White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-25
TO Be WARNED
AGAINST PRO-GERAAH
PROPAGAND|STS

lpro-German propaganda will CONF
mence on August 26th to continue
for two weeks. Forty thousand Four
Minute Men will take active part in
the work of warning the people
against the pro-German propaganr
dist, explaining his methods, and
furnishing a weapon with which to
combat him.
In the bulletin OF information is
sued for the use of Four Minute
speakers by the Committee on Pub
lie Information, it Is stated, on the
authority of high official of the
Department of Justice. that nine
tenths of all German plotting against
this country has taken the form of
printed and spoken propaganda.
In this work full advantage has
been taken of statements made by
German sympathizers of sAmerican
birth, the propaganda realizing that
/ greater consideration might be anti.
cipated for such works than for mate
rial originating from more obviously
prejudiced quarters.
The bulletin for speakers quotes
an example of this type taken from
an address by an American minister
who was very much of militant
pacifist.'
| Reprinted in pamphlet form by
the Germans. the more bitter and
denunciatory parts of this address
have since been repeatedly scattered
over the American and British lines
by German aviators
This particular example is given
special significance because of the
| fact that precisely the same propa-
ganda has reappeared verbatim in q
book published In America, purport-
ing to be the post-humous work of
Pastor Russell. well-known Ameri-
can preacher who died considerable
time before the original address APP
peared.
The title of this work is THE
Finished Mystery and the seven
publishers. who interpolated some
dozen or fifteen pages of matter TAX
en- piecemeal from the propaganda
pamphlet. exactly as scattered over
the Allied lines by German ayiators,
are now serving twenty year senten-
ces in the Atlanta penitentiary. i'm
posed under the espionage act.
II is pointed out that the danger in
such work consists not SO greatly in
the amount of damage each propa-
gandist is able TO accomplish in per-
son before he is arrested, but in the
repetition of his propaganda by the
idle and curious.
Quoting from the Four Minute
Men bulletin:
ITO arrest the propagandist with
out arresting also the progress OF
his propaganda is of little greater
value than to uproot the dandelion
after all its winged seeds have been
scattered over the lawn"
The point is made that the Depart
ment of Justice is thoroughly orga-
nized to catch the propagandist. and,
If the people will combine to put a
stop to his propaganda, this phase
of the German offensive also will
meet complete defeat.
To accomplish this. 1t is recognized
that 1t will not be possible for the
public to memorize all the facts upon
the war and so be in position to
give official denial to each and any
iumor.
The volume of such rumors Is too
great and, In addition. new subjects
for propaganda are being uncovered
daily.
A single simple. .test-question to be
applied to everything that sounds
like pro-German propaganda. Is the
weapon now to be placed in the
hands of the pople by the Four Min
ute men.
The nature and application of this
test-question may be best illustrated
by the reproduction of one of the
illustrative four-minute speeches Civ
en- in the bulletin.
! This example is of unusual inter-
est because of the fact that Vt has
been pronounced by authorities OF
national standing to be the most per-
feet example OF a four-minute speech
ever produced
There are two illustrative speeches
given in the bulletin. er ''ed respec-
lively, "working for tN aiser," and
"Working for the U. a."
The one in question deals with the
subject Working for the Kaiser. :
and is particularly noteworthy In the
possession Of the so-called shocking