The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-27
The
New Power in
the Ukraine
n
By GIDEON HOB
o. The Vsdonfes

NepuDIlc OF tue Ukrnlne Is merely q
mask for actual German control and
exploitation Of that country IL borne
cut by many facts coming to light. 1t
ts only what one might expect, judging
by our knowledge of German methods
az revealed In the last few years
methods which. rs we now realize.
Aave been rellglously followed by gen
erntlons Of Germans In their set pur-
pose Of pillaging the world.
Among the most powerful and in.
cessnntly nctIve organizations for car
rying out these schemes OF the robbcr
Teutons have been the German steam.
ship companies with their agencies all
over the world. Their malign intrlgucs
have been INSCRIPTIONS. ~tIrclcss and
backed by unlimited means placed at
their disposal by Berlin. That nll Flu.
ropcan nations have known OF these
plots, or at least have suffered from
them, Is now beyond question. That
we IN America have been the foolish
iupcS OF these cunning thieves, many
people ar" stlll too simple to credit.
A forceful presentation of the case
against the German steamship COM
panics. and the whole German system
Of espionage, propaganda and dellber-
ate intrigue Is made by Theodore
Kahn Of Lcmberg. Mr.. Kahn shows
that the German steamship %organiZa-
ton has hcen from It's very beginning
a part OF the German military machine.
1T has shaped itself" he says, an
he different countries and %conspired
slowly and for some dccad IS In silence
and secrecy, employing for its purpose
In every country the most monumental
Intrlguers Of n particularly helnous
type. The Offices OF the German steam
ship companies were centers OF the
German espionage system. The agents
Of the German lines were
drilled and directed from n military
establishment controlled by an ire
sponslble government.
"Their meshcs Of imperial propa-
ganda and subsidies spread to all
tries. Many OF the dupes OF their ac-
~tivities regarded the news set afloat
oy them IA gospel truth. The agencies
81 these companies were nm important
part Of the German spy system, whose
activities were classified under various
leads; military, naval, diplomatic,
commercial and agents proyacateurs.
In the Offices OF BALM and IIclncckcn
learly every plot for German expan-
sion has been Matched. ..
MANY NJ the different patriotic ma
siOnal religious and commercial sOClc-
ties. naval leagues, leagues OF Truth,
bowling clubs. singing societies, etc.
throughout GalIcia. BukOwina and Eu-
ropcan Russia, have been secret Of
fees of the German Steamship com
panIcs where propaganda was carried
IN under the protection Of national
aw with the intention to influence law
makers and rulers.
AN important factor In the league
# these societies were the many Aus
trlan army officers who have been sta
toned In the border towns OF GaliCia
and the BukOwina. The greater part
II Austrian army officers are hurdcncd
with heavy debts. Many Of the gar
riSOnS situated on the borders of Aus
tria and Russia have been "Strafgnr.
%niSoncn" punishment ]garrlSons)
where officers whose pay has been n
iiscatcd have been sent. Therefore 1t
Is not surprising that they have been
easily influenced by the sound of gold.
They have secretly acted ms agents for
the German steamship companies.
These army officers as we'll ms officials
81 the Austrian government, pro-
f~csSors, school teachers, etc, worked
and intrigued together wherever they
could"
The activities OF these dcvotees and
servants OF kaiserism have been many
and varied, but always with the one
end In view.
at was the task OF these votaries TO
prepare calmly and ~mcthodlcally the
population for any plan hatched In the
war ministry, to influence and slacken
any vigilance directed against German
interests. To safeguard German monopo.
lies In foreign countries, to sign 'Au'
thOritatve Opinions when needed,
Their activities included-to start and
maintain the necessary crusade when
ever required by their paymasters, to
arouse enthusiasm for war In one coun-
try, In preach peace and good faith In
another, To weave new intrlgues, 10
place Interpolation in foreign parlia.
mcnts, 10 see to publication Of memo.
randumS, 20 address applications and
petitions 20 the authorities, TO invent
slandcrouS and malicious tales, TO cir
culate and hold discussions In public,
10 foster strikes, to inilnmc through
publications and newspapers the public
mind. And through this system they
bamboozled the public in n direction
desired, placing n perpetual screen be-
fore the people and reality"
II is.intcrcstlng 10 note In connection
with Gcrmnny'S wall for freedom OF
the seas. that since German confcdcra'
ton no foreign vessels have been adj
United To German ports except under
vcNatiuus restrictions, and that Ger
man steamship companies have always
prevented the working Of other lines in
continental Europe. so far as they
could. Third.class passengers, for In
stance, were not allowed 10 pass
a.