Republican farmer., 1918-04-19
HUN PROP PACANDA EFFECTIVE AMONG
 SCAND|NAWANS Swedish Laws Govern Or ganization by the Ger man Agents.
THREE DEPARTMENTS
 HOUSED IN ONE SPOT
Exploits of Army Graphical ly Illustrated By Word
 and Picture.

Stockholm, April 18-German pro- paganda in Sweden and other Scan dinavian nations no longer is ill., directed or inefficient, in the opinion of the statesmen of the countries in which it operates On the contrary, it challenges even unwilling admira- | ton in Sweden for it's completeness and effectiveness.
 In the early days of the war the Entente powers and America extract 1 ed considerable amusement from German methods of propaganda for the reason that they seemed to be based on an almost absolute failure to understand the psychology of the non-Germanic peoples.
 | Underterred by earlier failures the l Germans have kept at work here and have organized system of propa- ganda which is regarded as tireIess, intelligent and, without a doubt, ef- fective.
 The organization centres around three undertakings, all organized by Germans but, in accordance with Swedish law, directed by Swedes These are the magazine Jorden Rundt, (The World Around), The Picture 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 almost to the hour, show the progress of the German armies. The newest bulletins are displayed. Visitors are loaded with pamphlets and books, some of them of such character that they form permanent additions to a reference library. Whenever a German sol dier does some individual act of kindness a cinema operator is there to record it and the Swedish patrons of the Polar Star have opportunity to admire it.
 Two large printing firms turn out vast quantities of pamphlets, with which the Swedes are inundated.
 The German legation has trained journalists on it's staff, and Baron Lucius, the minister, is himself a keen, wide-awake individual, fully alive to the value of printers ink and alert to seize every opportunity , to make propaganda or to explain anything that needs explanation. As an instance of this may be cited the fact that, some weeks ago, when the morning papers published Trotzky S expose of Germany's attitude toward the Aland Islands, the noon papers of the same day contained a column i rti in1 hHr T 1Cir1 f,111 o{ , clever casuistry and forming, for the uncritica1 reader, complete answer to Trotzy.
 This is but one of scores of sim liar instances. Lucius' relations to the press-and not merely to the pro- German press-are most friendly, and he is always sure of sympathetic hearing, whether the other party is in agreement with him or not
 To dam this flood of propaganda the allied powers offer comparatively
 little. Since America entered th4 war an effort has been made from Washington to secure adequate pub
 lication in Sweden of important speeches by President Wilson ani other leaders, and reports of impor- tant decisions of different bodies, pro. gress or recruiting, etc. These ef- . forts, and particularly as regard. l speeches. are fore-doomed to failure by the fact that the speeches are ca. ] bled too late.
 l President Wilson's speeches have l reached Sweden from two to foul days after summaries of them have 5 been received here. No Swedish
 editor, after having used 500-wort y summary will half a week later, de l vote much space to the text of tho
 same speech.