The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-15

day during all the long war when the editorial offices of the German daily press Were not honored by the receipt of confidential communica- tions, orders and prohibitions from the censorship authorities, calculated to limit free expression of opinion on the most vital questions and ultimate ly to throttle it"
 The Germans, for instance, were never to be charged with conducting ruthless" U-boat war but rather an unlimited" or "boundless" war. De- scriptions of devastation in France and Belgium were forbidden and all references to barbism and wanton destruction were taboo, with the sig nificant expression: "The army knows when to use force and when to be mild" Details of the closing down of factories, coal and food shortages, poor crops and the employment of prisoners of war in mines and muni- tion plants were suppressed as were also reports of street disorders, un- rest and strikes
 Referring to the time when hun dreds were dying daily in Turkey from starvation. and the collapse Of the Ottoman army seemed imminent and when Germany was sending vast quantities of food and munitions and heavy reinforcemnts of troops to the Near East, Dr. Muehlon recalls the fact that in those dark days the Ger man people were fed upon roseate ac- counts of conditions in Turkey, that the Sultan's army was strong and sufficient and the Turks were a val rable ally.' With the enormous mass es of troops that we had to send to Turkey' continues the pamphlet, it was pretty strong to suggest to the press that the Turkish army reserve was adequate. It was deliberate all tering of facts.
 It must be understood, writes Dr. Muehlon's collaborator, that all the censorship regulations under which tie newspapers were operating were unknown to the people. The dlstor- tion of facts was thus made easy TOT every editor He was encouraged to that, notwithstanding that the allies were sinking German submarines as fast as they could be built, the num- her of new German U-boats is four times greater than the losses. Our submersible fleet has grown eXtraord- inarily during the war. The press IS to picture the submarine warfare as means of shortening the struggle and not as a measure of retaliation or weapon to starve our foes.'
 After months of deception in try ing to convince the people that Am erica would never enter the war, as serts the Krupp director, when Pres1- dent Wilson sent ms ulIlIIldluIll, Iho German press very. readily executed an about face and endeavored to minimize the Unite States as pos sible adversary. Quoting from the pamphlet: "The entry of Amerlca would mean little from naval stand point. Looked at from all angles, It would be possible for her to use only a few torpedo boat destroyers and a few, small, slow cruisers which might, perhaps, be used as conveys. The United Staes has built no armor- ed cruisers, which are decisive m maritime warfare. For the transport of an army corps of 30,000 men, 75 steamships of 4,0O0 tons each are necessary. For the transport of 1OO,- 900 soldiers with nothing but their marching equipment, 100000 tons would be necessary for the double trip"
 Even after the United States had landed more than 100000 men in France, Dr. Muehlon declares, the