Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-24
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
SENT OUT FROM NAUEN
Hrcat Wireless Station HUNS All
Day Long With Ananias
Stories.
SAMPLE OF pREvhRlcArIoNs
Justified Violation OF Law i'm Use OF
Gas on Ground English Would
Have Used II, Notwithstanding Al
lies Were Totally Defcnsclcss.

iiaVc Used IL, Notwithstanding A.
lies Were Totally Defcnsclcss.
ny LIEUTENANT HAROLD LAKE.
LONDON. October 23.--Tnc world
Knows that this is war Of
ideas and ideals. II is 40 nero strus-
sie tor territory. Principles are at
stake and systems OF government are
opposed TO ono another i, is an in
rvitabic consequences that over and
above the battle which is fought with
artillery. bombs. rifles and bayone,s
'here should be in such :, war fur
lhcr struggle in which words are the
Weapons all! L: :"h!c.: ,he Elective is
me planting IN other minds OF ideas
tnHoIaole TO one or other OF the bcllig
From the beginning Germany has
w Ta,a Eren H. attention to he war of
MerS busy spreading German ideas and
nMnihining away German actions. Ger
,,hhahy established a news service for
me INFORMATION OF neutral countries IN
. Mmich TN. German view vas presented
S,s,ehtly misreprescnted. While the
German ARMIES have been fight
ing TO convince the world Of the right
BUSINESS OF victorious Germany. u
'ooh som" time for tho allied nations
10 catch up To the idea. but thcy man
aged II "a; last. and now the wireless
,he. time. Ahoyc The tlmmi; Of the
, nah,llc zone and above those spaces
day and night there is the war IN the
"tnor as the messages OF the combat
ant peoples 80 ihrohbirg to and fro.
NACES STATION CONFINES
ITSELF TO PROPAGANDA
The oE Ger nan, wrs;ess ,"g,s;ases arc
are sent out all through. tho DAY con
sta,emen's OF German IDEAS and Tho
most inipudcnt accusations aEainS. the
.neniea OF Germany. Having no ship
i,inS upon the seas Of the world with
Which TO maintain communication the
Nanen station Is abl. to comhne i,.e!f
."T,usIEeiy 10 propa sanda:
S ,.irI,a Is rather different III the
run days work TO perform in Sending
lirssases 10 shipS al s"t. and the news
TO T'c -, No. 1;ar 70 ,aE% US Ghanee has
!iorsea Island an admiralty station
i near i.":tSmou,h a Eh"rt news sum.
iiain s.rNicc Is transmitted from tho
Aiarconi station At Carnavon ana about
J.con words Il day az. Scnt out
The messages d" not. OF course. orig
inatc at Carnayun. They a:c All writ
Iottcd to Inc Ministry 81 inform,,i"n
there are three rooms who're III" WORK
Of the British wireless service is done
When the messages arc ready they arr.
nasscd through the press bureau 10
aiarc"ni house ana from there they are
'"iegrap!"I over land lines 80 car
lasou.
TIL epiet editor e the service is sir
EHs.,nl. IN addition to i, grsai dc:,,
" active journalism H. has been fur
u London, and has many toots to lis
service n" j. assisted l,v Two ,,iiic.rs
OF IN" briitsh army Who have both
been inNalidtd HON. after service
abroad IN the present war. Both OF
ih"m were newspaper men Engaged on
i-onto" paHtEay A'eior. The wnr.
II IL the aim al tho EriiiS! service.
10 Scnd out news SummarF. which Is
lnhdG a. somric," ~ pofsbic ana TO
supplement- ,his with articles doliug
with various aspects OF IN" German
propaKanda y close watch is EypL
over the German MESSAGES ~ they aI,-
prar. and statements are taken uD aid
is the case OF the Iuss,ania. IN" &c.
man messages cuntiuunlly assert that
on The occasion OF her fatal voyage The
siilr Wa. c"IryinI 4 enrgp 81 nmnuni-
he British service is ready with evil
deuec in denial of the statement.
TRY 10 il sTIE'S FI.tGRNNT
VIOLATIONS or LAW
mother instance OF German untruth-
fitness which has been frequently OK
n"scd deals with the use Of poison gas,
man invented poison gas ana sugg rss; ed
us use in war. from this. they argue.
10 use II ~ The present war and en-
deavor ON this ground 70 justly thei,
nagran, violation. OF The liaugc con-
subject the British service is alert ana
waiting 10 point out tina, til" idea Of
/ using gas WAS 50 Tar from entering The
heads OF the allies that its appearance.
look them utterly and terribly BY sur
prise and that II was ivng time be-
fore they were able 10 defend Them
solves. against H. and longer still be-
fore ,hc; were in & rositio" 10 use the
~, ht.f
These are only samples Of the sort Of
thing which Is going ON day by day
The German appears 70 have an incur
able faith in lies. and TO he convinced
that he has only To repeat AN assertion
oftcn enough for the world 10 accept it
AZ truth. This curious charactcrist; c
maintain Il service for the constan,
Icfutation OF the lies and for repeated
statements Of The facts.
Since the entry OF America into the
war the German wireless has spared
no pains to invent ISLANDERS on the
arc constant efforts to create disscn-
sion between the allies. These actiSi-
ties too are dealt with by the british
lean Publicity Department.
The German MESSAGES are not printed
no point in sending them out. and only
The officials who have the task OF deal
ins with Them ever see them in fun.
l;ut the effect on them can be guessed
from the fact hat one OF the Joint cdi-
tors o. the british service to.d me one
The Ananias - The acrlals. The Hun
may be com, . To the. end Of his pow
crs rs tighter but il looks as il he
means 10 so down with lies on his
lips. or on the transmittcrs of his
wireless stations. Copyright, 1918.
INFLUENZA IMPROVING
MaIndy Claims FIFTY Dcnti,x &m,n.- H.,