The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-24
KAISER TRIES TO
FOOL THE ALLIES
Sends Printed Propaganda Into
Our Lines With Paper Bal
looms and Yanks Laugh
wITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE MARINE, August 2s-A paper
balloon came floating in over our lines
near Chateau Thierry this morning.
When it was low enough a dozen of
our boys began leaping for it. Ono
caught the prize-a humble of German
propaganda leaflets printed in English.
"To German Anne, cans! Come back
to your fatherland! The Kaiser out of
tho fullness of his heart will forgive
your great error"
On the previous day there mad been
even more laughter. The breeze had
brought a flock of. pink and green
balloons with copies of the Gazette des
Ardennes, ME German propaganda
paper printed in French, and now con.
tanning an English column for the edi
fcation and as the Germans think, the
corruption, Of American troops.
Billions Derided
Here is what the cause of the laugh
ter was:
"Americans shoot with their
mouths.
owe want to speak of that dance
of the billions which those brave
Americans, the premier buffers of
the world, are executing many months
under the raptured eyes of the en-
tcnte. The Yankee liars tell us they
are opening credit of seventy bill
lions for war expenses. Have you
read it rightY Seventy billions to be-
r; ,r;f ho l.
lions to conduct war, three for aviation,
one and a quarter for machine guns and
the rest for tanks, etc. Billions! Bill
lions of the mouth And the entente
gallery appIauds and magnities the co
lossal effort made by the Americans to
save the worId-and their commerce.
! And the American Army. Five mil
, lion strong, with 100000 cannon, l20,-
| 600 aeroplanes, 10000 tanks and other
fooleries, pardon me, should say Will
soneries. I cannot refrain from think
ing of the well known other American
boasts of hilarious memory. And some
day the heads of the entente will open
their eyes and learn that the United
States, according to her custom, has
made the biggest bluff, the most stupe
fying bluff which history has recorded.
/ And that will be just"
Intended For Allies
This article, of course. was meant
! for the British and French readers,
the Germans sending certain numbers
of the Gazette to certain units of the
allies, keeping certain numbers for the
civilian population within their lines,
others for civilians on the French side.
But almost every day this form Of
fighting line propaganda continues
1t is directed against everyone, it
seeks to ALLEVIATE the Americans from
the British, from the French, the
French from the British, the British
from the others. 1t is only when the
propaganda goes astray that one is able
to see it's most ridiculous sIdP.
One series consists of little huma n
interest stories. tales Of life in Paris
and other citiPsS where the POlus
have their wives and their homes. One
story paints the picture for the sol
diPr. He is given to see his wife and
children wanting for the luXurieS and
even the comforts of life which he
might have supplied in time of peace.
The story goes on to acrentuate the
hardships and to describe an evil day
when the Young son steals and is caught
and the household life is about to col
lapse
Noble Lady Appears
At TINS point, so reads the German
propagandist : tale, a rich and noble
ladv enters the scene, saves the boy
from prison, restores the family fortune
and departs from the picture with these
words:
"Ah my dear madam, all tins would
not have hHpprurd to YOU if your hus
band were here to aid you, if the war
was over
And TINS il the whole point Of the
Germans propaganda to reach the
heart with AN appealing story, then tC
try to undrrmIne the resistance and will
to victory Of the wonderful French sol
dirr.
Another form of the German effort
Is an appeal to the Frcnchman : love
for hls country, for the soil of Frame
1t consists of attacks on the British
The Gazette issues illustrated supple
: mcnts showing battle fields, with cap
tions like this: "Nirw showing thou
, sands Of miles of rich French farming
, lands destroyed forever by the shells
from British guns or "Church hes
French Villages, French Lands Destroy
ed hy the British How Long DO You
Wish This to Continue in Your Country
+ Frenchmcu!
Now that the Germans have to admit
the presence of Americans, they have
issued new series, and the caption ha,
I been changed to: " Frenrhmen-if vOl
will permit the American troops to come
bv the million we will continue to wal
: with them in France, until all the rest
Of France is smashed to bits like these