Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-11
NorfhciHe Broke /
Morale of Huns

The history Of the world war, as be-
ling written at the present time 10y
German generals, throws new
Hight on Lord Northcliffe as being the
man who bombarded the rank and file
Of the German army, not with solid
shot, or shell. or deadly gas, but just
with truth, tons and tons Of trutiI-in
the form of. pomphlets, TO be read
marked ana ihwardly> dige
And this. according to the German
writer's. was tho one thing tho Ger
mans couldn't stand. for according to
Won Hindenhergs a knowledge of condi-
tfons as they actually were shattered
the confidence Of the German soldier"
General Won Hutier- repeatedly
warned his troops against that most
thorough faced rascal of the whole en-
tente."
Field Marshal Won Ludendorff, who
has often been described as the brains
OF Generalissimo Won Hindenburg. de-
votes page after page Of his recently
published "Memoirs"' to abuse of
Northcliffe and to- the responsibility"
Of the latter's propaganda among the
armed forces and among the civilian
population Of Germany and her allies
for the victory Of the entente. says a
/ special article in the New York Sunday
Sun. under the caption "Northcliffes
War Job Just Being Realized"
With the singular want Of humor
which marks the entire career of Won
lLudendorff, says the Sun. and which
is, 10 marked in his Memoirs" he
treats this propaganda of Northcliffe
rs a grievance, as q violation of the
laws OF civilized warfare. of when
the Germans and their allies have been
such exemplary champions and ex-
ponents. Northcliffe's propaganda. ac-
cording to Ludendorff, was grossly un-|
fair and unsportsmanlike.
Northctiffe Earned His Reward.
Lloyd George knew what he waA
doing" writes Ludendorff in his
ssMemoirs." when, after the close or
the war, he gave Lord Northcliffe the
thanks OF Great Britain for the propa-
Eanda which he had carried out with
an our borders.
Lord Northcliffe showed himself q
master of-the art Of masked sugges-
tion.>, His propaganda attacked us by
transmitting reports and printed mat
ter from the neutral states on, our from
tiers, especially from Holland ane
Switzerland. It assailed us in the
same way in Austria, and finally 1t
reached our vitals and, the interior OF
our country thru the air.
"Northcliffe did this with so much
method and ingenuity and on such
scale that many OF our people were no
longer able to distinguish their own
impressions from what they had
learned thru Northcliffe's propaganda.
1.-THE propaganda was all the more
effective with us for the, reason that
we had to rely, not SO much on the
numbers. as on the qualify Of our bat
4taiions in prosecuting the war;"
Then, again. it is Hindenberg who
writes. within few weeks before the
armistice: AT every step and turn
we meet dependency. discomfort, de-
preston. hanging heads. grumbling,
etc.
whence do they come? Who
brought them to us! Today We know.
Today we can recognize the origin Of
/ this depression Of German will power.
It was the long threatened publicity
/ offensive of the entente, directed
against us, under England's lead, and
under the specidl direction Of that I'M
/; principled, inscriptions scoundrel
/ Lord Northciiffe."
Killed the Hun Soul.
And elsewhere Hindenberg places
! himself on record in September, 1918,
| as follows. 'sThe enemy knows that
Germany cannot be conquered by arms
alone. The enemy knows that the
spirit which dwells within our troops
and our people makes us unconquer-
able. Therefore he has added to the
attack on the German armed forces an
attack on the German spirit He
bombs our front, not only with the
drumfre Of explosive shells. but with
the drumfre Of printed papers. Be-
sides the bombs which kill the body,
The (that is, Northcliffe) drops from
the air leaflets which are intended to
kill the soul.%
Northcliffe's propaganda, carried on
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