Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-11-29
HUN LIES Do NOT
GAIN A F00THOLD
kaiser's Henchmen Unable to
Line Up a Following.
RICH MEN SERVE IN THE WAR
German Agents Fail to Disprove Fact
That Wealthy Cannot Buy Ex.
emptlons--covernment Not Seek
ing Foreign Markets.

(Trom the Committee on Public Informal
ton. Washington, ID. CO
BY HARVEY O'HiGGINS,
Associate Chairman, Committee on Pub
lie Information.
('This Is the third article by Mr.. OHig-
sins dealing with the propaganda OF the
enemy In our midst)
In two previous articles on the Ger
man whispering propaganda" some
account was given of how the German
agents are endeavoring to divide us
from our allies and to arouse domestic
differences among ourselves by means
of various lies and rumors that arouse
religious anlmosities and Increase race
problems and promote an agrarian SEN
tempt to divide us against ourselves
does not end there.
The leaders of section OF the So
cinIIst party here as In Italy and In
Russia, are attempting to do the
kalser's work, and are obtaining Ger
man support in II. They are trying
to divide the country In a class quar-
rel that would leave us as helpless to
resist the German military autocracy
as the Russians are. This section of
socialists was first organized as po-
litical party I'm America by German
exlles. They have always been led
by German sympathizers. 1t has been
a rule among them that man Is not
"a socialist unless he pays dues to the
party. leaGa. : accepts all the party
nominees of those leaders without
question, subscribes to every plank of
the party platform. and votes only n
straight ticket under the party en-
blem. He did these things or he was
expelled. That is Prussian idea of
organized servillty and unquestloning
obedience. 1t has succeeded In Ger
many, but II has never succeeded here.
At the outbreak of the war In Europe
the Prusslan government, by means of
false news and distorted dispatches,
made the German people believe that
their country had been invaded by
Russia and attacked by France, and
for time all the German socialists
supported their governments war of
imperial conquest, believing that 1t was
war of self-defense. Since then the
Independent socialists In Germany
have learned that they were deceived
They are now fighting the German gov
eminent in Germany as the independ-
emit socialists are fighting the German
government here, under the leadership
OF men like John SpargO and Charles
Edward Russell.
Germany's Plan to Squeeze.
Soon after the war broke out mem
Der of the German reichstag named
David made a speech in which he said :
Germany must squeeze her enemies
with pair of pincers; namely, the
military pincer and the pacifist plncer,
The German armies must continue to
fight vigorously whilst the German so
clalists encourage and stimulate pacif-
ism among Germany's enemies" II
IL upon this stimulation of paclfisnl
in America that our Prusslan socialists
have been most buslly engaged. They
have been recently denounced by the
Social Democratic League of America
and the Jewish Socialist league. under
the leadership of John Spargo, J. G
Phelps Stokes, William Edlln and
Henry l.. Slobodln.
The work of our pro-German social
lists has been nullifled by the unjust
terms of German peace forced upon the
Russians and by the continued Ger
man invasion of Russia since peact
WIS signed. The same events have
greatly strengthened the loyal support
OF the war by American socialists. Con
scquently there seems TO be now M
lger of successful bolshevist fac
tton In this country procured by Ger
man agents. We have passed tina
danger point as the British have passe'
1t. The independent socialists In nj
countries are fighting the kaiser ant
his commercial war OF imperial con
quest. And when the pro-German SO
cialist In this country asks, "Why d.
you blame German socialists for sur
porting their government and We
blame American socialists for not SUI
porting their government the M
swer is, because In both cases the
are wrong; In both cases they ar
fighting against freedom and demoC
racy In support of military conques
and autocratic rule"
Another German Trick.
In our western states another sol
of class cleavage Is being widened b
German sympathlzers. There, for
decade past, political struggle ha
been proceeding between reformers an
corruptionists. In many states the RI
formers have won. They have broke
the political bosses and ousted thei
henchmen. When the governmer
boards at Washington called for volur
teers I'm the work of organizing IN
trade and industry of the country man
OF the defeated political enemies {
the western commonwealth volur
teered for service and We're accepted
The assignment Of such men TO wa
work has been used ito give the war
black eye" 1t Is argued that the dar
powers which so long exploited tn
West are running the war" 1t