The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-23
GERMAN LIE IS " ORSE HAN THE
 POISONOUS GAS
Is a Lethal Weapon As Noxious As it Is Yelled
 and Effective.
SOME SPECIMENS OF
 THEIR PROPAGANDA
Used in America As Well As In Other Countries of
 World, Says Browne.
(By Porter Emerson Brown.)

(By Porter Emerson Brown.) When the Germans let loose upon the world their poison gas and their liquid fire, the world, aghast, thought that the end had been reached.
 It had not. For since that time have these same Germans found, and brought to use, even a still more lethal weapon-a weapon alike as yelled as it is deadly, as noxlous as it is effec- tive, and quite in keeping with the absolute negation of ethics, or morals. of decency, of humanity that has marked Germany's warfare from the Belgian atrocities down to the present date.
 And this new weapon is lies. Throughout this country, as well as throughout the countries of the allies. Germany has flung her serried lines of German liars. All kinds of lies they tell, and in all kinds of ways, from the 42-centimeter lie that no one be- . lleves down to the dumdum lie that makes a little hole going in and a big one coming out, and the chlorine lie that you don't even know is lie until you find that you are overcome to a point where some friend has to give you the restorative of truth
 There IS the direct lie and the richochet. There is the nftroglycerin lie that explodes itself when it hits: and the time-fuse lie that doesn't go off for a week or so. There are lies on the land, in the air, on the sea, and under the sea-
 And all these lies, effective and in effective, big and little, are directed against each of the allied nations to confuse, to distract, to puzzle, to delay, them in the successful prosecution of the war.
 ''The life of an aviator is only 30 ! hours in the air!"
 And there are aviators who have been flying for three yearsl ''The Navy is rotten with disease!''
 Maybe so? But you must admit . that when it comes to sinking sub l marines they do pretty well for a bunch of invalids ''The camps are hotbeds of i'm [ morality!''
 A lie on the face of it. If there . were the inclination, there is neither the place nor the opportunity.
 ''This is not Americas war"
 Whose war is it to defend the rights
 of America and Americans against ? submarines at sea and plots on land
 to present Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona to Mexico? To say nothing of = blowing up American ships in Arneri- u can harbors, and American factories U in American cities?
 "Al Germany wants is a just l peace!"
 | That's all! A just peace that will 2 give her Poland, Belgium, Alsace-Lor- z raine, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bull
 garia, Servia, Roumania, control of the . Baltic and the Black Seas and ports | on the Mediterranean. A just peace
 in which she can coordinate her new
 possessions preparatory to taking an- h other wallop at the rest of the world f As her own people have already an- e nounced that it is her intention to do!
 England is making her colonies do |, all the fghting.''
 f England lost 100000 men-her en- |. tire standing army-in the first few f months of the war. And she is now
  s ern front and sending troops to Italy - besides!
 v ''The Germans would never try to s conquer America"
 e Take the English Navy away for a | few weeks and see! Germany has an- t nounced her dream of world power
 If America isn't in the world, where e is it?
 e These are a few of the Type A lies e Of the other types are the follow e ing: Germany is unbeata ble, so why n go against her? We will never get y troops to Europe in time. We cant e equip our soldiers. We can't feed our d soldiers. Germany never intends tc 't attack us here; so let's keep our troops a at home to defend us when she does y If we must choose a machine gun fol
 our Army, let us pick one that isn't in- II vented yet. We must have free
 speech; it is better to have people o talking than doing things. S Germany undermined Russia witt : lies Germany undermined Italy witt p lies. She is trying to undermine 'S America with lies.
 - Don't be fooled. America has, an6
 is, mobilizing, equipping, and drilling
 troops. She has sent and is sending
 them to Europe. She will give 'en
 plenty to wear, plenty to eat, plenty tc
 shoot, and plenty of guns to shoot i
 in. She is building a gigantic fleet o1 airplanes. She is building a grea a fleet of destroyers and adding to hel E battleships and cruisers.
 America is going to make the world A safe for democracy. The Presiden \ t>has said so, and the country has sait so, and they mean what they say.
 Tag the German lies for just wha'
 they are-German lies. rs Use your head! Don't be fooled! of
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