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New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

cans ready to believe these deliberat. :,
rlcatlons because they did not taxa, j
trouble to investigate. w
"The steady movement of our tro.x
France during The past six month
gwen the German rumor-mongcr fresh A.,
tor deception. One of the favorite lac..,
affected the Vaterland, the great HANK
American liner interned at Hoho,a,
ing the first week of the war. anal.
became our lawful war prize. II
bitter pill for the German to realize !, :
this pride of the Kaiser's mercant;,.
rine, sponsored by the Emperor h;,..,.
and launched at celebration that assun.s
the proportions Of an imperial fete sba,,s
not only fly the American flag but o,..'
thousands of gallant Americans to +.,. !.
field against the German army. Fru.t..,
in their attempt to destroy the macb;na.-
OF the vessel, they Immediately beea, }.
sink it with rumor. The Leviathan :. I,
Vaterland was christened after her r.A.s
1or American use, was never permitted hv
the Hermans TO get more than three IN,
dred miles off Sandy Hook. I mysenh..u
a German, speaking in German in .N N.
York restaurant, say to his neighbor IN.
Vaterland is at the bottom of the sea th.,.
God, and will never carry another Ame,:
can soldier 1t was to offset this camn.;..
OF lies that the War Department autbor;..,
the Official statement late last Januarv a..
she had returned from France, having ssfe)v
landed eight thousand soldiers.
ut all goes to show that in prcpapaod,
as in warfare the German will stop at ro,,
ing. The inhuman mind that devised ~.
poison gas for the battlefield, thus maxim.
sport of every accredited rule of moae,,
warfare, is full mate to the diseased ;m..
lnation that thrives on the propagation 3,
evil and malicious report.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

world war has pushed forward for solution
is the general physical fitness Of the Amcri-
can people.
lhe revelations made of their physical
unlltness for military or for any exactinc
service have been astounding. In some
draft districts it has been found necessary
to summon two thousand men in order to
get two hundred who arc fit to BEGIN service
ITO remedy this campaign to improve
the national physical condition, to make it
h.eef Tor either campaigns or competition
OF war or peace, is one of the most i'm
portant OF the tasks which at the present
moment confront the stay-at-homes to nor
form, not only on behalf Of those who have
gone to war, but on behalf of the ruture
generations of both classcs--the descend
ants OF the present generation of Ameri
cans.
I'VE are doing everything possible to see
tha' the men IN the service are kept physi-
caly and morally fit, that such diversion.
such aJhlet!cs such exercises as tend to this
result are fostered in every possible wnv.
ana regarding this We have no stronger
statement than the one which the chairman
of the commssion Mr.. Fosdck has inst
sent me:
"'We have ample evidence that athletic
games are developing self-control, agility.
mental aiertness and initiative all of which
are bases upon which to build military
training The training camps and stations
OF the country are now giving to men whose
boyhood ended all too soon an opportunity
TO play as they never played before Wo
believe that the harder men play the hardnr
they will tght.'"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
\ n Adventure With Spies
n in a Hotel

MANY of the hotel keepers in Norway
and Sweden are in the pay of the Germans.
When an Englishman or an American ap-
plies for room-I speak from personal
expericnce-he is told: 'We are very sorry
that all our large rooms are engaged, but
we have small room which we shall BE-
glad to place at your disposal The small
room is usually sandwched in between two
other rooms which are Immediately occu-
pied by German agents. Here is concrete
story which shows the reason for this ar
rangement:
ION my return from Russia I had to wait
a weel, in certain town in Norway for
steamer to Scotland. l got the usual small
room fanked By two others, which were at
once taken by German tourists 1 speak
German, so | could understand their whis
perngs behind the thin walls. The spies
were convinced that l had gone to Russia
on a government mission; so I became
marked man.
Il put in my week of waiting at hard
work and left my cuhby-hole only for meals.
After four days Of constant espionage l
decided to have some fun with my German
chaperoas. On my little writing table 1
heaped a pile of useless papers. l then
knocked on my door as if had been sum-
moned by bell boy and said loudly in
German: Il will come down to the tele-
phone immediately The only telephone
in the hotel was in the office. After writing
an uncomplimentary note in German about
the Kaiser, which l carefully placed on the
top OF the pile of papers on my table,
slammed the door and went down the hall.
Crouched in friendly dark corner where l
had view OF my room l awaited develop
ments.
mo sooner I out Of sight than the
Germans emerged from their rooms, skunk
into mine, vnly to be confronted by the
souvenir on my table, which clearly indi-
Gated that I wise to their game. They
left in hurry with rage their faces.
When next l sailed forth from the hotel
every German passed-and the little town
was full of them-glowered at me. The
news of the spies discontinue had gone
<or{b
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
= ermany's lnsidious Peace
~ Drive Scores

