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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
ramed Up on
Burglary Charge

Another instance. The son Of q
wealthy German who was resident Of
Rotterdam was in Germany when the
war started and was conscripted into
the German army. The young man
was three wounded. After he had been
wounded for the third time he was
sent TO the hospital at Crcfeld When
ne was pretty nearly well his uncle,
VINO lived at Crefeld, loaned him a
motorcycle TO reach the Dutch bound
ary line: There, still on German ter
r'tory, the nephew left the motorcycle
and crossed the frontier. Uncle and
nephew had failed to take the number
away from the motorcycle. and thereby
enabled the German police to find ont
me owner of the machine. To cyade
NC very heaVy penalty for aiding and
~1ettlng deserter the uncle pretend
"a that inc motorcycle was stolen by a
n,ursiar' Ihereupon the German au-
.horitles demanded the extradition Of
the deserter, who vas tried at CrefeId
1or burglary. The owner Of tho motor
c!cie admitted the truth and was SEN
'enGed TO twelve years in state prison.
:, Inc court had no choice but to free
the deserter, who was able to return
TO Holland within the time limit Of
1nlr'E-slN hours because the Dutch gov
eminent had an automobile ready for
n, "Hen the young man and his
lather, three weeks later, walked from
ochevenngen to The Hague Ga distance
OIL one mlle). they were overtaken by
an auto. The son Was hurled in the
nlachlne by three men, ard the auto
mad disappeared before the father had
true conception of what was going
on. 50 the son was "sunk without
trace" and the father never again
heard of him. These arc few IN
stances, every particular of which I
was able to Investigate, as | was ac-
qualntcd with the persons concerned.
how many crimes of which the pub
lie never becomes aware are committed
by German agents in Holland? The
conditions were worse while DR.. Rich
ard Won Kuehlmann was Minister to
The Hague. Then German agents we're
stationed on the platforms Of the rail-
way stations of The Hague, Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, Groningen. Arnhcm and
Utrecht, waited for the arrival of the
trains from Germany, and asked Young
men looking like German reservists to
produce their passports, and state who
they were, and where they intended to
go. This practice was discontinued, on
account of the complaints by the ad
mlnistratlon of the Dutch railroads.
TO hand over the clements disagree
able to the Berlin government to Ger
man Justice" the boats of the Cologne
Dusseldorf Rhine Steamship COMPANY.
which piled between Cologne and Rot
terdam, were made use Of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
German Rulers
Have Not Changed

The ruling men in Germany have not
changed single comma of their pro-
gramme, and if William II recently
promised reforms to his peoples ler
men of good faith and the naifs beware.
Even if 1T were frank and loyal land
we have every reason to doubt that It
ls}. this promise IS only made to the
Prusslans and the Germans. Are the
Roles and the Alsatians and Lorrainers
not there to prove to US what German
liberties and constitutional guarantee.
are worth?
"The Russian Workmen's and Soldiers
Committee has often insisted on its re-
pugnance of conquests and annexations
and its reiterated declarations hay,
created a certain confusion in the pub
lie opinion of the Allied countries. and
even IN certain governmental circles.
This confusion, nevertheless, was no,
justified. One has only to understand
exactly the real spirit of the Russian
democracy. Whittier does it tend? To
complete liberty founded on the e1ual-
lily OF the citizens Of the Russian state
and the same liberty and equality FOX
the peoples in the Society of Nations.
In what, on this point, does the pro-
gramme of the Russian democracy diff
fer from those programmes made in
August. 1914, by the official representa-.
tlves Of the allied nations and those Of
President Wilson? I do not hesitate to
affirm, On no essential point
Russian democracy has made its
revolution in the name Of the Rrouno
principles of right, Of liberty and Of
justice. Will we dare to allow the
human suffering which was the origin
of this war Suffering which was I'M
posed on the populations Of Alsacs.
Lorraine and Of sch!eswig- n olstein as
on those Of Prussian Poland, on the in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
.Antidote-the
Truth Spoken Plainly

