Evening star., 1923-03-04
EUROPE TO BOMBARD
u. S. WITH PROPAGANDA
Battle of Ruhr and Others Will Be
Fought in America to Sway
the Cullible.


carefully concealed in a mass OF So
called Facts" designed to sway SYM
pathies, that 1t oftentimes was next
to impossible to determine real trends.
events were forgotten, and as con-
sequence the American oftentimes
was left without real determining
factors In framing his jurgments.
This is the value of propaganda as
the average European government
da that goes on in America today
without hesitation everywhere.
u. 8. Now Weighs Facts.
But the average American has in
creasing knowledge of true condi-
tions abroad. No longer does he ac-
cept this truth" this fact" about a
given situation until he has had op-
portunity to carefully weigh all sides.
Moro than two millions Of Americans
dentally did a right good job of it.
Other thousands went to assist in
military operations. Americans in
uniform were scattered from Meso-
potamia to the northernmost reaches
of Scotland. They had been led to
believe many things of the many peo-
Piles of Europe. but. 1t must be stated
the wartime propaganda with actu-
ality. as they observed the counter
political. economic and social tides of
Europe. their own judgments were ir-
reconcilable to the manufactured
viewpoints impressed upon them
uganda sources.
America is more discriminating
than yesterday. Foreign propaganda,
be it German. French. Turkish or
- -sv,Nr
the American viewpoint than ever
before, but foreign nations have not
forgotten the good old days of pay
ing beguilement and the merry war
Of conflicting truths"
Various Battles Exploited.
While the American public is being
approached directly in the battle Of
the Ruhr." "the battle of the debts"
1.-The battle Of the league" "near-
eastern Oil" and various other of the
conflicting issues abroad, the Ameri-.
can correspondent abroad continues
his everlasting fight against beguile-
ment in order that he may keep his
faith with the readers Of the Ameri-
can press.
Little does the layman realize the
pressure that is brought to bear upon
the American writer abroad that his
viewpoint may he SO warped as to
impress particular nationalfstc view
points upon the United States. He is
feted. he is dined, he is even deco
rated for services oftentimes unwit-
tingly rendered. The bait Of inter-
views with leading statesmen for
services along given lines are offered
His every movement in foreign lands
is facilitated. oftentimes through
the aid Of foreign office attache who
seizes upon every opportunity in on
hour pastime to impress the holiness
iquity Of he that dares intervene.
The American writer abroad is not
openly asked to do this or do that.
Never. But II he does not watch his
step his newspaper spectacles be-
come smoked by insidious foreign pur-
pose.
Working to Gain Truth.
Today all Europe is covered by rep
resentatives of the press Of America
determined to extract the truth in
unbiased fashion. AS a whole. this
truth is obtained in it's fullest de-
tails. Oftentimes it reflects upon
those who attempt beguilments.
The correspondent must resist the
purposeful approaches. hew to the
line. let the chips fall where they
may He may keep faith with the
public. The truth as he determines
it Is oftentimes at variance with the
truth" as spread by the propaganda
divisions attached to practically
every foreign office in Europe today
offices are not always reflected in the
dispatches of these Americans, who
are so courageously striving to por-
tray Europe as 1t exists today, in or
der that the people and the official,
dom Of America may not be led
astray. Those keeping faith solely
with the United States and her in
terests many times are called to book
by a foreign Office unable to impress
its viewpoint successfully. Endless
cable tangles, endless telegraph diff
culties and almost unclimbab bar
riers are erected to Illustrate every
activity Of the American writer who
dares to tell the truth, who dares run
counter current to the paid emissaries
Of governmental doctored journalistic
effort
It is with greater knowledge that
the American writer abroad today
cannot be induced to transgress from
the accepted doctrine OF square deal
more than ever are relying upon their
own propaganda bureaus In the
United States, more than ever are
attempting to make liars OF those
men whose greatest TeWdIu III lueI
journalistic endeavor is to know they
have kept faith with the American
public.
That the nations most involved in
the greater questions confronting
Europe today should once more march
out their propaganda forces in
America is not surprising. But the
land upon which the seeds will fall
has been overcropped. The American
is less gullible. He must be shown.