Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-07

| urllled ana directed from q military
establishment controlled by an ire
sponslble government.
Their meshes Of imperial propa-
ganda and subsidies spread to all coun-
tries. Many Of the dupes Of their ac-
tivities regarded the news set afloat
by them as gospel truth. The agencies
of these companies were an important
part of the German spy system, whose
activities were classified under various
heads; military naval, diplomatic,
commercial and agents provacateurs.
In the offices of Balm and Ileinecken
nearly every plot for German expan-
Sion has been Matched.
MANY OF the different patriotic ma
| tional religious and commercial socie-
ties, naval leagues. leagues of Truth,
bowling clubs, singing societies, etc,
/ throughout Gallca. Bukowina and Eu-
ropenn Russia, have been secret of
fees Of the German Steamship com
panies where propaganda was carried
on under the protection of national
law with the intention to influence law
makers and rulers.
IAN important factor In the league
of these societies were the many Aus
trian army officers whs have been sta
TONED in the border towns of galicla
md the Bukowina. The greater part
of Austrian army officers are burdened
with heavy debts. Many of the gar.
risons situated on the borders of Aus
tria and Russia have been "Strafgar-
nlsonen" punishment garrisons)
where officers whose pay has been con-
fiscated have been sent. Therefore 1t
is not surprising that they have been
easily Influenced by the sound OF gold
They have secretly acted as agents for
the German steamship companies.
These army officers as well us officials
of the Austrian government, pro-
fessors, school teachers, etc, worked
and intrigued together wherever they
could"
The activities OF these devotees and
servants Of kaiserism have been many
and varied, but always with the one
end In view.
1T was the task of these votarles to
prepare calmly and methodlcally the
population for any plan Matched in the
war ministry, to influence and Slacken
any vigilance directed against German
interests, to safeguard German monOpo-
lies In foreign countries, to sign 'Au-
thoritatlve Opinions when needed.
Their activities included-to start and
maintain the necessary crusade when
ever required by their paymasters, to
arouse enthusiasm for war In one coun-
try, to preach peace and good faith in
another, to weave new intrlgues, to
place Interpolation in foreign parlla-
ments, to see TO publication of memo.
randums, to address applications and
petitions to the authorities, to invent
slanderous and malicious tales, to cir
culate and hold discussions In public. |
to foster strikes, to lntiame through
publications and newspapers the public
mind. And through this system they
bamboozled the public In direction
desired, placing perpetual screen be-
fore the people and reality"
1t Is interesting to note in connection
with Gerlnnny's wall for freedom of
the seas, that since German confedera.
ton no foreign vessels have been nd.
mitted to German ports except under
vexatous restrictions, and that Ger
man steamship companies have always
prevented the working of other lines in
continental Europe, so far as they
could. Thlrd-class passengers, for in.
stance, were not allowed to pass
through Germany If they wished to sail
by non-German lines
One of the favorite plans of German.
izing European countries Is simply TO
make life unbearable for mont German
races under German rule to force them
to emigrate, and then to plant German
colonists In their abandoned provinces
Besides the 2S,000000 Ukranlans in
Russia there are some 100000
Ukralnlans living under Austrian rule,
where they are known as Ruthenlans.
with the help Of the Austrian gov.
eminent, German settlers have pene.
trated TO the different Slav provinces.
and 100000 German peasants reside in
Gallcla. This colonization has been
carried on for years methodically and
noiselessly, German colonists are now
firmly established as far east as Bos-
MIA, where there are 81 different Ger
man colonies. German settlers received
from the government in Bosnia lands