The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-24


confronted by the inexorable ne
corsi ies of war. governments con
Hcfiptsd public opinion ns they CON
scripted mel and money aud ma
t%cfinls.
Having couscrmted IL. they dealt
with b. as they dealt with other raw
recruits. They modified 20. TheN
put lt in charge 81 arm sergennts,
Titv goosesiopped &c. They taught
BE- to stand Ht attention und salute.
This government control over pub
Die opinion was eNcrted through two
differcnt chauucls-cne the censor-
min and tho other propaganda. The
~nstenslhe function Of the censorship
was 10 Keep tie enemy from obtain
lnr useful military Information. It,
ultimate function WIS to suppress III
Information that government wished
60 suppress Tor any reason whaisu-
over. There b. u popular notion. horn
oC cvnicism ana suspicious. that IN"
legitimate objects NJ the censorship
were deliberately |prustiuuted 20 the
business ~ rouCeuiluE military ana
administrative plumbers. nin In
clIncd io doubt &c. There are IN
FtnnCps In which 10 was Nv employ ed.
hut ON tho whole the censor usually
followed the ordinary military ron
time. suppre-SinE everything mat
might give aid To- the enemy md then
lsrI innate objects ~ tle censorship
hls superior officer might criucise
'iln l"t h"i -upl'I' ih' ms"
'l"'." W." ''N ~" 49,
'ii'N i"i me censor IN 'uhr"'lu'hu'
Tho censor was usually stupid o.
rpucralls Ineffective. Figaro once
.HHu,iousIv remarked that tine French
t.us. rship had managed 10 Keep tn"
Ht'''ht,NN OF iH' 'I'"'" Nu.p
.''I lI"Ia rN''F''"F 'N.'fI Wv
'H''l' ll. WIS 'N' D" '"' '"'''
". 1h censor .nil
we "'i Pi"hi ''
"HtSI'ip became Toss ana less q FACTOR
5000 propaganda Increased ih minor
'l' M'h'IN N"i'"i' y u"l w"
Ii'I '"''l 'IIll'N '"l '~''"''" '"
''- 'h" Nh'i h'.nh p"
'' "l'. "'N we la' W"l .ni,
IMAM Whal E going on Hl 'h' 't"u.
Governments relied ON p~ropnEahda 10
'pnir ana sustain NOR e'ln',9, u"
raise money G" 'uln'Nh lpou HN" NV
hlI''i1, il' %" per ''il wv 'n' ~,
N',' M',''". Tnl'" Tbe 49, 90,
F'.n "N' '''I' ,
manipulation "t public "ninl2n wa
'' '"'Nll'hl' . "'N',"lnn'" "H NV"
'Ih N''l'l' 10. nn "
h"ihgd W.T." cu'"nsl.ulentN
"" h'lbN " i~I"p's"""h
lh'i' '', wv" h'luH p"
f'n.' "h' '''' u"'
h''l i' l,'-oh ""u ~ w. 20
u.u. ih.t could be directed toward
I'D. wpninr q th. wa The classical
cNampies ID the FIRST kind ~ prupa-
r.uIl 4r, th, British white Book.
WHOA contained tho diplomatic cnr-
r,%#puudrupr that preceded the war.
.u.I fhy stat. paper of rrcsidcn'
wilson defining the IIms and objects
eff tu, wan Iu terms uf human liberty.
.Tht effect or This Kind Of propn.
rpuIH ,lu mott hr uycrosfluuted
Without H the wur could NOT have
been won
rh- other Elud of pro pIrund1 rec
.srul,H 100 ID general way the ICtivi-
rIoa OF the cheer leaders 10 l football
rtmr o. WIS noisy and ~dcuIunstra-
fIy. and emotional and spectacular.
and "a. such BE- often served q highly
useful purpose. Sometime o. wI-
frankly myudurIous. for mcndhcttV
plays mo- insignificant role In the
drama OF war When government
Uu. 10 docs mot Die an~cakiurlN ana
uIrfiyelN. hut u|routlyy uud "stouin'
Iuu.lN.
when the arWi-iicc was signed
unI GENERALIZATION hogan. public
opinion wus ~drmuhIliz'd. too U was
furuUT TUUat to shlff FOR itself. ana