This. stupendous task may indeed
take almost as much effort as will be
required by the German armies. Our
methods and measures must be equally
warlikc. too. This is not d field in
which any violence whatever is re-
CURED or is even permissible. but
there must be no compromise. We can
not afford to compromise with a lie
any more than we can afford to COM
promise with crime
The President has said that the
only possible antidote to the German
poison is the truth, and that "it can
not be uttered too plainly or too
often" This is correct, but the sit
uation can be brought out still more
strongly by stating the case in a posi-
tive instead of a negative manner.
We hcue TO onlighten public opinion
on each and erery phase of the uar
and the international situation from be-
ginning to end, including especially the
nature Of German Kuitur, Of the Ger
man government, and, above all, the
psychology Of the German people Ia
supporting their government and the
7Cdr.
This great campaign will have to
have its thousands Of ramitications,
and, as explained, a democratic gov
eminent can do comparatively little, if
campaign will have to last at least as
long as the war. 1t is question OF
printing all the facts, and printing
them in a vital manner, rather than
any vague abstract appeal to love of
country or hatred or fear Of the enemy.
We are living in newspaper age,
which means that public opinion is be-
ing formed on the basis Of facts vitality
presented.
The first part Of our task is to pre-
vent the further spread of such Ger
man propaganda as is still going on.
TO do this we must tear away the cloal,
of loyalty under which it now hides
trace it to its source, isolate it and
brand its infamy. But this is only an
emergency measure. For many years,
and especially since the beginning OF
the war, the Germans have been spread
ing their poison among the people. We
must proceed Systematically and tire
lessly to root out these poisons, and
we must recognize from the outset that
1T is long and arduous task.
The first step in the campaign Of
truth against Germany is clear. We
cannot invade Germany psychologically
at present even with the aid of aero
planes, but we cannot afford to delay
carrying our message of light into
other countries which have recently
been subjected to the poison gases of
the Kaser's propaganda.
We have plenty of time to get rid
Of the German poison in, America if
we begin at once and do not cease our
efforts. The time has not vet arrive
when We can even begin a counter cam
paign in Germany, But We cannot
delay single hour every possible
measure to counterfeit German infiu-
ence in Russia, italy and other coun-
tries now in mortal danger from the
deadly effects of the mental poison,
and moral disease germs spread by
the Kaiser.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Police Could Offer
Little Protection

nat was an unfortunate ~ct. | ac-
i, ,,ompanled him to police headquarters
because talked better Dutch than he
Gid. When we had reached the Rotter-
IAN Police Headquarters, Delftsche
Naart. and had explained my friends
vomplant against the bothersome Ger
mans, the police president replied:
YES tes, VIC know what part the German
sples play in Holland, and we also
naow that young Germans disappear
very day; but furnish US with the
proofs We must have the proofs and
We Viii be only too glad to put an end
" inc lmpertinencc of the German
asgents: Bat these fellows are too
"hen asked for protection from
.ioiehce the police president said no
Fsaclent measures could be taken; nv
a,iend could do no better than to dis
"ppear and quietly live somewhere
"ithout attracting the attention Of the
"y,es. For added the police official,
~" Cueserters are so much feared by
s herman government because they
c!pose' without any consideration, the
VINES VINES oy the powers that be in Ger
p'sa"!' | can give you but one advice:
a .e cautious; the German Secret Ser
ns. IS wiling to commit even the most
h,amous acts"
"a We left; my friend was determined
III. wave Rotterdam on the evening OF
~ ae me. next day, and to move to Delftzyl
.,t sDe extreme northern part of Hol
u After we had left Police Head
s,eI.ers and were away about one
;. ,aek VIC observed that we were fol-
, NV oy the same fellow who had asked
W.T. Wv friend. few days before, to cease
o @nohng articles. The next day we left
fr fri. nome to make preparations for NV
10 taS departure, which was scheduled
sr. axe place i'll the evening. We sen
rate. .ea at the Beurs Plein Ca LARGE
Staare IN front OF the Rotterdam
m .vek Exchange}. I went to the Dit
s;tm. correspondence Bureau, which was
ws ut'eo on the same square; my friend
, ,,on to secure ticket for the evening nine
ms s.n to Delftzyl. We had agreed to
tba each other half an hour later in
'He lobby Of the "Rotterdamsche
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

In this field they have neglected no
opportunity. 1t is only necessary to
refer to our own country, where they
have endeavored to stir up the Mexi-
cans, Japanese and negroes against US.
But many persons have not noticed thet
thls is only the minor part of this
branch of the propaganda. The chief
part Of this effort has been to stir up
American prejudice against the Jat
anese, MeXicans and negroes, as we can
sec in the columns Of those yellow
journals which have most persistent'y
advocated the German cause and at.
tackled our allies in this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
The Ruse Of the
Frontier Guards

