Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-21
PAN-GERMANS ON THE CARPET.

Fearing the effects of the west front and of
democratic propaganda Teuonc morale the Prussian
war lords have decided upon pan-German propaganda
campaign throughout Germany, and further curtai
ing Of the freedom Of the press and speech in the empire
This is the word received through entente diplomatic adj
vices Yesterday Following this plan announcement is
made that ministers will go before the people and explain
facts concerning important problems that are facing Ger
any and the German people This was decided upon
following the giving publicity to former pan-German
claims by large part of the German press This is IL
Illustrated by one paper the Hamburger Echo which fol-
lowing pan-Geman arguments illustrates how they nave
deceived themselves and Others proceeds to call attention
to the many German assertions made by the lords
all of which the Echo says false 1t calls atentl0n
to the fact that before the United States entered the war;
these lords asserted this country was bufng and
would not declare war; that If could be stirred to the
point of declaring it would not send soldiers to Eu
rope and that If soldiers were sent the UbOas would
sink all transports blockade the coast of France sol
they could not land that England would be starved in
short time and over and above all that Germanys firm
attitude toward the United States would force neutral
support to Germany. 1t called attention to much more
of the kind of arguments and then to the fact that
not single of these assertions and promises made to
the German people were verified All of them proved
false The paper then argues from this that no more de-
pendence can be placed fresh promises being made
than on those which have proved utterly foundatoness
The Echo is far from being alone in so calling attention
to the falsity of the warords predictions There are
MANY Others and their statements Gre stirring the Ger
no other to prevent this dangerous publicity than
that on which they always fall back last resort
force Now they would suppress all papers venturng to
criticize their actions for they know that their acts will
not stand the glare of publicity Instead of taking the
German people into their confidence they adopting
the course Of keeping them in ignorance to all matters
pertaining to the for by this course alone can they
even hope to still further induce them to sacrifice their
children in the shambles made that autocracy still
longer keep its feet the necks of the German people
They consider mmeasuraby preferable that every able
bodied young German should die and his body rot on the
batees Of Europe than that ot of the sacedness
Of the kaiser and his war lords should be abated The
Germans boast of their intelligence and their universal
education but even the most ignorant Russian peasant
would not for long submit to this kind of treatment The
latter for while deceived by those German agents
Lenne and Totsky but they through the trans
parent camoufage by which these German spies and
agents were surrounded and rebeed against it. 1t the
fear that the intelligence Of the German people may be
reached through the German independent press that has
caused the campaign for muzzng the press to be decided
on II may succeed for time but il must fail eventual
y and then will come chaos for Pussian mitarsm The
war lords have lived by the sword and belief in the scrip
lures compes the faith that by the sword they will perish
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