Evening star., 1923-03-04
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.


T HE war Of the Ruhr is to be
transferred to the United
States.
Food is to be snatched from
the mouths Of emaciated, diseased
and hungry children. Soldiers are to
be shot down, not in battle, but from
the dark, in cold-blooded murder.
Homes are to be turned to ashes
through arson's brand Hundreds of
lives are to- be snufred out through
perfiidious sabotage on railways.
Grim black soldiers, whose favorite
practice in the world war was to
saver the ears Of enemies and then
String them, are to be unleashed.
Children are to be trampled beneath
the feet OF charging horses in city
streets. Great industrial plants will
cease to be hives Of industry, will be
denuded of their machinery and the
blow-torch applied to their struc-
lures. Railways will be torn from
their beds and ships will be sunk.
Women will be bedraggled through
the lusts of ruthless monsters. Dis
infected lime will be used in white
WdSnlnS ndtlOIldlIStlC puI poot. wv
ernments will be painted as the
heaven and the statesmen operating
them will dance about playing Tyres,
all the while keeping their halos in
juxtaposition. And. IL the American
public is not thoroughly satisfied at
the trend of events, perhaps a few
people will be crucified: perhaps the
bodies Of a few gashed and then
buried in brine trenches. Mayhap
few bacchanalian orgies. thoroughly
k~fo hA hrty
ming measure of things sinful. things
shocking, things reprehensible to the
uttermost.
Facing Fearful Hours.
The United States is facing dread
full hours. It's white-hot anger is ex-
pected to rum unchecked. Its public
verdict is expected TO damn forever
more.
For both Germany and France are
70 unleash their forces of propaganda
upon the defenseless heads of the
American people.
The Ruhr gives the propagan da
forces of Europe excellent oppor
tunity to not only endeavor to win
a.-mpathy for desired causes. but pre-
sent issues TO the American people
in such light that sympathy and sup
upon through future years, may be
bound to them irrevocably.
I'VE will tell you the truth. shout
cd the propagandists during the war.
They shout il today.
l-nqua Stionahly many of the war
time issues were beclouded by the
unleashed forces Of half-truth in
America. 1t paid them to obtain
American support in every cause. and
evidently the statesmen of Europe
A,,ln n else
they would not be maintaining prop
agarda forces in the United States to
influence the tides of sentiment and
support.
The truth. as each European gov
ernment sees it. is anything that will
further individual ends. The truth
is accepted in statescraft as that fac
tor which shall further national veal.
into the fabric ef actual as.o.;e ,aft es Is
as events in recent years have proven,
hope exceeds fact in quantity.
Press Own Viewpoints.
Strenuous endeavors are to be made
10 make Americans see the various
tangled issues of Europe through the
eyes of each government. and in view
of the antipathies existent as re-
suit of French invasion and seizure
Of the Rukr various nations are ex-
pected to go to extreme lengths in
convincing TIE American public that
those most interested are correct in
every phase of endeavor.
To the average American the word
propaganda Is insidiouS. 1t is a thing
to be despised. But in Europe prop
aganda means merely the d1stribut-
ing of predigested viewpoint on va
rious phases of endeavCr SO as to
mold opinion in support of govern
mental enterprises. Propaganda is
vaged In towns. in cities. in prov
inces. 1t is waged according to the
purposes to be desired. 1t may "ary
iS the viewpoint of the nation 2p-
rroached. In one nation 1t may BIO
along one line, in another, different
tack may be pursued increasingly,
constantly and forever.
The average European government
official regards the American as the
most gullible person extant. Through
out the world he is known as big.
generous sympathetic person. tgno-
rant in large measure Of the ma
tions. and his support a thing to be
Won by a play upon his sympathfes.
The American is known as one who
dwells not long on the sources and
causes Of given situations, but whose
support can be won through momen-
tary judgments Of events, the latter
oftentimes manufactured for given
purpose.
Previous to the world war various
European projects in America were
preceded by propaganda. and they
won. Notwithstanding the vigilance
Of the American press as a whole.
, during the war, and through it's de-
sire to be extremely fair to both
sides, it permitted much Of the care
fully manufactured propaganda to