The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-05-16
How the Censorship Hid or Fa,si-
fed Facts Is Told il
Pamphlet.
TRUTH KEPT FROM PAPERS
Never Any Official Admission Of
harne Defeat-strikes and Food
Ills Kept seeret-An1crica's posi-
tion "a Neutral Oirtortcd.

Berlln.-I.eTelations Of the "S,upld-
ity and cunning" OF German nexsI,a-
per censorship. which for more than
four years filled 7O.OO0O00 people with
the hope OF m impossible victory, hid
from them the news Of dcfcnts and NJ
last contributed to the downfall of iI!e
struct ure Of pretense II had rnisctI arc
brought out In remarkable pHEphiet
said TO have been inspired by Dr. VIII
helm Muehioa. formerly director Of
the krupp Yogks, whose expose OF
Germany in 19IS as the real instiga-
tor Of the war sent him into voluntary
exile in Switzerland.
The pamphlet. entitled. "Iiow We
Were Lied To- is published os;ensi-
bly, under the name Of Kurt MuelIsaEi.
q former AustFo-GerTBan,/ war corra-
spondent 1t is filed with Instances
OF military duplicIty. showing the cf-
forts that were made 10 conceal from
the German people everything OF dis
couraging nature that had to do with
the war
document. were forbidden, under dire
penalties. 10 discuss any subject re-
latins 70 the war without the approval
Of hundreds Of government censors.
operating through u newspaper bu-
renus and various branches OF the gov
ernment. The Lusifania sinking and
the submarine controversy with the
United States were 80 rnaneuvered in
the press that for months the people
were led 20 believe that the negotia-
tions were taking "a course very IA
vorabie 10 u"
News Very Carefully Filtered.
Only such news was published as
the milItariEts thought would favor
ably affect public opinion. ana to carry
out this purpose. the pamphlet points
out, all kinds Of falsities were en-
ployed
Secretary Lansing, for instance. was
reported as I'll and on the verge Of
leaving Office. A hopeless breach was
also said to have arisen between the
secretary OF state and President vii
son.
Doctor Nuehlon. who. In earlier rev
elatIOns accused the then Emperor
william Of having issued the order
~;aks no prisoners.- points out the
fart that not once IN all Of the Ger
man var reports can be found any ad-
mission that the first battle Of the
Nsrne Nas German defeat. The
oriy 'hizg that the German high CON-
,.sszd Esz sble 20 report about that
r~Ve-ee vas disguised in these words
Il. ~ western tbester ~ war the
scs-srsh1s. details Of which cannot
per Ss ,svt{s.ksef. have led 10 new
ha-sse ptlfh is Developing favcrsbly.
EsTr--s sJsead by the enemy unfsvor-
sf,3@ 70 "a are false
The fOrrner head 81 the munItIOn
plant a. Ess@n. rho possessed com
Of the military authorities. said that
"thcrc was hardly day during all
the long war when the editorial Offices
OF the German daily press were not
'bonored' by the receipt Of confiden-
tial communications. orders and pro-
hibitions from the censorship autbori- |
ties, calculated to limit free express
sion of opinion on the most vital ques-
tons and ultimately TO throttle IT,"
Mustn't Say "RuthIess U-Boat War;"
The Germans, for instance, were
never TO be charged with conducting |
ruthless U-boat war. but rather
nm UNLIMITED" or "boundless" war.
Descriptions Of devastation In France |
and Belgium were forbidden and all |
references to bnrbarism and wantOn
destruction were taboo, with the Sig |
nlfcant expression, "The army knows
when TO use force and when to be |
mild" Details OF the closing Of fac.
tories. coal and food shortages. poor