El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-23
Look, Listen; Talk Less

FORTUNATELY the spy craze showing signs of dy-
ing out 1t little too hystercal, altogether too
exaggerated It resulted injustice to many innocent
persons taking the country over Now there IS danger OF
/ the pendulum swinging too far the other way.
Don't forget there German agents this country
still, plenty Of them, far too many Of them They are
ingenious and their eyes and open. Don't talk
about troop movements military matters of any kind
be Of interest the enemy Be like spy this
keep your eyes and open and say nothing.
That brings up the censorship The newspapers are
under voluntary regulation by which, at the frequent
suggestion Of the navy state department the
committee public information they refrain from
tonng many things And yet those very things 90 through
the country like wildfre and matters of
knowledge Papers are not supposed, Tor instance to
mention the going of division port of embarkation
yet every member Of that division may write his friends
exactly what his DIVISION IS dong and every town along
the way may be out with band and cheering thousands
Of citizens the troops pass through One such division
recently crossed the continent Whether It
cart does matter he nanars nubIishad
about the heavy of troop trains yet they
constantly recurring reception all the way
country and IS very strange any relative Of any Off
Ger enlisted IN that division does not know exactly
where the division IS and what It IS about to do
Why? Because the themselves spread and the rea
uyes are presumably telling all their friends. And the
friends may tell It the news may reach an agent Of
Germany in time for him to get the information through
TO U-boat base
Bringing little home don't imagine that Just
because the southwest long way from Berlin there
Hun agents the southwest Two of them have been
shot here at the border Others are in the sfocade at
Fort Bliss transferred thence to war prison
camp. Three nitrogyoerine bombs placed rail
the passing Of troop train section foreman found
them.
Every person with q German is not to be OBJ
ject Of suspicion for German agent worth his salt viii
be known by German name. If he has one he viii
have changed it to good English French man
with English arrested In northwestern Arr
a few days ago trivial offence. heavy
conscience evidently made him think he held for
serious reasons for ne his throat He taken
hospital and n his deum he told remarkable things
also addressed the kaiser vocng regret he had
unable to accomplish for the beloved atherand and
cursed the United States and the Americans and their al
lies Yet he had spoken good English and had passed as
American He died known German agent. Don't be
suspicious Don't be spy crazy But don't let
this oTerhear you discussing troop movements OF
guns armament anything else you may know. If all
the wagging tongues stled, the Hun spy industry
would die as dead as Hector.
If all the allies mean what we think they rnean Viii
helms IN for wonderful time.
FL Pasoans would not be to paying sz-osnt
street car fare if they were getting the service.
The kind of street car service we have been having has
been money maker for the automobile business.
Gasoneless Sundays viii Just give these little Fords
chance to show what they do with water coal oil OF
kindIng
Establishment of school in Chihuahua City by allied
nationals IS propaganda of the best sort practical
structiTe and educative
HindenbuTg said some months ago the German fleet
getting steam TO 60 cut and annihate the allied
naves Must be something wrong with the boilers else
the fuel supply has run out
The Huns laughed at our negro troops but have
never yet taken yard Of ground from them and have
been beaten by them IN every encounter With al due
respect to the imperial German army that's record
for American negro