mo phase of German propaganda in ths
United States, however, is more cbarsctax
lstlc than what might be called the great
peace drive. Here you touch the activity
set into world motion by the German vov.
ernment as soon as it realized that its c.so
IN the war was hopeless. The moment you
encounter the propagandst he is likelv to
say: of course we shall soon have peace.
The whole civilized world demands it. This
terrible war must end in the interest of
humanity
AS you continue your conversation with
this pious conserver of the public veal Won
will hear something like this: 4 really be-
heve that Germany has been msjudged.
The Kaiser is really lover of peace and is
ready to make peace any moment
"Ths kind Of talk makes a great impress
sion on the father and mother whose son
has just gone to France. AS matter of
fact the German peace propagandist is
making special drive on the families of all
the young men in the first and second
drafts. Every American who hears this ar
gument should confute it with the conten-
tion that the only peace that has been OBJ
tainable is a Kaiser-madc peace, with
heritage of unrest for all posterity.
Linked with this peace propaganda is a
line of talk which finds credence with that
great group Of Americans who believe
everything they hear. Recently I heard a
man of German extraction, supposed to be
a loyal American, say, Much as l should Ike
to see Germany crushed, I am afraid it is
impossible. She cannot be beaten. She is
holding out against the whole world, Amer.
ica included
THE German propagandist seeks in every
possible way compatible with his personal
safety to sneer at the American war effort
The classic blunder made by the Kaiser
when he called Britain's first expeditionary
force 'thc contemplate little army is be-
ing echoed about our own
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Interfering With the
L Liberty Loan

Though the German propagandist could
not openly interfere with the sale of Lib
erty bonds, he did his best to discredit the
campaign. One type of knock used broad
cast among the radical and socialist ee-
ments that the Liberty Loan is
Rockefeller movement The name Of Rookie
feller is a red rag to the radical bull. In
other instances the German agents spread
statements that the government intended to
repudiatc its debts and therefore putting
your money into Liberty bond is throwing
it away
'The principal press agcnting for German
kultur in the United States has been done
by the German newspapers, by journals
laboring under the delusion that they were
fighting England, and by weekles edited by
pro-Germans who take refuge under Ameri-
can nationality Most Of them are still
fourishng, though the use OF the United
States mail has been denied to many.
ITO how great an extent is German prop
aganda being carried on at the present
time? You do not have to search long fer
VIC dHSWet. AS ISCculiy as JaIludiy @s~-'
government agents, through interceptea
communications and evidence found on
scores of enemy aliens placed under arrest
discovered plans for whole new corr
certed movement not only to destro!
American property, but to begin fresh
campaign to distort and shape pubic
opinion. 1t was to take the form of an
end the war; movement and to disseminai"
pessimistic reports about conditions in tns
American army at home ana abroad.
"The arrest of the ringleaders did not enc
the business by any means. Wherever yeS
live you are likely to hear the pro-Gcrman'
masquerading as naturalized American OF
as Swiss or even as Scandinavians
spreading gloomy rumors and indulging IN
the now familiar peace talk
Outraged American feeling is crystallls'
ing into sentiment for drastic action. III
we would shoot few spies, as England
did, and then conduct publicity campaise
on what we had done, it would be worth
years Of protest"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
THE Tremendous Power
/ of Rumor

"Analyze this propaganda conducted
since we entered the war and you discover
that one large section of it is devoted to the
circulation of rumor. Indeed the propa-
eanda machine has become huge rumor
factory. 1t is one of the irones of life that
nothing is so credible as the incredible.
There is curious parallel between the
German rumor -monger and the Wall Street
faker Their systems are the same. II you
know anything about the mechanics of Wall
Street YOU know that no place in he world
lends itself so amiably or quickly to the
professional gossiper as the glittcring do
main of big finance. Fortunes have been
made and unmade on the widest and most
impossible reports Nothing is easier than
starting a rumor in Wall Street. Like the
story of John Jones' turnip, it gains in
volume with each successive retelling.
"When our troops began to train and the
first transports started for France the Ger
man prophet of disaster unfurled the BAN
ner and it has been flying ever since Ac-
cording to German rumor cur first exped-
tionary force was sunk half dozen times.
Even the official announcement of its safe
arrival without loss did not stay the propa-
gandist, who said: Half the American
transports were sunk, but Washington is
afraid to give out the truth because of the
effect on the first draft and future enlist
ments' There were thousands Of Ameri-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
TIME network of German poison in
America-"propaganda that i'm

