Evening journal., 1918-01-28
Hun PROPAGANDA
IN SCOUT BOOKS
New York Boys VIII Aid in
Suppressing Juvenile
Volumes
STORIES ATTEMPT
TO CONDONE WAR

TO CONDONE W AK
NEW YORK, Jan. 2s-New York Boy
Scouts have been asked 20 help sup
press two juvenile books which are
said to be a part Of a countrywide
German propaganda scheme 70 poison
he minds of American youths The
lille Of The two alleged books are "lhe
Boy Scouts in Germany" and ION Board
ihe Mine-Laying Cruiser"
Reports Indicate that the books have
leen widely circulated throughout the
country. Boy Scout officials here
charge that the books are an attempt
10 convince American boys That the
Kaiser was justified in startling The great
war
The books have been circulated as
Boy Scout books, although the term
Boy Scout had been used i'm their
connection without authority it was
stated at Seoul headquarters yesler-
day.
Federal secret service agents are aid
ing Boy Scout officials I'm the suppress
sion Of the volumes Federal officers
9s far west as Cleveland have seized
copies of the books
james y. West. chief Boy Scout eX-
ecutive, yesterday branded the books as
The crassest kind OF German propa-
ganda. lie said the local Boy Scout Of
ncials had first heard Of the books
three weeks ago. Since then, he stated,
every effort had been made TO suppress
them lie depends ON Boy Scouts to
aid in their suppression by reporting
stores in which the books are on sale.
Mr.. West had "On Board the Mine
Laying Cruiser I'm his possession yes
terday. u appears under the name OF
"Colonel James Fiske,n said TO be the
pseudonym for a Mr.. Wolfe, living In
New York, and is published by the
Saalneld Publishing Company Of
Akron, Ohio.
The heroes Of the book are Carl and
Heinrich, two German boys Of about
fifteen and sixteen years Of age. AZ the
beginning OF the book Carl and Heinrich
are on a walking trip through Alsace-
Lorraine. The boys journey over the
battlenelds of 1870, the loss of which
battles cost France the Alsace-Lor-
raine provinces.
Speaking Of the war Of 1910, Helm
rich, with all Tho wisdom OF flfteen
years, opines on Page "a. 1T was their
own (the Frenchmens) fault They
forced us TO go TO war In 1870 And
they VIII force the Kaiser 10 go TO war
again some day. They want TO get
Alsace-Lorrainc back again"
TWO pages further on the German
boys find themselves in the midst Of
the invasion of Belgium. The literary
parent OF Carl and Heinrich here states
That both boys were eager 10 be I'm the
lliick Of things. explaining that: Every
German hoy expects TO serve his term
with the cOlors, and most Of them look
forward eagerly to the years Of soldier
ng"
Carl and Heinrich after adventures
ON the mlne-laying cruiser. left the
cruiser and accompanied Zeppelin on
a bomb raid on London. On The return
from this trip the Zeppelin captain ex-
plained ION Page 223) why England
entered the war"
"The English are now punished lby
our bombsl for making war on us,
said the captain. "AEd all because we
would not wait 10 let France strike at
rs through Belgium, but struck the
FIRST blow ourselves /"
rs that why we are at war with
England2' asked Carl.
ut Is the excuse they give" replied
the captain "Pah We knew that
France was ready to attack us-that
she had her armies massed on the Bel
gian border. We had guaranteed the
neutrality OF Belgium-yes But could
ts-o Ioor, ntsr trsnr.f trshau .rro f-ra..r NI.,f
France was ready 10 break hers? And
yet, because we defended ourselves by
striking first England makes war on
u.s.
England has cut the cables and all
the world, we hear, denounces us for
what we had to do in Belgium. But
England at least has begun to pay
London The heart Of an empire
After this war, who knOws2 Shall Ber-
lin succeed London as the capital OF
the world2n
The book which Mr.. West had last
night was entitled on the cover and
front page as 1.-THE Boy Scouts In
Germany" by Captain John Blaine
Yet the story itself was "On Board the
Mine Laying Cruiser" by Colonel
James Fiske."
THE fact that the cover and front
piece were bound together with the
wrong story indicates that the book
was published rather hurriedly," said
Mr. West
Mr.. West said complaints about the
books had been received from various
towns in New York state, and as far
south as Virginia He asserted thou
sands Of the books had been circulated
in New York city.
At the Akron Office of the publishing
company it was stated that the books
were published three years ago, and
had been called in last fan when their
nature had been called TO the atten-
ton Of The publishing company
The book mir. West had bore 1916
copyright.
II. w. FOX DEAD
Harry W. Fox died this morning at