Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-03
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There has come into the possess
ion of the Harrisburg Telegraph a
thing which illustrates the damn
able propaganda the German gov
ernment actually planned for the
very midst of the Keystone State.
1t is in the form. of an alleged Cal
endar of Culture for 1918" and 1t
is all that the much abused term OF
culture implies. The startling part
about this scheme is that the cal
endars, page for each day, were
printed in English and intended for
distribution in large quantities in
our midst. This particular calen-
dar was discovered with thousands
of others in n storehouse in Leba-
non county during a recent raid by
Federal authorities, about which
nothing was printed at the time,
but which resulted in the disap-
pearance between two days of GER
tain prot Germans from the scenes
of their insidious activities. This
calendar alone of all those confls-
Gated escaped the fire of a public
dump where the whole consignment
was thrown for destruction. And
it is going to follow them, be 1t
said. Just to illustrate the trait
orous scheme: it looks just like one
of the desk calendars that we can
buy for a small sum and which is
so handy, but what is printed on
each leaf is enough to make Penn
sylvanians see red. In a stupid at
tempt to deceive the recipient each
calendar was accompanied by a card
bearing the statement that 1t was
presented with the compliments of
Prof. w. MacNeille Dixon, Univer-
sity of Glasgow" and with a Lon
don imprint. The falsity of this
slip was soon demonstrated by the
different quality of paper and the
style of printing. AS an example
of the depths to which the authors
of this bit of choice German latter,
day literature descended it may bsN
written that for December N a
sacrilegious attempt was made TO
link the name of the Saviour withT
that of Germany. The absurdity
quotation for that day as follows:
Christmas day-Jesus Christ with
his blue eyes. fair hair and fresh
complexion was essentially a Ger
man type. His very name testifies
to his Germanic origin. The first
syllable JE is plainly a corruption
of GER; the letter r, as commonly
| happens, having fallen out or re-
placed by S. The second syllable
| US, is merely the Latin termination
of mans name. We get there
fore, Jesus-German." This and
| 364 other outrageous bits of lying.
distorted information and appeals
| for German support in America
make up what during war times
would have been in the hands of
unthinking people very dangerous
piece of propaganda. 1t may be
said, however, that the would-be
distributors found that Pennsylvania
patriotism ran so high during the
last year that not a single attempt
was made to dispose of the very
large number of the calendars pre-
pared for this state and in due
course of time the Federal author
tiles located the depot and con-
signed the rot to its proper place.
AS a matter of fact in the early
days of the war. before the sub
marine horrors caused Uncle Sam
to buckle on his sword there were
numerous instances of German pro-
paganda to be found about here,
but this is the first one known
planned for 1918. Just exactly
what would lave happened to any
person who would have dared to
distribute this sterling display of
kaiserism can be easier imagined
than described. Some OF the stuff
has a medieval sound, much is
blasphemous and the whole thing
is tinctured with that Prussian self
sufficiency which had its downfall
the tide along the Marne.
|
$50 great is present demand for
certain lines of American goods
abroad" said f. S. Herman speak
ing on business prospects before the
Harrisburg Rotary Club yesterday.
that the Moorhead Knitting Com
pany has paid full, first class post
age on large quantities of stockings
shipped to wholesalers in South
Africa. This added expense was
cheerfully paid in order to get the
shipments through" 1t is seldom
that such goods go express, let alone
first class postage, but the markets
of the far off corners of the world
are in some cases so keenly feeling
the shortage of shipping facilities
as a result of the war that they are
willing to pay almost any price to
meet the wants of their customers.
William c. Alexander, sales man
ager of the Moorhead Company is
| one OF the DlBBeSI OpIlnlSIS IN the
business, and his latest letter to the
statesmen of the concern announces
that the company is going right
ahead on the assumption that bust
ness is going to be better in peace
than it has been in war. Optimism
and more optimism should be the
basis of our thoughts for now and
the future" he says, and adds, "the
future holds for us much of progress
and prosperity"
1t is not often that a unit of the
Militia is mustered in after having
been in service. Generally they
have to wait months and months
before getting anything like service.
The truck company of the Reserve
Militia, which will be mustered into
the state service tonight at the City
Grays Armory, has been working
for two months. 1t was called out
on active service to move hospital
supplies for influenza hospitals and
many of its men acted as attendants
in emergency hospitals.