favoritc trick was to shoot the
victims near the frontier. A short
notice, "a man who attempted to cross
the boundary line last night was shot
by frontier guards" tells one side of
the story
personally met. for the first time.
German agents when I wrote articles
Tor Two Dutch newspapers: "Het Volk"
and the "Amsterdammer Handelsblad. 4"
When one of the editors Of the
"Handel sblad' and l had left the Han
delsbiad Building one day we met in
the lobby a man who was known to
my friend to be "motf," AS the OBJ
noXious Germans are called by the
Dutch. We were going to the cditorla.
office of "IIet Volk." We turned into
small street and stopped And. IN
deed. we we're Swallowed by the "moff.'
My friend told the man in very good
German: ITS OF no use you continu-
we arc going to 'Hct Volk.'" STAN
mering. the "mof" made an excuse
and went away.
Two days later, when had come
back to Rotterdam. a man called at
my home. / asked him: "Who are
YOU" But he refused to give his
name, or to say why he came, even
after ! had promised him an inter
view. Then he started. He told me
he knew my age, my name and many
other things. was surprised. but
kept my sentiments for myself. Final
ly he said he had come as my friend
and to advise me not to write any
moro articles for newspapers. Even
If you are a deserter you ought tc
he shouted. "Either you cease writ
ing articles and characterize your for
mer writings as lies or you will have
To faEo tho cnnaennnncaa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
k.aiser's Offensive
In America

The present war situation is judged
too much by the physical war map. A
corrected or psychological war map
would not only show the black parts
representing the German armies OK
tended over vast territory in Russia
Rumania, Italy and France, but it
would show many countries of the
world. including America, consider
ably shaded to represent the invasion
OF German intrigue ard propaganda.
II We take these gray portions of the
map INTO account, the position Of Ger
many at the present moment repre-
SCENTS double series of stupcndous
victories. She is wholly in possession
OF certain territories and she has very
considerable mlnOrties standing for a
German peace in all the neutral coun-
tries and in most of her enemies.
Germany's superiority in the field
OF propaganda is due to two causes;
one of these causes, the ability of
despotlsm to control the public opinion
of its subject peoples and to prevent
the invasion Of its territory by a coun-
ter-propaganda-cspecially in war time
cause is the inability of democracy
to protect itself from foreign propa-
ganda even in war time. 1t is only
necessary for those who wish to aid
and abet the enemy to put on a thin
cloak of loyalty in order to say any
thing they please and to go to any
length. Free speech, even when mod-
fed by the very moderate interpreter
ton Of military necessity" prevalent
in democraccs, gives the foreign
propagandist every opportunity he can
desire. This doctrine puts a demo-
cratic government upon the defensive.
Moreover, in democracy the individ-
ual is innocent until he is proved
guilty, even in war time In autoc-
racies neither free speech nor the ne
ccssity of absolute proof of guilt is
held of any Importance when they
come into conflict with military ne
cessity."
Thus demccraces necessarily leave
the door wide open for any form Of
German propaganda, provided only
that it is willing to assume a subtle
and insidious form. This thin cloak Of
loyalty only results IN making it
Goubly, effective and dangerous, for
then the ears Of many uninformed Or
weak-minded loyalists can be obtained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
By William English Walline

the very fact that they are dcmocracics
The President says: "The Russian pco
pie have been poisoned by the very
same falsehoods that have kept the
German people in the dark, and the
poison has been administered by the
very same hands" 1t is obvious that
we cannot compete with an absolutely
unprinciplcd dcspotism in poisoning the
minds and corrupting the morals OF
great peoples.
In the case of Germany we are not
allowed access to the country at all
Even II our aeroplanes were to bring
the Presidents speeches to every Ger
man citizen. these would be as moth
ing against the counter propaganda
and distortions that the German gov
eminent can elaborate in single day
to say nothing of the forty years of
preparedness eliminating in the three
years Of intensive propaganda since
the war. Resting upon this invio
liability Of her own soil, together with
her ability successfully to invade
America, the German ruling class is
undoubtedly relying upon propaganda
finally to win the war. An American
correspondent has recently expressed
the Junkcr view as follows:
."1f the men hold out we shall have
all our enemies countries so much dis
organized that at the psychologists
moment we shall be able to step in
and dictate peace on our own terms"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Vague Doctrines
Favorable to Germany

