Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11
IOWA MAN MAKES SPECIAL
STUDY or GERMAN PRoPA.
GANDA LITERATURE.
STATE DOCUMENT EDITOR
GATHERS IMPORTANT FACTS
Kaiser Counted on Personal Efforts
and Influence Of Thousands Of
Loyal Subjects Reading in Both
Allied and Neutral Countries to Gain
Sympathy Tor Prussian Domination.
special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. May 11.-Evidcnce of the
German kaiser.s smooth plans to so
thoroughly spread his propaganda in
this country as well as elsewhere that
he could count on millions of loyal sub =
jects in foreign lands is shown in much
Of the German literature which was
put out several years ago, according to
Ora Williams, state document editor.
who has beep digging up some Of this
material. Mr.. Williams, in a brief
article along this line, calls attention to
the following:
Prince Won Bulow in his Imperial
Germany boasts that about $4,000, 900
Germans live in the United States He
did not say that they were former Ger
mans nor refer to them as German
Americans nor soften his statement by
referring to them as persons of German
ancestry. He followed this statement
by suggestion that since the forma-
ton of the National German American
Union in 1910 they are animated more
and more by the desire to maintain and
encourage close connection with their
old German home
Prof. Otto, Hintze of the University
of Berlin in Modern Germany wrote:
"'Our sympathy naturally extends to
cur fellow countrymen in other lands,
especially to those who. surrounded by
foreign elements. are in danger of los
ing their national characteristics. We
strive to aid them t0>maintain the Ger
man language customs and eamcati
"And this official spokesman for
Prhssiarism went on to say that val
liable influence may in this way be ex-
crted' especially on commercial in
terests for trade follows not alone the
flag but the Language as Well
Prussian Princes for World Rulers.
The fact is of course well known
that the Prussian policy in Europe was
to Prussianize every monarc1lical court
CT the world by setting crowns on Prus-
sian princes heads COR marrying Prus-
sian princesses 10 all the heirs and
heir presumptives. But IT is also a
matter of history that Kaiser Wilhelm
issued an order that no foreigners
should be employed at any of the Ger
man courts and that so far as possible
there should be employed in all foreign
courts German servants. This was no
mere accident.
In a book Seven Years at the Prus-
sian Court Edith Keen, an English girl
relates how on&Sone occasion, she dis
cussed with Princess Leopold, her EN-
ployer, the fact that many Germans
preferred to live in England and the
princess simply secuted the idea of
such thing as pro- British German.
Another woman connected with the
court at Potsdam said to Miss Keen.
when the latter had boosted that many
Germans had become naturalized in
England and elsewhere. oh that has
nothing to do with the matter we have
been talking about. You will find Ger
mans settled down and living in many
countries. but wherever you find Ger
mans you will find Germany-that is
an old German saying, and believe me.
it is quite true. Wherever you find
Germans you will find that each and all
OF them are generally doing something
to help Germany as well as them
selves
"These things were all written before
any one had any notion there would
ever be any controversy in America
over the expulsion OF Hun music, the
Punishment Of the only language in
which autocracy now gives orders or
the boycott of the wares of the Prus-
sian peddlers" concludes Mr.. Williams.