The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-06
PROPAGANDA
MESSAGE FROM
. CHIEF Of D. A. R.
Mrs. Minor Forgets A. E. r.
Dead In Letter Praising
Engiand's Sacrifice.

With the flavor Of British propa.
ganda stirred into a message directed
to the national organization OF the
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton, Mrs. George Maynard Minor.
president general, has broadly in
ferred In the recently published oc-
tober issue OF the ID. A. r. Magazine
that Americans have known no war
suffering.
Without reference to the service
flags and bronze tablets for Amer
lean dead to be found in almost
every town and hamlet In the United
States. she devotes practically her
entire message from England and
France to such conditions existing
America has no conception OF
what England has given and suf-
fered," writes Mrs. Minor. she
will never know It from England
herself. for England never whim-
pers."
Relative to forgetting what Ger
many did to the world" Mrs. Minor
declares: Even England Is for
getting; this is England's magma
nimous way when the fight Is DONE
Mrs. Minors Message.
ct have seen the CHASTITY destruc-
ton Of the battlefields and the mar
velous courage and cheerfulness OF
the French people who are taking up
their daily tasks once more in the
ruins Of their towns and cities
writes Mrs. Minor.
IT have seen the white fields Of
crosses in France and the no less
impressive white crosses in England.
erected in memory OF the boys who
fell in the war Of 1914-191S.
mot q halmet but has its toll Of
dead memorialized by a stone cross
In the market place and by a brass
tablet in the little parish church;
twenty, thirty. and forty killed from
little villages Of but a few cottages.
Three houndred, for instance, on
the roll Of honor Of New College.
Oxford. among the first to volunteer.
and New College in only one Of
the flower Of England's sons.
And, ever and always the thought
was continually forced upon me,
America must be made to understand
the unmeasured and Unreasonable
sorrow and sacrifice.
America has no conception of what
England has given and suffered. She
will never know II from England her
self. for England never whimpers.
America has but little real conception
OF what France has suffered, or of the
stern justice of her demand that Ger-
many must be made to pay even to
the uttermost farthing. What 1 have
said repeatedly must be stressed again
America must be made to under
stand and to remember the issues Of
the war. America is forgetting; and
must not be allowed to forget what
Germany did TO the world. Even Eng
band Is forgetting; this is Engiand's
Imagnanimous way when the fight Is
done. bet Il must not be allowed, for
Germany u not forgetting.
| Germany Again Preparing.
Germany Is whimpering and whin-
ing for help and sympathy. telling
| tales OF starvation and want that have
no basis in fact, pulling wool over the
eyes Of soft,hearted Americans. cur
rying favor with them, while all the
time she Is singing her Hymn of
Hate" Her factories are going full
blast night and day, her industries
are, and have been, underselling other
nations In their own markets. Her
men are working at Is cents an hour
and without q limit OF time Of daily
labor, her propaganda is necessarily
At work attempting to sow seeds OF
distrust and unfriendliness among the
allies-and all. for what? That she
may spring once more at the throat
Of the world.
She openly boasts Of this purpose.
This Ia the warning given by all with
whom I have talked who have been
in Germany. The world must not al
low itself to be fooled again, lest the
white crosses in England and France
record the tragedy Of useless sacrifice.
This IL the greatest message i
can bring from England and France.
England. France, and America must
remain allies and friends. Otherwise
. fast-recuperating Germany will by
lies, DECEIT, and propaganda gain
what she lost by the sword
! Leniency Is . Crime.
"Leniency towards Germany is 4
crime, to disarm the world while
| Germany arms and prepares Is worse
than crime; It Is a blunder. America
has a sloenn duty to perform in this
continued crisis In world affairs.
This duty Is to still hold fast to
the hands held out to her In friend.
ship by England and France, for
wherever I went In England and
France I found these hands held out
to us. II we foster this friendship
the world will settle once moro into
ways Of peace and quietness. But
II we yield to carping criticism Of
one another, we shall But play isinto
Germany's hands; the same Germany