Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-20
DR.. Claude n. Van Tyne.

New York, Sept 20.-According to
a statement made by Charles D. La
nier, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of h Review
of Reviews company, the book entitled
swers About the War; published by
the George H. Doran company, by ar
rangement with the Review Of Re
views company, the volume, which
a denounced recently by the Ma
tional Security league as being of
'disloyal and subtly pernicious char
acter," was Withdrawn from sale two
months ago. .
The book. which bore an introduce
ton by George Creel, whose name. Is
the only connected with 1t, is now
being revised for republication under
the direction Of a certain unnamed
college professor, Mr.. Lanier said,
who was suggested for the task by
Prof. Guy Langford Ford and approx
ton. According to Mr.. Lanier. the
work contained not only excerpts from
a 'tcatechism of the war" published
in Stead's Review in Australia passed
by the censor, but from George Creel's
Dictionary Of the War" In addition,
answers suggested by about twenty
persons in the office of the Review Of
Reviews company
George Creel had personally re-
duested the withdrawal Of the book
for revision, Mr.. Lanier added, and
The rewritten version will shortly be
put on the market again.
Insidious Propaganda.
DR.. Claude H. Van Tyne Of the
University of Michigan, and editorial
director Of the bureau of education
of the National Security league, who
made the organizations report on the
work, declared: 1T is q masterpiece
of German propaganda The German
government could not have devised
anything more insidious, more calcu-
lated to destroy our faith in our Allies
and to i%nsinuate into the American
mind excuses, for Germany. Endorsed
public information, it becomes a mem
ace to h American morale, and as
no authors name VS. given. no one is
made to- appear responsible but the
writer Of the introduction" ~~77
Among the strikingly propaganda
paragraphs quoted from the work in
the leagues report are the following
passages: =
%. How did Prussia become milf
taristic? A. AS a result of being
licked too often. . Whenever
France wanted to fight Russia or
Austria the road led through Wurt-
temherg, Bavaria or Prussia. /.
At last the Prussians determined
grimly to fight for themselves and It
was under the inspiration of a burn.
ing zeal and love for home and coun-
try that the seeds Of militarism were
sown. n
Defends the Germans,
Q. Has war ever produced so much
hatred as this one? A.. Always much
the same kind of attacks as now on.
the Germans. Va
@. Were German soldiers worse
than others in the march on Pekin?
A. According to revelations made by
correspondents who managed to get
through to Pekin, and by officers
after the trouble was over, there
seems to have been very little to
choose between the troops :. !.
or all, the japanese emerged with the
cleanest record and the Torkinese
troops Of the French with the worst.
%. What is the GermanSpcople's
attitude toward the kaiser ? "A. With
the exception Of the radical Socialists.
the German people hold the 'kaiser in
the highest esteem. )"
According to the officers Of the
National Security league about 1000
copies Of the book were circulated
beforA the true nature Of the book
was exposed.