Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-23

little more than a year ago the
motion picture saved the world
This sound, like hig statement
Many other factors have. at some
angle of this wa uf thousand
angles stepped into the ht~ach and
prevented the Huns frum reaching
inris. either directly Or indirectly
for It was essentially victory of on
ganiu,tlon
Hut that doesn't detruct from IN
terrst In the statement Just made
10y william 4 rtady one uf the
leading motion producers. who has
been throughout the war the conf
dant and close personal friend ~
President wilson. lie wlts appointed
by the president In the early part
OF IN. war 10 ofganize the motion
picture industry as % fighting arm
~ the government
Moreover. Mr Rrady's statement
In matter ~ government record
nna In the biggcs, piece of news that
the picture business ever let loose.
1T was the darkest hour ~ the
war" gays Nj. brady In an article
In the Photoplay Magazine. France
and England were bent, but not
broken. America had come m hut
me was only getting ready, and
struggling Europe had little moro
than her word and her good Will II
was the exact moment Tor q grNat
German .psychologlCal drive t!er-
man whispers. German arssmenis.
German persuasions, German dis
coutagements drifted all over France
on every wind that blew FROM. the
north
AN you will ever get from Amer.
lea IN PROMISES The United states IN
pSi and can never. be a military ma
ton Tier people are entirely COM
mctcia she'll sell YOU munitions,
but she will nh rRhl They can't get
ready across the Atlantic, FOR they've
nothing TO set ready with They have
no guu works. small arms factories
or army orghnratinn They can't
hund ships fast enough ana II they
could we'd sink them puu't count
on America as a material ally. for
she couldn't get ready to begin TO
flght In less than ten years"
That's what the French army got
In ono way what the country people
got In anothet what was told pity
! ingly Ia the French mothers, what
I the commercial agents told the bank
I ers. the news btu1ight to the mcr-
/ camille men ~ the cities by the cor.
respondents There has never he"n
such an inrdious stream " propa-
ganda acid directed tEtinEi thr heart
/ ~ u whole people, And It began TO
I take effect
France ~ not Wrnkcn or grow
. coward y That is not the spirit Of
France But its people saw gathering
/ above them the r.Oud, NJ hopeless
ness winch II moro tahl than
. weakness or Gov vnrdicr Probably
I the, rTtAoned the Gctmlns told tie
truth for their eumeuis seemed
lnsrd on fart- that convinced
\, this moment the whole bridge
~ tho allied cause ilrmhlel FH,nce
II no, the ru,irr rr.iec. but 70 In the
kevstnnr the r"n'InI arch
There could hr iu' one response
| tu proNc to the whole rcoplc ~
France that the Grrmans led Not
merely 20 convince few statesmen,
a viz ting commits, on. u VAS up 10
America fo show jacques and Marie.
from Rc fort ito UordrrnV from
Whrims to the Spanish border. that
W. were rowing 80 them. right away
ana millions strong
In w. oOO recorded years human
~ has c'Wrlvrd only ono device 20
make such ~ 'rPoridon possible
Tho motion picture
Noi Thousand, hut millions ~ fee
- film Wrrc rushed across Nv our
gpNcrnWeu' and We wer" shown IN
all parts ~ frtnc" simultaneously
Ana What dih the almost dis
hearteucd French proplr --e'
Guu works Ike kruppN or their
own Papa ,rcusoIs roaring through
the da,. blazing through the nlght
shipNards with great carriers build
ing IN pnarteta and oc'ets She fac.
tories win lurral miles OF workers
Great naval stations and thouS, nds
~ young sailors Army cnmuS with
hundfeds of 'houfands NJ spl~ndidN
drillet TROOPS small arms factories
the Ike OF Nhi.h arc nowhere Jhe
vtst organ iTation " the army And
raNy actually ~ work In Washing
ton. The conservation OF food for