The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-07-26
Smash that damnable Hun propa-
qanda and we will smash the German
iine.-GeneraI Pershino.

General Pershing has seen condl-
German troops In France. He knows
that Germany has n powerful war ma
chine. but he is not afraid Of IL. He
knows that American soldiers are the
match for the troops of the kaiser, and
that American spirit "over there" Is as
Sstanch as mans heart can be.
What General Pershing Is afraid Of
If he knows fear at all-is not the
high explosive shell. the poison gas, the
minenwerfer or the machine gun. but
the secret. treacherous, undetermined
German propaganda that is still going
on here in the United States.
Secret Propaganda Goes On.
II Is certain that the secret German
propaganda goes on. It reaches into
the homes and wrings the heartstrings
of the mothers whose sons are going
overseas. II sneaks into the factories
where war work is being done and
whispers to the workers to slow up. II
penetrates into the meeting halls of
labor unions and says "strlke." On
the railroads, where hundreds of thou
sands Of workers are struggling with
the greatest congestion this country
has ever known, the German propa-
ganda spreads discomfort. To the
farmer II says "hoard" and to the city
consumer II whispers OF extortion and
prohteerlng. To the man of business
II prates of government incompetency
and inefiiciency; and to the derelict,
the wanderer, the tramp-if you please
it breaches class hatred and revolt.
Loves the Pacifist Here.
Germany. the nation which glorifies
war above all else, loves the pacifist
in this country. Peace Is the favOrite
topic of conversation among the pro-
Germans. They would quit cold, would
compromise. would do anything, In
short, except fight out this war to a
finish and crush forever that menace
of militarism which, above all things,
the pacifst Is supposed to abhor.
Creating friction and Jealousy among
the nations allied against the kaiser
Is one of the propagandists' most eff
fective methods. They are active
abettors Of that group of Americans of
Irish extraction who are bitter against
England. They work effectively among
the half educated who, by superficial
reading of United States history, have
been accustomed TO regard England as
Americas traditional enemy.
They create dstrust and suspicion
of Japan, and both here and I'm the
Orient have so sOwn the seeds of sus-
piciOn that at times II seemed as
though conflict must inevitably en-
sue. Down in Mexico bandits like
villa get money and supplies from
mysterious sources, making necessary
the holding of n considerable Ameri-
can force on the border.
How far reaching and well organ
lied the German propaganda was in
this country just before we entered
the war was shown In 1915 when men,
bers OF congress were flooded with
nearly n million kilograms, all of iden-
teal wording, protesting against the
shipment of arms to the enemies of
Germany. The American Embargo
Conference was the organization be-
hind these messages. II sprang up al
most in night and a million tele-
grams cost n lot of money.
The American Truth society was an
other of the organizations which
seemed to have plenty of funds and
sought 10 influence members of con-
gress In favor of prohibiting the ship
ment of arms and ammunition. Then
there was the German-American Ma