The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-08-01

| the sake OF humanity, and made them
believe that America was in the war for
selfish reasons and for what she could
| get out of it. After belittling the
president IS speeches the German press
would then tell them how impossible it
would be for America to have any bear
! ing on the war at all. In the first
place, they said, Wilson would never
get America to fight. He could never
raise an army. The German propa-
ganda in this country was so great and
so well directed that it would be i'm
possible to get men enough for an
army. Then if by any possible chance
America should raise an army she could
never get it to France. America did
not have the transports and before she
could build them Germany would have
the Allies whipped to a standstill
before America could get a single man
in Europe. When he left Dresden the
newspapers had not Informed the Ger
man people that America was even
raising an army and they knew abso-
lutely nothing about single American
soldier being on the west battle line.
The people did not believe they were
there.
| If the German army met with a re-
verse it was never published in the
German papers and the people were not
allowed to be enlightened about any
thing detrimental to Germany 8 side of
the struggle. On the other side of the
German army won victory at any
point it was played up to the limit.
IL was exaggerated out of all proper
TONS The retreat Of Gen. Cadorna s
cowardly army after fighting. SO val
iantly for two years was played up
as great victory won by German
arms. The Germans were told by the
German papers that the Germans had
been fighting a long time and had final
ly been victorious, had won a great
victory.
On the other hand affairs in Russia
were hardly touched upon. That was
a matter which must be handled very
gingerly. While, it was true, Germany
was victorious in her dealings with the
traitors Lenine and Trotsky, yet af-
fairs in Russia might remind the Ger
man people that when the war start
ed Russia was a monarchy, but that the
Gar had been dethroned This was the
wrong kind Of suggestion, for the So
cial Democrats in Germany were OPP
posed to the government and strong
for Democracy, Suggestions Of the de-
thronement of a Gear were not the
kind the Kaiser wished his people to
get, so the Russian phase Of the war
was touched upon very lightly.
AS to provisions DR.. Smalley stated
they were very scarce and he could not
see how it would be possible for the
people to keep from starving much
longer. Each individual was allowed
four pounds of bread a week. For
a while each person was allowed half
pound of meat twice a week, but this
once a week. Vegetables it was i'm
possible to get. The government kept
close tab on the distributions but per-
sons with money could graft the per-
son behind the counter and get more
than he was entitled to under the pro-
vision. But this meant that some poor
person who did not have the money to
graft the person behind the counter
would have to take less than he was
entitled to have.
All of Germany's raw materials are
used up. Everything you can mention
is used up and there is no prospect Of
its being replaced. There is very little
food to be divided and there is lots
of grating. On looking back upon it
all, don It see how we managed to live.
We were just so weakened down for the
want of food that our bodies did not
seem to have life enough in them to
crave it. In Copenhagen they eat five
times a day and it took us two weeks
eating five meals day before we got
filed up.
DR.. Smalley and family left today
for Sheldon, Illinois, and in few days
he will take up the practice of his pro-
fession somewhere in America. It may
be in Chicago but he thinke it is more
likely to be in New York. Mrs. Small
ley speaks very little English and his
Ill year old son cannot speak any Eng
lish at all, but he is studying hard and
keeps an English book in his hands all
the time. The doctor says it was i'm
possible to get the boy to study Eng
lish in Germany, but since coming to
America he is so delighted with every
thing that has come under his notice
here that he has been seized with an
inordinate desire to learn the English
language and he is putting in every
minute of his time studying it.
While there is only one percent Of
illiteracy among the German people
most of the dental Offices are owned
and conducted by Americans.
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