The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-18
GERMANS SPREADING
DOCTRINE Nv SWEDEN
Are Telling Swedish People BY Newspa-
per and Cinema of the German Prog
ress in the War-There Is
Little Entente Prop
uganda.

Stockholm, April 49, Correspondence
of the Associated Press German prop
uganda in Sweden and other Scandina
Wan nations no longer is ill-dreeted OF
inefficient, in the opinion of the states
men of the countries in which it, oper
ates. On the contrary, it challenges even
unwilling admiration in Sweden for its
completeness and effectiveness.
In the early days of the war the en-.
tente powers and America extracted con
siderable amusement from German meth.
DDS of propaganda for the reason that
they seemed to be based on an almost
absolute failure To understand the psy
chology OF the non-Germanic peoples.
Undeterred by earlier failures the Ger
mans have kept at work here and haN e
organized a system OF propaganda which
is regarded as treless, intelligent and,
without doubt, effective.
The organization centcrs around three
undertakings, all organized by Germans
but, in accordance with Swedish law,
directed by Swedcs. These are the mag
azine Jorden Rundt. THE World
Around, the "Pcture Central and the
Polar Star Biograph."
All three undertakings are housed in
the same quarters. The exploits of the
German army are graphically illustrated
by word, by picture and cinema films.
Gigantic maps, with events kept up al
most TO the hour, show the progress of
the German armies. The newest bulletins
are displayed. Visitors are loaded with
and books, some of them of
suca character that they form perma-
nent additions TO a reference library.
Whenever a German soldier does some
individual act of kindness a cinema OPP
orator is there TO record it and the
Swedish patrons of the Polar Star have
to admire it.
Two large printing firms turn out vast
quantities of pamphlets, with which the
owedes are inundated.
The German legation has trained Jour
lalists on its staff, and Baron Lucius,
he minister, is himself keen, wide
awake individual, fully alive to the val
lie of printers ink and alert to seize
very opportunity to make propaganda
n to explain anything that needs expla
lation. As an instance Of this may be
TIED the fact that, some weeks ago, |
When the morning papers published |
LIUlLkN expose OF befndDN attitude /
oward the Aland islands, the noon pa. |
ers of the same day contained a, col |
nlong article by Baron Lucius, full
f clever casuistry and forming, for the
reader, complete answer to
'rotzky.
This is but one of scores of similar
Instances. Lucius' relation to the press
and not merely to the pro-German
ress- are most friendly, and he is al
rays sure of a sympathetic hearing
neither the other party is in agreement
18th him or not.
To dam this flood of propaganda the
llied powers offer comparatively little.
ince America entered the war an effort
as been made from Washington to Sc
ire adequate publication in Sweden of
nportant speeches by President Wilson
nd other leaders, and reports OF i'm
ortant decisions of different bodies,
-ogress or recruiting, etc. These eff
,rts, and particularly as regards
,eeches, are fore doomed to failure by ,
le fact that the speeches are cabled too ,
tie.
President Wilson's speeches have
ached Sweden from two to four DAYS !,
ter summaries of them had been re- /;
lived here. No Swedish editor after ;
,ving used 500-word summary will,
,lf week later, devote much space !
} the text of the same speech.