South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-03
INSIDIOUS SEDITION

A NYTHAG to arouse distrust up give
a excuse for suspicion-dtscredit the admin
istraton at Washington: whether with pro-German
or no. as long the desired partisan
political purpose. Evidently republican con-
temporary has received a new grst Of tips from the
e. o. p. national committee VIII II. Hays, chairman
or rather its publicity department. bureau of propa-
sanda
Friday registered itself particularly prolific day
local distribution Of such damnable stuff Lead
ing with arraignment of Mr.. George Creel head
OF the war committee public information for ad-
vertis.ng furnish photographs of 10
cents each-too little, according TO the local critic
though presume it would he much Cor the sake
OF fault-dnding. the committee to charge any
Inore-it next spear Of sec'y
ct War Baker again; not Baker but the American
nation that he serves
The criticism CreeI runs more TO idiocy than %
sedition. and may be passed unimportant the
thrusts Secy Baker just as pro German in
probable effect any that have beer subsidized from
serIn-down to including yarns of soldiers
freezing death in camps or Theodore RooseveCs
coffin An yes told by the Main st. bright
and shining Bethlehem the criticism war
department lifted the lid publicity, justifying
itself in spite the other effects no difference how
adverse-but it is not lifted enough:
1T will be observed that the only place
where the bars removed a the head
quarters in Washington Presumably camp
totl'iif'IAeL9
bad allowed such discretion Every
large camp has STAFF of newspaper
hand These men cannot help noting the
receipt of poor supplies and the camp
mander should be permitted to tell them
directly what he knows about the matter with
out having to send to Washington for permits
sion"
YoJ get the hint. innuendo. nsnuaton;
bad food, bad clothing. bum ammunition defective
guns; presumably camp commanders "@"*%'" ana
newspaper men at hand ''sfsa' cannot help noting
the receipt Of poor supplies" Yes. Mr. Father AMI
AIRS. Mother whose boy has gone for the front,
and whose boys yet TO go; they being
be- terribly mistreatsd, i-fed, il-clothed, poorly
equpped-news elegantly calculated to maintain
confidence i'm the government and the well-being OF
your sons
The T. w w, the Peoples Council for Democracy
and Peace as chose itself and socialists
their have least their credit that they
stepped the the draft
without concealments, making it a plain issue of OPP
position to war but republican
propaganda is going undetermined -eatiny
back-biting undermining. neutrality-suspicious. the
same results by breaking down the morale of the
American people calculating destroy their
hdence the war administration thus hindering is
effectiveness. but under the hypocrtcal pretense of
superior protective patriotism.
All for possible partisan political advantage. ana
than if Made Germany because being
Made in America" 10y who owe their allegiance
the States it is of type of sedon that
reasonable. And get this other one also from
Atan contemporary:
Health conditions appear TO be good among
the Indiana boys at Camp Shelby, but il is
possible this time to point out another army
division which has than 5000
the sick list"
DO YOU wonder that there "clackers' in South
Bend-and all the country.-from among people
who read such damnable lies in supposedly American
newspapers. Oh no. it isn't Camp Shelby. where
there are Indiana boys; by inquiry there YOU
find that il lie. Ditto Camp Taylor, where
there also Indiana boys far in of Camp
Shelby.
always i'm other camp, a a distance. and
difficult investigate where these alleged calamitous
conditions bob up; quite the shut downs" few
years were always in distant place when the
Z. o. p calamity hswlers wanted throw
precpitate parc. DO you believe that in any train
camp in the country. every 10th is the sick
list? That is what the above infers 1t is lie
quoted. knows it's lie; and a lie deliberately told
Tor disqueting, dssatsfa ,tion producing effects
When Hugh Allen OF the Akron Beacon Journal
was here-edtor of The News-Ti;nes-he used to call
Main contemporary Grandma Trib" AS a
"clacker~ he had II pretty well named but for one
thing: Why insult the dear old name-Grandma3 She
couldn't hold a candle that dssimiEator nsdious
seditiou even If she would. she wouldn't if she
could.
THE PERSISTENT RECRUIT