The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-06-22
HIT YELLOW DOG ON EVERY
HAND, AMERICA Is URGED
orGapize Boys to Ferret Out Whining
Menace, Says Patriotic
Writer.


New York. June 15.-Henry Irving
Dodge, author and patriotic propagan'
dist, today made national appeal for
the suppression of The Yellow Dog
by the establishment In every munich
pality in the United States OF branch
of the Boy Detectives Of America.
"The Yellow Dog" according to Mr..
Dodge is the whining native son who
constantly harps on German efficiency,
of our fighting England's war, of its
being a rich mans war, of the crime OF
sending our boys over there, OF the i'm
possibility of defeating Germany, of
charging our 'Dollar-year' men with
being profiteers, of declaring that a
large percentage of war tax money goes
to grafters and all the rest of thefee-
BILE minded twaddle.''
In making his appeal for the cooper
alton of the mayors, superintendents
of public instruction, members of pa
triotic societies, Scoutmasters of the
Boy Scouts of America and Y. M. G. A.
secretaries. Mr.. Dodge declares that
"The Yellow Dog" is menace far
greater than the German army. His
attacks are concealed while the at
tacks of the German army may be
guarded against.
"r speak conseryatively," says Mr..
Dodge, "When say that every vel
low dog Is equal in strength to one
infantry company in the German army.
The lies OF The Yellow Dog are sap
ping 'he strength at home. They are
enawing al the foundation of attack
apd defence They are working for the
Germans aud many OF them don't know
it"
SIR Dodge's plan for the SUPPRESSION
of "The Yellow Dog" is outlined in
his most recent work of fiction. In it
he portrays the manner in which the
boy power of suburban town was
harnessed under the name of the boy
Detectives of America" and the town
was cleansed of yellow dogsm without
untoward friction and without the use
of the usual pol Se channels. Now he
wants the boy pJwer of every munich
palty ip America harnessed in the
same ma nner in order to accomplish the |
co p,o raE,,lt pofiopolIv
All that is necessary to make the
campaign an accomplished fact accord
ueio Mr. Dodg I sew determined |
.meD-leaders of b, 10y munici-
palIy hn w!n. take the trouble of ex-
the details to the youngsters.
boys are first to be organized. |
They are to be regular detectives for
the purpose of ferreting out "The Yel-
low Dogs" Every boy must keep his
ears wide open for direct and implied
attacks upon the government and keep
on the end OF his tongue the one ques
tion How do you know
The first move in the campaign is
for some patriotic citizen to arrange
for meeting with the boys and eX-
plain to them just what the boy De-
tectives of America" is and the mean
ing of the organization to the welfare
of the United States. Then the club
is to be organized. Every boy is to
be given an official membership card
and every member is to receive a sup
ply of the "Yelloy Dog" cards to pass
out to persons who pass along the
'feebe-minded twaddle."
Mr.. Dodge, at his own exepense, of
fers to furnish membership cards and
"The Yellow Dog" cards to the men,
bers of every club that is formed.
The reverse side are numerous de-
scriptions of just what constitutes
THE Yellow Dog" Some of these en-
tightening phrases read:
"lf man talks against the govern
ment and can't back up what he says,
he's yellow dog"
"The meanest yellow dog of the lot
Is the one that stands up and hears
his country abused without protest.
Any man who tells the government
about its faults and how to correct
EN- is its friend; any man who tells
the government about its faults just
to discourage, is a yellow dog"
Anybody who says Colonel Wander
bilt loaned Franc. forty millions is a
yellow dog. He amt got that much"
ANY man who won't buy bond
isn't willing to pay his share of the
expenses of our brothers in the trenches
who are risking their lives fighting for
him. Can any yellow dog be yellerer'n
that?"
Anybody who says United States
bonds amt the safest investment in
the world is a yellow dog"
Anybody who says anything that
sives the Germans chance to write
home ah say this amt popular war
Is yellow dog. It's popular an then
some"
Anybody who talks peace by COM
promise is yellow dog. Judas made
a 1850 peace with the devil. Every
body knows where Judas got of"
This is an American town. We're
behind the government Swat the yell
low dog"
"All yellow dogism is made in Ger
many"
A supply of these cards should be
carried by every member of the Boy