South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-24
propaganda no longer. Of ne

II KO-GkknAN propaganda no longer. or ne
cessity, means 'Made In Germany" Re
cent investigations are proving too much Of
it MADE In America" and the made" need not
always b spelled ''m-a-i-d'-though she IS doing
her share 1t is not always even, the concoctOn
of German spies, or Of COMMUNICATIONS of pro-
German leanings. 1t is quite as often the work OF
reputedy very good Americans, merely with some
other to grind first, before helping to ''wn the
war"
II ERE in South Bend is middle-aged man, re-
Gently prominent in commercial circles, who
went east to help "wn the war" but soon came
back, and is now associated with of the
winning auxiaries. Whether he poisoned
while away; was inoculated with some kind of
virus, nobody knows, but Uncle Sam has done
nothing quite right since his return.
Our preparations are all on the bum. Hur-
rah for congress in its super-war cabinet insist
ence! He learned that during his sojourn.
Garfield was all wrong. Anyone who had been
east could see that with his eyes shut. 1t real
ly too bad that Garfield didn't call him into
sUtation before issuing his fuel conservation order.
Terrible! Disrupted business!
Director Gen. McAdoo will never be able to
handle the railroads, but he knows the man who
could handle them and handle them just right.
Of course, he'd like to see him succeed, but.
Count Czernin set trap, and, nsnuatingIy,
"our two-by-four" president fell into it. There
George almost as big If not bigger, than that be-
tween Count Czernin and Count Won Hertling,
but it is being kept quiet-away from everybody,
of course, except him.
He's UMPIRE JUDGED too, he gives you to under
stand; democrat, born IN the south. No politics
to 1t with him.
That is supposed to make him strong, show
him up broad-mnded and especially to be con-
sidered for his superior wisdom,-maybe only
little local reflection of absorbed "coppeThead-
ism" from the Chicago Tribune, and other kindred
journalistic souls of closer proximity but there it
is just the same; pro-Germanesque though
it were the direct spit of German spy, dissent
mated such, and it is hundred times more eff
fective because seemingly Americanesque and
pretentious.
DECENTLY there was meeting of women here
in the city. One of them read to the rest the
story by William Slavens McNutt, 'the Clackers,"
in Golfers. The story applauded 1t pictured
and condemned "clacking" by women; "clack-
ing" after manner disquieting to the multitude
spreading tales about the war, and war prepare
tons, and about the boys who go to the front;
'sob-sisterlng" to make mothers, and sisters, and
sweethearts lose their nerve; making it that much
harder for Uncle Sam to raise army, and at
the same time maintain the popular self-sacrihc-
ing morale that is needed at home.
But from the discussion of ''claclxng" the la
dies moved on to a discussion Of conservation. Of
and all that sort of thing should be put to bet
ter t. the manufacture of whiskey, beer,
and thing f that sort. The ladies there present
seldom, if ever, resort to such beverages. Why
should there be any? Well, there shouldn't,
but.
How about conservation of meats, ETC., which
the ladies do eat? "Do you know hear" said
one of them "that while Herbert Hoover insists
upon meatless days for the rest of US, he runs
around the country making speeches and demands
every time he eats great, big beef steak, an
inch thick covering whole platter, and the very
best that there is | think if we have to observe
meatless days he ought to stop eating meat him.
self"
Poor thing! She didn't know she was "clack-
ngp She didn't know she spreading pro-
German propaganda pro-German IN effect
though made in America"
Anything is capable of being pro-German in
effect that upsets the American equilibrium men,
tally or otherwise and by stirring up dissatisfac-
to the enemy" abroad.
The other story that is being told with pro-
German effect, with reference to Hoover is, that
he is a vegetarian, and that he is using war con-
dtions to force people to adopt vegetariansm,
rather than to help Twin the war;" much after
the same non-sacrihcing manner that the ladies
might be said to be willing for a discontinuance
of the conversion of wheat rye, barley and corn
into booze, viz: because they don't care for
wheat, rye, barley and corn in such form.
We don't believe it at all as to the ladies' but
it is a good opportunity to rub it home the
'cackers;" raise the point of self-sacri1ce where
it belongs. Why not condemn Hoover for being
a vegetarian, eating only vegetables and grains,
and preaching conservation IN those lines? Why
jump onto him alone for his cadaverousness?
Is it because cadaverous animals are the more