Evening journal., 1921-04-05

Ted2" II was Ruth speaking as her
uncle entered the room after COM
pleting a late dinner
"A what?" responded that accom-
modating individual hesitating in the
process Of unfolding the evening
paper.
"A popgandy.'
why, never heard OF such a
thing; where did you get that
word ?"
Il heard two men talking about
them on the street car today One
OF them said that the foreign pop
CANDIES are menace to the United
States" answered Ruth
"Oh, you mean 'propagandists' >
That's different. There isn't any
such word as 'popgandy.' Those men
you heard on the street car were
talking about citizens of other coun-
tries who print papers or pamph-
lets, or write articles for magazines.
or make speeches in this country, for
the purpose Of making the people Of
the United States believe the same
way they believe concerning tmpor-
tant public question:" Uncle Ted
settled down in an easy chair and
began to read.
We'll. are they a menace?" in
quired Ruth.
mot much OF a menace-just a
nuisance" replied her uncle. going
on with his reading.
But. Uncle Ted, that man on the
street car said they are making lots
of trouble, and the man he was talk
ing to agreed with him." persisted
Ruth.
"Oh. let Uncle 20 on with his read
ing; besides. you are botherng me
when I want to finish this book be-
fore bedtime" exclaimed Jack.
That's all right. Jack, can read
later, and / rather think the sub
iect Ruth has brought up is worth
talking about" responded Uncle
Ted. '1'll tell you all 1 know about
II. OF course, nobody knows exact
ly how much foreign propaganda
work is going on in this country. or
exactly who the propagandists are.
In order to accomplish what he sets
out to do, a propagandist usually
works secretly-gets his ideas be-
fore the people without their know
ing what he is about. He keeps un-
der cover and mixes his anti-Amer-
lean teachings with other things
so that many people would not no.
tice what he was doing or course
some Of them work openly. and the
government is able TO deal with those
who are so radical as to be danger
GUS. The ones that work secretly
are the cleverest and are really the
most dangerous.
Still, as l said before. I think they
are more OF nuisance than men,
ace. Ruth, where is that old history
you were showing me a few days
ago - the leather-covered history
written by Samuel Whelpley and
printed way back in 1905? You re-
member 1 read something out OF II
to you and told you that il you would
put it where it would be handy,
would tell you something more about
II later
YES, that's It, Now wait Just
minute. All, here is wha
wanted to find. More than hun
dred and thirteen years ago. the his
torian Whelpley said in his bool
when he was discussing American
newspapers. We cannot omit the oc
casion OF observing that several o
our public papers have been con
81 Quoted by foreigners, who, could
be presumed that they understool
the nature OF our government an,
civil policy, are utterly incapable o
feeling any interest in, or conceri
for either. 10 is a matte
OF serious regret that the people o
our country should give them coun
tenance. be led by them. and lool
up TO them as their political guides
We hope we shall not b
thought impertinent when we asl
what would be the fate Of an Amer
lean printer who should go to Lon
ldon, or Paris, and set up his po
litical mandatory upon so large
scale as those foreigners do amon
us
II Now, remember, children. tina
was printed in a revised edition O
Whelpley's history a hundred an
thirteen years ago. I suppose tn
- first edition was printed severa
: years earlier. The point l want &
a
this Republic a great historical
writer was warning the countr
against the foreign popgandies.' a
$ Ruth called them. But. in spite o
Z the pests, we have gone on as ma
tion, growing and developing. Tn
foreign or propagandists have bee
working all these years, and hav
been troublesome az times, but tn
1 nation has never been in DANCE
from them"
"Oh. say, Uncle Ted, didn't you tel
us once that the United States wa
: in danger OF being forced into
world club that would make us sen
our soldiers to Europe to fight war
over there. and that would give Eu
s rope the right TO settle quarrelsN o
this side OF the Atlantic ocean. Didn
the European people try 70 get u
5. into that?" inquirer Jack.