The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-10
RAPIDLY COOLING ADMIRATION

MAJ iDLI COOLlINU ADmlhAllON
On June "a, 1918, Mr.. Lloyd George
said in the course of a speech in the House
of Commons: "The organization which
has enabled us since March 21st to send to
France a considerable number of Ameri-
can troops of first rate fighting value has
accomplished surprising feat. 1t is i'm
possible to state the exact number of sol
diers. All that can say is that it is suf-
ficient to encourage our allies and bring
about the final defeat of our enemies. .
The effectives Of the opposing armies
were on June 21st as nearly as possible
equal. The Americans are arriving en-
masse, and / should be very much sur
prised if in comparatively short space
Of time the allied forces on the western
front were not greater than those of the
Germans"
And in those days our troops were wild
ly cheered whenever they appeared in
French town en- route to the front, when
ever they disembarked at British port.
All that is changed today. Ever since
the armistice went into effect there has
been steady persistent propaganda in
some quarters to belittle the American
military effort Its motive is obvious-to
weaken the prestige she had won in Eur
ope and throughout the world.
The attempt has been fairly successful
in France and Great Britain; it has made
Roadway in Canada and Australia and
other parts of the Empire, but not to the
same extent. In all these countries they
have cooled very preceptibly toward the
United States and have reverted to their
original attitude, which found its most
active expression in the winter of 1917
that America got into the war at the last
moment in order to get fat share of the
gains without suffering the heavy losses.
In other words the United States held off
until Germany was almost beaten and
then crowded in that she might have a
stronger voice at the peace table.
This propaganda has come from the
top. BY "top'' do not mean the heads OF
government, but the upper stratum in
each countrywide they call the "gov-
erning classes" over here At first it did
not produce any perceptible effect upon
the masses. The French peasants and la
BORING classes had come to regard the
Americans as the saviors of the allied
cause; the French soldier too, last fall
appreciated our military aid at its worth.
However, propaganda being merely
form of advertising and the influence of
advertising being cumulative-if you
keep telling people thing long enough
the majority will come to believe ito
day the French and British peoples are
about persuaded that they could have fin
ished the business without the United
States, and American military help was
of so insignificant character that it does
not entitle their ally from overseas to
speak with the same authority on the
peace terms as those nations which bled
and suffered and bore the brunt AS this
belief gains ground it alters their senti-
ments towad the American soldier and to
day he does not get the same reception
hey accorded to him in the dark days.
ANY man of the A. E. F. will tell you that
There still remain many hundreds of
thousands of French living in the threa-
tened areas who know the truth; to them
the coming of the Americans spelled sal
walton And have an idea that among
the troops who fought side by side with
our men, and among the unbeatable fore
es from Canada, Australia and New Zea-
land there is disposition to concede lis
an honest share in the triumph. But as