The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-13
LOOKS LIKE HUN PROPAGANDA

periodical called simply The Review has
reached The Ardmoreite. We have given
it the once-over with mingled feelings. The
publication is geographically excellent and
editorally able. 1t is announced as being "de-
voted to the preservation of American ideals
and American principles ofSovernment." That
sounds good. Capital for the enterprise, it is
stated, was raised in eight large American
cities, more than a hundred persons subscrib-
ing to the stock. The names of the subscribers
are not given. The publishers should print a
fairness. 1t is evident that this new journal
aspires to become power in periodical jour
nalism. 1t is making strong bid for nation
al circulation. Only the names of the editors,
Fabian Franklin and Harold de Wolf Fuller,
are given, and they mean nothing to the man
in the street.
We find prominently placed---on the very
first page in fact-a brief article which ap-
pears to be an attempt to excuse the general
run Of Hun cussedness on the theory that we
of America do not understand German psy-
chology." 1t may be that we do not under
stand German psychology with complete un-
derstandng. 1t is exceedingly difficult for
the civilized mind to understand the mental
ty of the savage. The accepter of the basic
tenets of Christianity finds it virtually mpos-
sible to comprehend paganistic survival of
pre-Christian times, national consciousness
Cone cannot call it national conScience)
which accepts brute force as the ruling mo-
tive and rejects all the fine spiritual considera
tion We may not understand German psy
chology, but those of us who possess average
intelligence do understand German brutsm,
German paganiSm, German savagery, German
general cussedness as illustrated most wildly
in the hel-inspred war of the past five years.
Says The Review: "There are plenty of
reasons for finding fault with German con-
duct since the armstice as well as before; but
in the sudden access of rage and despair which
they have shown on learning the hard truth,
they have acted only as people of any other
nation would act in like situation.'
"The hard truth" mentioned means the
terms of the peace treaty handed to the Huns
at Versailles 1t most certainly is not true that
the Huns have acted as people of any other
nation would act in a like situation. The
American people would not act so, for one in
stance. The American people would have sense
enough and fairness enough to accept the situa-
ton gracefully, take their medicine, swallow it
according to prescription and make an hon
est effort to be cured of their cusSedness. But
what's the use even to suggest "a like situa
tlon,' since what you might call American
psychology never by any possibility could get
us pOSSeSSOTS InlO SuCn Il SITUATION as German !
psychology has gotten the German people? A
civilized nation does not revert to savagery in
5he mass. a Chrstanized community never
urns over in night to paganism or pre- pagan
sm.
Our guess is that The Review needs watch
ng. Hun propaganda always has the appear
lnce of sugar-coated pills. 1t may be that The
Review doesn't really mean tive aim to be
'air-but somehow this apology for the whine
IF the Hun doesn't set well on our mental and
moral stomach. Maybe our psychology is deli
us to vomit up the pill before as
it.