Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-29
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KAISERS LATEST PROPAGANDA

Within the past two days the fol
 lowing item has appeared in many
 newspapers of the larger cities of the United States:
 "It may be we'll to direct the at tention of the authorities at Wash ington and Ottawa to the fact that an important congress was held al
 Berlin during the closing week ot July, of the grand masters and chief dignitaries' of the grand lodge ot Free Masons of Germany, Austria Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria and Fin land. Of course, the proceedings were secret. But in view of the atten- tions showered upon the delegates by the Kaiser, by the princes of his house and by the members of his gov elnment, there is every reason to be- lieve the reports, according to which it appears the congress was conven- ed at the instance of the Kaiser for the purpose of organizing some con- certed action by the Free Masons of the Central Powers in the direction of the Free Masons of the Entente countries with view to peace propag- anda."
 The article goes on to say there is dread in Germany at the proclaimed determination of the Entente and the United States to wage the war to a finish, and that the Kaiser is en- deavoring by every means in his pow CT, to avert this calamity, which will involve the overthrow of his dynasty. Peace drives of various kinds he is inaugurating, the use of the Masonic fraternity being one method, and the employment of the Vatican another.
 The attention of George Fleming Moore, sovereign grand commander of the Grand Council, Southern Juris- diction, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonary, the Mother Supreme Council of the World was called to the German Masonic Congress.
 He authorized the following state ment in regard to the stand that the Free Masons take in the matter:
 "The true Free Masons of the Uni ted States do not desire to aid in bringing about any kind of peace ex- cept such a one as shall meet the full approval of the Government of the United States and shall be in accord with the principles laid down by President Wilson in discussing the subject. Nor will Free Masons consent to become propagandists of any ideas which are contrary to the fundamen- tai principles on which our govern ment is founded, for these principles are identical with those of Free Ma sonry."
 That the Masons of the United States are with the president and the government goes without saying. This is just another evidence of the depths to which the Kiaser in his despera- tion has descended. But the Masons of Germany were not allowed the privelege of showing fraternal feel ings towards their American and British brothers. The German Grand Master of the United States lodge the following letter in reply to a letter from this country regarding "frater- nal feeling" during strife and strug- gle:
 "No, you are enemies, and Masonry in Germany means nothing in war;"
 That the Masons of the United States regard German Masonry as thing of the past goes without say ing. German Masons flouting smile, or with pat on the shoulder, then now come with outstretched hands that reek with unspeakable crimes crying: "Brethern, help us save our Emperor's dynasty by in- ducing your government to make peace.'
 This appeal has reached deaf ears turnout the United States and has been condemned by every Mason in the country.
 -W. s. S.-