the next issue.
The chief work OF art is entitled
Winter evening in the Champagne.
r~r'inted by the way. from German
- razire. It is utterly somber-a
hle"I. sto-m-shot sky pressing down
lv~@7 4 ibleaker war-swept country
So ssu'aat'rn with half distinguish
$50 co'rnnns of what might be scrub
.c7'-~ henf refugees. or overburdened
z .'1te~S Pelow this picture appears
80 s.>orr visage OF His Majesty Will
h elm II. KING of wurtemberg."
Heart Depressants.
On the next PAGE we are Offered
e---ellent DRAWINGS of disguised French
ro'd'ers Struggling up 70 their knees
in the Somme mud and a half-frozen
roilus shivering in the sS.w on sentry
duty, together with an aerial photo
Fror'l % a shel1-smashed village, cap
TONED Observation-Disclosures destroyed
by English bomhardment"
Then follows a more cheerful pic
tlire effort Though only so from the
German point of View. showing in
termed soldiers in Switzerland A !
couple OF ordinary pictures Of a land
ing from the train and a group of
French and Belgian officers are fol-
lowed by photographs of a column of
interned Germans marching through
gay crowds of welcoming children.