The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-25


scandinavian ecaatri-.
Even the Masonic lodges Of the
world. as had long been planned by
England. worked With tho whole
mysterious strength OF this most
powerful Of all seerrt societies In the
service OF the Anglo Saxon and thus.
for us. OF international politics. Only
the national lodges In Prussia re
manned free Of this Influence.
In all the enemy countries strong
propa ganda organizations had been
established under the guidance OF cx'
pericnced statesmen and politicians
Under q united leadership they work
ed everywhere with united strength.
ON clear and simple principles, and
with ample funds. They had
branches In neutral countries. where
they achieved their aims with that
utter lack OF conscience which Is 80
characteristic OF tho entente. Special
organizations dealt with the en-
enlargement OF national aspirations.
rarticulariy in Poland and AMONG
sha Let's. and no doubt also among
the peoples OF the doussie monarchy.
especially the cxcchs and southern
Sfav~.
While on the field Of battle NJ
hid the initiative almost tn the very
end. the enemy carried on the war
a Intellect from the start with
unjtrd front, attacking along the
whole ine, and. finding auxiiisrses In
rnnny deserter~ In thc neutral states.
and also. alas. support tn Germany
ssse1f.
In England the whole propaganda
service was placed under Lord
B~averbrook. with three directors. OF
whom Lord Norfhcliffc attended 10
the enemy countries. Kipbng TO
home propaganda and Lord Hother-
mere 10 the work In neutral coun-
tries. While England preferred to
work principally In economical and
pollticai propaganda. military and
culture questions were especially the
function OF France. This Is typicai
Of the point OF view Of our enemies.
AMERICAN MONEY
AIDED IN WORK
America. who nj first assisted only
financially Undertaking so per cent
- The whole propa ganda expenses Of
ehe ent~ntel. later took nm active
unrt In the work. Italy. Belgium and
IN remaining allies. generously aid.
a By American moneys. were also
active In propaganda The express
- rim Of the American and English
urouaxanda became ever more and
morr the achievement Of an internal
revolution In Germany.
Lloyd George knew what he was
saying when at the end OF the war
he expressed TO Lord Sorthciiffe the
thanks of England for the work ne
had done. lie had proved himself
q master in mass suggestion.
We found ourselves. bit by bit, at
tucked by enemy propaganda, by
speech and writing. thru the neu'
trail countries. especially across our
land frontiers with Holland and
Switzerland and also thru Austria.
Hungary and in our very own coun-
try. and. last Of all. thru the air.
with such cieverness and on such
large scale that many people could
NO longer distinguish between enemy
propaganda and their own senfL
nehfs.
Propaganda wounded US all the
more deeply In that we had to carry
on the war, not with strong battal-
ions. but with good ones. The value
Of masses In war cannot be denied.
and without soldiers there can be no
fighting. But numbers alone are
nothing. without the spirit that ami.
mates them: this In true both at
home and in the field.
We have fought the world. and
we could just fight the world with
so long as our spirits
were sound. Just 80 long, too, we
held prospects OF success, and.
(which IL the same thing, did not
have 10 bow to our enemy's desire
10 destroy US. When our moral
strength failed us. the whole position
was changed. We no longer fought
10 the last drop Of blood, and many
Germans were no longer ready to
die for their country.
LINES HE HATED
TO WRITE
The breaking OF our morale at
home, with its effect on our fighting
capacity, the war against the home
front and the spirit Of the army
were. IL IL true. the main means
whereby the entente hoped to con-
quer us, after 1t had given up the
hope Of a military victory. had
no doubt on this point.
In the spring OF 1918 a far-seeing
entente statesman made the follow
ing remarks:
I'm London and Paris there is to-
day a general fundamental belief
that the German army on the west
ern front will never be conquered by
purely military means. But IL IL,
nevertheless, clear that the entente
viii win. and that by the inter.
national conditions I'm Germany and
the central powers. which viii lead