Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-22

uftH iNAl hnhhlh hIA wv
are too far away and TOO little known
In the west for tho public either here
or In America TO agree 10 continue
the war for tho sake of winning IN
the east the sort ~ terms Germany
nov ndmlta herself compelled TO CON
codo In tho west
Al for America. German agents
who are working In neutral countries
admit frankly that they know tne
temper OF tho yankee swine ~
such that they will not consent To
any peace before Germany So beaten
II they can help it but the Gerpanh
argue that this does not matter, De
cause n they can get England oui
America cannot send men over the
seas. and n they can get France OUT
there viii be nowhere for those men
10 flTht.
Admittedly n Germany possessed
siptegman of the Intellect ana
cunning Of fa Rlgmhrck. such a plan
Aa the imperial government is now
preparing would have been exceed
ingly dangerous one year ago bul
now. from all / can gather OF the
temper OF the British and French
peoples. among whom ] have lVed
FOR four years. the period ~ danger
has passed. America need have no
FEAR that territorial concessions,
however tempting viii move the
heroic French or the stcndfnst Brit
ish The war i' no longer regarded
here es fought for territory ar
specific terms of any sort
Due to Prcsidcnt Wilson.
That this ls true is In great part
due. Rritlsh authorities tell me. 90
the Influence or President Wilson,
who has made N clear 90 the whole
world that tho overthrow ~ German
HutOcracy ia moro important than
any terms that can De put In writ
lnr round the peace table. u u
somewhat unfair that Wilson should
ret 80 much credit because states
mon over here said very much the
slur thing long before we came
into tho war. but the fact remains
that hts moral and physical power
is now almost aH great with The mass
Of the British people ~ with Amc-i-
cans thcmrolycs
Tur. thcr with Germany military
defensive lu tho west and hor APP
preaching offer 20 give up OH she has
gained there. military men and diplO-
matte authorities alike are convinced
that 10 keep NJ the waning epiriH N
her dcluded peoples Germany viii
make an offensive In the east as
soon as possible.
I'm. propa unda the enemy is
doubtless superior ~ us" The
speaker was General Won Stein.
German minister for war. and his
remark 10 a German interviewer in
dicatcd the annoyance. n not dismay.
which tho publicity campaign of the
allies IS causing in enemy countries.
Not the least Important OF the mate
rial which iu q hundred ways Is sap
ping the war viii ~ the German peo-
pie. Is that which comes directly or
indirectly from the United States
Difficult tO Get Truths.
II ia not permissible 20 describe
how these things are done, how the
men who are working az The difficult
task 81 getting the truth into Ger
many ore succeeding Boa their oblcc'
tive. II IS almost as difficult TO gcl
honest facts through the barrier Of
tho German censorship aa it ls "a
penetrate with bombs and bayonct'
the barhed wire of the Hiudcnburl
line. but both are being done.
General Won Stein said Il recent.
iy received from an invalid printed
leaflct which had been spread among
the 90 dierH ~ Is signed In the nam'
81 Americans ~ German origin. th'
Union Of Friends OF German Dem oc-
rgcy March 1913. Therein German
soldiers were urged 10 nyerthrow th'
herman goNcrnment when, 70 wal
said. the war would be az an end
Germany wua accused before tht
world OF barbarian and n breach 10
confidence. and this crime was 90 bO
made good according io the lCafc'
10y he German soldiers overthroWlul
9 their burharic ana untrustWorth
government"
Anu-GcrInhn Propaganda.
This leaflct which II ls pos0ihl
10 mention because its existence
F officially admitted hy Tho enemy,
one Of the hundreds circulated Boo q
German. Austrian. Hungarian am
balkan languages among AN the sub
icct peoples Some literature OF ih
Kind is dropped from aeroplauCs, ht
this ia not tho most effective mean
" distribution. II is coWpnrativol
easy for soldiers and police agents
rack down and inpouud inceudlal
documents thrown from the fNt
The work of Ectting the truth INT
tho homes OF enemy peoples oE uih'
means Is mos, fascinating. most daf
rerous and most valuable hundred
of men and women are riHNnE the
lives cvery day to spread ihe go'p
" democracy To tell how they 80
work will not he possible until the
work has been done and tho war
over.
In the enemy countrIes the alli'
are making great use OF the lnspi
ing utterancea OF President NIso
and are featuring American idea'l'
NJ voiced by our leading pubic me
The directors NJ allies propaEnndp
enemy countries say that nnythf
coming from an American sour
has more weight than matter OF ecu
value from any of the European 2
lies. because tho enemy peoples ma
not 90 long regarded The Inlu
states as an enemy and dlmly unde
atand that America is not In the W.
for any selfish motive. They a
anxious TO know why America h
tho war. Their rulers have neN