"HE network of German poison in
America-"propaganda that i'm
perils patriotism and prepared
ncss"-is described by Isaac F. Marcos
son in "The Saturday Evening Post"
the issue OF March 90. He prefaces his
expose of German fangs and slime III
this country with some comment on the
German methods as he has been able to
watch them in operation abroad. Thus:
az saw its destructive results in Petro-
grad Immediately after the revolution,
when, working like {. leaven in the great
mass Of the Russian people, it helped to
bring about the reign of terror and chaos
which practically destroyed the fruits of
that first great revolt against the Roma
roF autocracy and removed Russia as
helpful factor in the war. This same men
ace is operating overtime in America. 1t
cannot, of course, repeat the achievement
it registered in Italy, Russia and Spain,
but it can betray our plans, sterilize our
war enthusiasm and minimize war
effort How does it work? What does it
do? What are it's effects?
"Take the case of Scandinavia, which I
visited my way to and from Russia inl-
rnedately after the revolution.
"The label of German sponsorship is all
over Sweden. You find it in the cleanliness
OF the cities, in the perfection of municipal
authority, in vocational education in the
public schools Sweden, in other words,
~ %bu
Germany that the world admired before
blood lust and war madness tore the mask
from her SNUG efficiency.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
rmany Has Her Poison Fangs in the Heart of Amer

army and navy and spread the bad news
wherever they go. 1t is just as reasonable
to circulate misinformaton in war time as
it is to create it.
with sabotage the American public is
unfortunately only too familiar. For nearly
three years the first pages Of the newspa-
pers have recorded continuous record Of
crimes perpetrated by German agents
against American life and property. What
concerns us in this article is the covert
German propaganda being carried on at the
present time and the form it takes.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

Deres Grandma dinks she's n;cht
SchmalI beer
Midi Beers md such s!,e interfere;
SheW learn none o7cnS dis hemisphere
But Me-und Gott!
She dinhs, good Frau, from slip She S
got
Und soldiers midi der scarlet coat
Ach! We could knock dem, pouf! Like
dot,
Meinself-midt Gott!
In dimes Of peace brebare for zsars,
/ bear der helm und spear of Mars,
Cnd care not for den thousand Cars,
Me'nscI I-m;dt Gott!
In fact, I humor efry 7chim,
MT aspect darh and usage grim;
Gott pulls NIT Me und I NIT Him,
Meinself-und Gott!
An uproar in Germany followed the
publication Of this doggcrel, and it was
assumed that Coghlan was the author.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Home Rule for India
The Nation

I AJPAT RAL, in "Thc Nation" writes
- of lndia's international impor-
tance," and particularly of the urgent
need, as he sees it, Of homo rule. He
writes:
"Now that Germany is knocking at the
doors OF Asia it is we'll to consider the in
ternatlonal Importance of India not only
TOR maintaining the balance of power in
the great Eastern Continent but also for
establishing the basis Of durable pcacc
Racially India is white as we'll as brown
The vast bulk of her population como Of
Aryan stock, being thus racially related to
thc Europeans. There is however enough
mixture OF the Semitic and the Monaghan
stocK 10 make her people cosmopolitan: Of
,he former race there are many among
lndia's seventy millions of Mahometan.
ana or the latter there are ]nrcc nunbers
IN tho populations Of Bengal, Rurmah. Ncn.1
ana the HImalayas. There is also some
neEfoid blood in the south. Thus India's
rac'ai composition is guarantee opainst
the exclusive predominance Of one race
over the others
"Napoleons and knlsers all look ON that
land with jealous eyes. The white nnd tbo
yellow, the jew and the Gentle, all desire #
90 long as India is held in subjcction bv
any ono nation the nro.pectp Of a lastjnr
"ot4o peace are slight. Great Britain
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

