Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-19
BY General Erich Ludendorff.

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Even the Masonic lodges of the
world, as had long been planned by
England, worked with the whole mys
ferrous strength of this most powerful
of all secret societies in the service
of Anglo-Saxon and thus, for us, Of
international politics. Only the ma
tional lodges in Prussia remained
free of this influence.
In all the enemy countries strone
propaganda organizations had beer
established under the guidance of ex.
perlenced statesmen and politicians
Under 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 so char
acterlstlc Of the entente. Special or
CARNATIONS delt with the encourage
ment of national aspirations, particu-
larly in Poland and among the Let's,
and no doubt also among the peoples
OF the double monarchy. especially
the Czechs and southern Slavs
While on the field of battle we held
viz AAliNltltlNb dllHbSl 10 the VERY end.
the enemy carried on the war of in
te!lect from the start with united
front, attacking along the whole line
and finding auXiliaries in the many
deserters in the neutral states. and
also, alas, support in Germany itself.
In England the whole propaganda
service was placed under Lord Bea-
verbrook, with three directors. of
whom Lord Northcliffe attended to
the enemy countries, KiDling to home
propaganda, and Lord Rothermere to
the work in neutral countries. While
England preferred to work principaly
In economical and political propa
ganda, military and culture questions
were especially the function of France
This is typical of. the point of view of
our enemies.
America, who at first assited only
financially Undertaking so per cent
of the whole propaganda expenses of
the entente), later took an active part
in the work. Italy Belgium and the
remaining allies. generously aided by
American moneys, were also active in
propaganda. The expressed aim of
the American and English propagan-
"a became ever more and more 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 Northcliffe the
thanks of England for the work he
had done. He had proved himself a
master in mass suggestion.
Enemy Propaganda So Clever IL
Seemed German in Its Tone.
We foU I'D ourselves, bit by bit at
lacked by enemy propaganda by
speech ana writing, through the neu-
tral counIdes. especially across our
land frontiers with Holland and
switzerland and also through Aus.
trla- Hungary and in our very own
country, and last of ALL through the
air, with such c,everness and on such
a large scale that many people could
no longer distinguish between enemy
propaganda and their own sentiments
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 moth
ing. without the spirit that animates
them; this is true both at home and
in the field.
We have fought the world, and we
could just fight the world with conf.
dence, so long as our spirits were
sound. Just so long. too, we held
prospects of success, and which isl
the same thing, did no. have to bow
to our enemy's desire to destroy us
When our moral strength failed us
the whole position was changed We
no longer fought to the last drop of
blood, and many Germans were no
onger 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
ront and the spirit of the army were,
! Is true, the main means whereby
he entente hopper to conquer us. af.l
er II had given up the hope OF