The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-22
HUN LIES DO NOT
GAIN A F00TH0LD
Kaiser's Henchmen Unable to
Line Up a Following.
RICH MEN SERVE IN THE WAR
German Agents Fail to Disprove Fact
That Wealthy Cannot Buy Elk
emptions-Government Not Seek
ing Foreign Markets.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Not Seek
ing Foreign Markets.
(From the Committee on Public Informa-
ton, Washington, D. c.
BY HARVEY O'HIGGINS,
Associate Chairman. Committee on Pub
lie Information.
CThis is the third article by Mr.. OHig-
gins dealing with the propaganda of the
enemy in our midst.)
In two previous articles on the Ger
man whispering propaganda" some
account was given of how the German
agents are endeavoripg to divide US
from our allies and to grouse domestic
differences among ourselves by means
| OF various lies and rumors that arouse
religious animosities and increase race
problems and promote an agrarian SEN
tempt to. divide us against ourselves
| does not end there.
The leaders of section of the So
cialist party here as in Italy and in
Russia, are attempting to do the
kaiSer's work, and are obtaining Ger
man support in it. They are trying
to divide the country in a class quar-
rel that would leave us as helpless to
resist the German military autocracy
| as the, Russians are. This section of
socialists was first organized as a po-
litical party in America by German
exiles. They have always been led
by German sympathizers. 1t has been
rule among them that man is not
socialist unless he pays dues to the
party leaders, accepts all the party
nominees of those leaders without
question, SubscribeS to every plank of
the party platform, and votes only a
straight ticket under the party en-
blem. He did these things or he was
expelled. That is Prussian idea of
| organized Servility and unquestioning
| obedience. 1t has succeeded in Ger
| many, but it has never succeeded here.
At the outbreak of the war in Europe
| the Prussian government, by means of
false news and distorted dispatches.
made the German people believe that
| their country had been invaded by
Russia and attacked by France, and
for a time all the German socialists
supported their governments war of
imperial conquest, believing that it was
| a war of self-defense. Since then the
independent socialists in Germany
have learned that they were deceived.
They are now fighting the German gov
| eminent in Germany as the independ-
ent socialists are fighting the German
government here, under the leadership
ef men like John Spargo and Charles
Edward Russell.
Germany's Plan to Squeeze.
Soon after the war broke out mem
| Der of the German reichstag named
David made speech in which he said
Germany must squeeze her enemies
with pair of pincers; namely, the
military pincer and the pacifist pincer.
The German armies must continue to
| fight vigorously whilst the German so
cialists encourage and stimulate pacif-
ism among Germany's enemies" 1t
is upon this stimulation of pacifism
| in America that our Prussian socialists
have been most busily engaged. They
have been recently, denounced by the
Social Democratic League Of America
and the Jewish Socialist league, under
the leadership Of John Spargo. J. G..
Phelps Stokes, William Edlin and
Henry L. Slobodin.
The work of our pro-German social
lists has been nullified by the unjust
| far,,,e Of Gorpap pooco fnroad ,,pop tbo
Russians and by the continued Ger,
! man, invasion of Russia since peace
was signed. The same events have
greatly strengthened the loyal support
| of the war by American socialists Con.
sequently there seems to be now nc
ton in this country procured by Ger.
man agents. We have passed that
| danger point as the British have passed
| it. The independent socialists in all
| countries are fighting the kaiser and
his commercial war of imperial con-
quest. And when the pro-German So
| cialist in this country asks, "Why do
you blame German socialists for sup.
porting their government and yet
blame American socialists for not sup
porting their governments" the an.
swer is, Because in both cases they
are wrong; in both cases they are
fighting against freedom and democ-
racy in support of military conquest
and autocratic rule"
Another German Trick.
T. or
of class cleavage is being widened by
German sympathizers. There, for a
| decade past, political struggle has
been proceeding between reformers and
corruptionists. In many states the re-
| formers have won. They have broken
| henchmen. When the government
boards at Washington called for volun-
| teers in the work of organizing the
| trade and industry of the country many
of the defeated political enemies of
| the western commonwealth volun-
The assignment of such men to war
| work has been used ito give the war a
black eye" 1t is argued that the dark
powers which so long exploited the
West are running the war" 1t is
limited that the government at Wash
| ington is innOcently under their con-
troll. And German agents and German
sympathizers are using that argument
| and giving that hint.
1t was inevitable that some discred-
tied politicians should find their way
into the ranks of volunteer army OF
war workers so hastily assembled.
Such men would be eager for the
chance to rahahilitate Themselves