must protect her empire in India and must
fight all who threaten it from the East
and West. For half a century she strup-
glcd with France for the mastery of India;
for another half century she struggled with
Russia to check the advances of that state
toward India. To protect India she must
have control of the Persian Gulf. the Red
Sea and practically the whole of the In
dian Ocean. To protect India she must
m9ntain the buffer state Of Kabul, must
extend her influence to Tibet and must
Keep close watch on all the Indian from
tiers. 10 safeguard her empire in India
she must control Egypt and conciliate
Turkey.
Now that Germany once more threatens
to knock at the gate of India this time from
the Caspian Sea, she is again face to face
with the problem Of how to save India for
herself
"To my mind the remedy is sjmplc. II
lies IN Great Britain's granting home rule
to India. With free contented India all
fears OF foreign invasion of the country
from the northwest or the northeast will
disappear. A democratic India will have
an extremely wholesome influence on both
Moslem and Buddhist Asia and will be q
check on both the yellow and the white
periis. lndia's millions in aTectionatc re-
latlohs with Great Britain will thwart all
plans OF imperial aggression in Asia by
other powers.
we know how Indian discomfort has
neen eNpiolted by Germany in this war
What has been done, however. is NOTHING
compared with what may be done in the
Intufc Let Great Britain take q
bold step and cut the Gordian knot bv
granting sclf-govcrnment to India. therebv
completely winning her friendship and co.
operation for all time to come The meas
ure is overdue. India has an indefeasible
r'gnt to be her own master, and she has
besides won that right by service to Eng
land. She has contributed in no small
measure 20 England's greatness. Most
thoughtful men conccde that India is bound
some day to be free. If Great Britain now
Of her own free will grants home rule. she
"ll cut the ground from under all plots.
whether from the East or from the West -
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
he Attempt to Corrupt
1 France

German propagandjsts did not hesitate
:" try 10 capitalize the agony Of France in
the hour Of her bttcrest trial. was in
Paris during the Bolo Pacha revelation. II
was Uncovered that he had come TO New
York in 1915 and had obtained more than
mi'isn dollars from BsxnsrorG 10 ba
assd - = 4uEd 10 dsbaueh this French press
IN favor of separate peace along llnes
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

one-eighth o. the entire worlds shipping
af1oat, it is nevertheless hardly sufficient to
replace the boats already destroyed by sub
marines in 1917. Hence, if the United
States really expects decisively to turn the
tide of war she must aim to produce rs
nearly as possible 20,0O00O0 tons of ship
ping year. the figure that Mr.. Ferguson,
the head of the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing Company and generally considered the
leading shipbuilder of the United States,
says Is the limit Of our present capacity"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

favorable to Germany. He had already
fastened his hooks into one Partisan news
paper. Fortunately the plot was exposed,
and Bolo and his yokefelow, Caillaux, are
ianguishng in a Paris Jail at the time this
article is written, the former under SEN
tence of death. The millions of francs
that he received from Bernstorff were
found in the strongbox of French bank"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

fort to the enemy, establish case for Ger
many and her allies, seek to minimize or
frustrate our war effort and belittle gener-
the conscious campaigners
Supporting these vicious missionaries of
malevolence are the millions Of unconscious
aiders of enemy desire l mean the people
who believe the false rumors about our
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

refused to obey
the rules of war
and the restric-
tions imposed
on neutrals, was
not due to the
whim Of the ad-
lniral, but to the
policy of the
German govern
ment. In the
days of 1898 we
regarded the act
Of Won Diede-
richs as isolat-
ed, a purely per-
u
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

"The thousands of professional or volun-
teer German agents in our midst have mill
ions of aiders and abettors They include
many of the foreign anarchists, pacifsts,
misguided labor leaders, nti-conscrption-
lists and I. W. W., otherwise known as the
Industrial Shirkers of the World. These are
the open German propagandists, who labor
in one way or another to give aid and COM
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

than hundred millions. 1t is grave
mistake to have any such theory Like
much of the other unwarranted optimism
inspired in this war it is costly and dam
gerous. If you examine Spain's experience
with German propaganda you find that the
$4,000 Germans residing there have in1u-
enced the sentiment Of twenty millions of
people
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Che ecking the U-Boat
Menace by Rushing
Shipbuildins
independent
ITO FRUSTRATE Germanv,s a++e,nn -