The propaganda Of an autocracy
does not limit itself either to sections
or to individuals in the enemy country.
1t sets afloat CT supports certain vague
general ideas which appeal to tho
population in general and especially to
the thoughtless. vacillating, and ILL
informed. All the favorite principles
of a democratic nation are thus dis
torted and worked up in new form
until they come TO mean The precise OPP
poslte of their original intention. So,
Tor example, socialism and pac;iism
have come to mean doctrines that are
more or less favorable to the Kaiser in
the present war. The word "democ-
racy" is perverted in similar fash
ion. We are told that Germany is
democratic and that England is not
democratic. If these two statements
arc true we must conclude that de-
mocracy means practically the reverse
Of what VIC thought it meant. Then
VIC arc reproached because subject
races like those Of Africa are not
given 4 democratic form OF govern
ment, as If it were ever pretended that
democratic government should be
given to children or nalf-civilizcd
peoples. One of the most important
OF these efforts to pervcrt one of cur
most cherished principles has been the
attempt to Germanize the idea of COM
promise or negotiation, fnvorite
Anglo-Saxon principle. When VIC az
que IN favor of compromise we mean
that 1T is sometimes wise to make con-
cessions IN order to stop conflict and
to proven. aggression On either side.
The Germans now appeal to us to COM
promise the war or 10 enter into nego-
tiations. Such a compromise could
only serve the purpose of encouraging
oppression and bringing about further
conflicts. When the Anglo Saxon adj
vocates the policy Of compromise he
means the policy Of bargaining be-
tween equals. When the Teuton uses
the word he means a policy Of sur
render to blachmail and to crime.
Here again it is impossible for us to
find any adequate method of reply.
We cannot go into Germany and pre-
sent new Interpretation of any Of
the favorite principles Of German
civilization, for the simple reason that
we would not receive any hearing what
soever.
Our liberality makes our people listen
to any new idea that is put before them
without looking closely for the origin
CT the idea. The German government,
ever on the lookout, has only to label
new idea trying to enter Germany as
Icing British. French or American to
close German minds against it; the
Germans have been prepared for this
ty generations Of. aggressive national
ism in their schools, not to speak of
newspapers and the pulpit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
On the Nature Of
German kultur

Another reason Why we cannot es
fectively combat the Germans in this
field is that it is almost impossible for
us to grasp the nature of German civil
ization or Kultur. 1t is not only the
word Kultur that is strange. but also
the thing. After more than three wears
Ct explanation the meaning of Kultur
is just beginning to sink into our minds
and conscicnces. Yet without knowing
the thing we are fighting against it is
impossible that We should be able to
offer arguments against it that would
be effective in Germany or among Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

identical,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
By Gordon Gordon-Smith

|OR two months past all eyes have
n been turned toward Russia. From
- day to day the people Of Europe
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-07

noon when orders came up from the
rear that he had been granted seven
days leave for Blighty, and would be-
relieved ut five o'clock to proceed to;
England.
He was tickled to death at these
welcome tidings and RECALLED his more
or less envious mates beside him on
the fire step with the good times in,
store for him. He figured it out that
In two days time he would arrive at
Waterloo station, London, and then
seven days bliss!
At about five minutes to five he
started to fldget with his rife, and
then suddenly springing up on the fire
step with muttered, "1'll send over
couple of souvenirs to Fritz so that
he'll miss me when / leave" he stuck
his rife over the top and fired two shots
when "crack" went bullet and he
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nag-draped stretcher, carried BY four
soldiers. i was one Of the four. Be.
hind the stretcher, in column of fours,
came the remainder of the section.
10 get to the cemetery, we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops were hurryinR
to and fro.
AS the funeral procession passed
these troops came to the "attention''
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only ga.
lutte private is entitled to 'some-
where in France"
Now and again shell from the Ger
man lines would go whistling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
in the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
matted in front Of an open grave. and
lald the stretcher beside 1t. Forming
hollow square around the opening Of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German machine-gun bullets were
cracking" in the air above us, but
, Pete didn't mind, and neither did we.
| When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
left before the grave was filed In.
could not bear to see the dirt thrown
On the blanket-covered face of my COM
'ade. On the western front there are
10 coffins, and you are lucky to yet a
blanket to protect you from the wet
Ind the worms. Several of the Sec
Ion stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
That night, in the light of lonely
candle In the machine gunners dugout
IT the front-line trench 1 wrote two
etters. One to Pete's mother. the
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would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
IT was good Illustration of Tommy's
cheerfulness under such conditions,
machine-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave ME hard look. /
sneaked past him, sliding and slipping,
and reached my section of the 'front.'
line trench. where l was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, .sWhere
In - ave you been?"
l made no answer, but sat on the
muddy fire step, shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating in my
race. About half an hour later /
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock / was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-.
ton on the fire step. The rain sud.
denly stopped and we all breathed a
sigh Of relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum issue.
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CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

SUICIDE Annex.
was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door Of
same was little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
ME that this particular front trench
was called Suicide Ditch" Later on
learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the "Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, M q d. The floor
Of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside it was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivulets were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came drip,
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. 1t was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to 1t.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's Tags with
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof we're supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hung miscellaneous assert
ment Of equipment. The lighting ar
rangements were superb candle
In reflector made from an ammuni-
ton tin. Ny teeth were chattering
from the cold, and the drip from the
atrshaft did not help matters much.
While I was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing letter, looked up and limo
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, hoN do you
spell 'confagration'?"
{ looked at him in contempt and an
swered that did not know.
From the darkness in one of the cor
ners came a thin, piping voice singing
one of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
PACK up your Troubles in your Old Kit
every now and then the singer,
- q :