The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-05-25
PATRIOTISM not
MEASURED BY
contributions
TRUE PATRIOTISM OFTEN CAR
RiEs WITH 1T AN IMPOSITION
OF SILENCE.
F, MILLIONS SPENT FOR
RUlk0US PROPAGANOIS7
House OF t.ohenzoIIern Realizes Nor
: and More That America Ia Nation
. TO be Reckoned With.

Lansing, Mich-"Patriotism canno
he measured alone in contributions t.
the Red Cross, Liberty Loan subscrip
lions, strict compliance with the wal
time food and fuel regulations, mol
svon In readiness to serve with the
armed forces of Uncle SAM" declared
Attorney General Groesbeck of the
War Preparedness Board I'm this era
of insidious German propaganda, true
patriotism often carries with 1t an i'm
position of silence.
Don't permit yourself to be the me
dunn of transmission for rumorS and
criticisms and false reports which are
being spread broadcast in the interests
Of Prussianism Anything which tends
to break down the morale OF the ma
Non. in this great emergency, is more
far reaching and far harder to combat
than the deadly bombs from German
aircraft or the destructive shells the
Teutons are singing into Paris from
their wonderful long range artillery
II is not for the average man to dis
tlnguish between conscientious critic
fam and the weapon of the propagan'
dist whose sole duty is to undermine
the unity and patriotism OF American
citizenship. Indeed, after 1t has been
passed along from mouth to mouth
Intelligent, conscientious criticism
may, become SO broad and bitter in its
terms as to constitute weapon OF i'm
measurable destructiveness amidst the
citizenship of the nation that eventu
ally will be forced to bear the chief re
sponsibility for erasing OF Kaiser Bill
and all he represents.
mo one realizes more than tbs
House of Hohenzollern that America Is
the nation to be reckoned with in the
final analysis and any little obstacle
chat can be put in the way of war pro
tparation, any word which will raise o
doubt in the minds Of American citi
zens, is deemed more valuable to the
German cause than dozen attacks
from the air or sea. Germany has not
hesitated to spend millions at time
when she is hard pressed for money,
To spread the destructive doctrine OF
uie propagandists throughout the Uni
,ted States. And so It is our duty to
check, rather than aid In the spread
ing OF stories that mean such aid and
ssmfort to the enemy that he is will
Eng 10 pay lavlshly from Germany'a
,dwindling treasury while the German
tpeople are all but starved and ruth.
'lessly stripped of their resources.
IF it means so much to war-mad
Germany, the very least patriotic
american can do Is to see that even
inadvertently, he is not party to the
spread OF this subtle propaganda. The
atmosphere IL full OF rumor. No Off.
eer or department OF the government
las escaped. Even the Red Cross
lshich serves the injured and suffering
10 both sides In the great war, has
net been, immune. The government
has made mistakes. II has been no
SnisIl undertaking to transform the
worlds greatest nation OF peace to
meet the demands OF life and death
gar. Great Britain made her mis-
xakes. France has suffered from or.
rors OF commission and commission
Even the great German war machine.
khe product OF a generation OF pains
taking building upon which all the re
sources Of the nation we're conferred
mas gone wrong on more than one I'm
portant issue having to do with the
prosecution OF the conflict.
in France and England, whose very
existence depends upon the speedy
working out Of this great problem Of
transformation In the United States