y rRoSIRATE Germany's attempt
to win the war at sea, writes Ham
llton Holt, in "The Independent"
"ooth England and America will also strain
their shipyards to the maximum to turn
out all the merchant ships possible. Eng
land Will scarcely do much better in 1915
than she did in 1917, when she built 2000.-
600 tons The United States, however, has
Iald down programme which will increas.
our tonnage from 100000, which we built
IN 1917, to 6,000,00O in 1918. This pro-
gramme, if carried out, will produce moro
ships than the shipyards of the entire world
nave produced in any one year prior to the
war; ana Is l,50O per cent greater than the
yearly average shipping programme Of tho
United States for the past fifteen Years.
Yet. although this 0.ooo.Qoo 4sanage !s fully
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Uncle Sans Athletic
System
OHtlOOE
Outlook

ME physical welfare Of the men in
service is being vigorously looked
after, according to Walter Camp, who
writes in the current issue of "The Ont
look" Indeed
''one OF the most vital problems which the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
" Cote Pulls Nit Me und | Nit Him

I<HNHE death of Admiral Won Die
derichs," says "The Cincinnati
Times-Star," "serves to re-
mind us that the incident in Manila Bay,
when the German admiral for time
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

Diederichs, it may be recalled, was in
command of the German fleet at Ma
Mia, and undertook to interfere with
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
IHOCH DER KAISER! +!

Der kaiser con DDS Fotherland
Tmd GoH md | all dings command;
Ic t7co-ach! DON'T you understand?
Meinsclf-und Gott!
Iile some men sing der borcer divine,
Mem soldiers sing "Die WacM am
Rhein,"
Ind drinh der health IN Rhein;sh 1c,nc
OF me-und Cot!
Dere's France, she s7coggers all aroundt,
Sizes cusgespicldt-she's no aggound; !;
TO much 1ce Minh she don't amound,
Wciasel f-und Goi!
She siA not dorc to fight again.;
But i she shon1dt, }'N shoe her blan
Dot Elsoss md (m French) Lorraine
Are mein-by Gott!
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

reprinted in every part Of the world
within reach Of. cable:
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-07
ARTILLERY CAMP NAMED
 IN HENRY KNOX'S HONOR

The War Department authorizes cAc following statement:
 The new Field Artillery camp to be situated near Stlthgon, Ky. is 10 be named Camp Knox. This is in honor e Henry Knox, who was Secretary Of War from 1735 to 1794 Henry Knox was origadier general and chief ot Artillery q the United States Army from ITS 70 17s2 and was promoted D major general in 1782 He was made commanding chief Of the Army in 1783. which position he held 10 1784
 The new Field Artillery camp to be iocated near FayecY..,e, N. C., will be named Camp Bragg in honor Of Capt. Brax+on Bragg, commander Of Battery C-, Third Artillery. who rendered sing glar service in the Battle Of Buena Vista during the Mexican war.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-07
MANY CANDIDATES
 BUT FEW OFFICES

Politics from the western towns are lining up for bitter fight al the com l2g election. three more candidates ior the Territorial offices having it is alleged, appeared 2: Anchorage.
 Wm. F. Lee, well known politician and labor man will announce for Road Commission on the Labor tick es- slr. Lee is Q democrat and is q capable energetic man witA host Of
 James r. Wilkinson will appear on
 James r. H'ilEingo will appear on ehe Labor ticket for the office Of Sen atcr and E also said to be a strong man t h stated that r.Ie laboring nssn Of the western districr are behind him 10 raAi and that he will poll Z good vote.
 Jcan ". Frame. well known 10 all cd timers, and former yasdezan BiI make the race for Representative ca Inc Labor ticket.
 The appearance Of fourth ticket in the aeld will conplicate matters considerably. but as the greater par. c .,g vote will be drawn from fhe Republican and Socialist iicke; tae Democrats are not worrying any Valdez Miner.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-07
AMERICANS WlLLSOON RE
 THROWN IN
Military Experts Believe The Time is Short
 For the Huns

WASHINGTON. Sept. s-The hour when General Pershing's army will be thrown into the midst of the battle. is rapidly approaching, is the opinion Of many military expsrts and. officials of the war department here. Develop ments indicate 10 the German with d-awai and nearing the point when General Foch will make use of every available weapon 10 prevent the enc my from making & stand in his old positions along the Hindenburg line il is thought here