Evening star., 1940-04-28

lean cultural institutions and societies,
as well as all the libraries.
A large proportion Of the British IN
terests represented by agents and agen.
cies are manufacturing concerns and
steamship and travel companies. This
is another proof of British leadership.
for tourism successfully promoted is the
highest type Of propaganda penetra-
ton.
France Is represented by about 80
agents, partly or wholly. These, too,
represent chiefly travel and manufac-
turing interests. In 1886 a corporation
was organized in Paris under the laws
Of France called the once Francois de
Renseignements aux Etats- Unis, which
maintains the French Information Gen.
ter, Inc, at the Maison Francaise, $40
Fifth avenue, New York. French busi-
ness firms contribute largely to its up
keep. This could scarcely compare with
the British Library of Information, but
1t acts as a clearing house for informa-
ton on France and French interests.
Decisive Advantage for Allies.
The allies might be said to have, then,
between 100 and $50 of the present $50
active agents Of foreign principals, who'll
ly or in part, or roughly 40 per cent of
the total number, which is q decisive ad-
vantage.
Turning to the Moscow Berlin Rome
Toxic axis, there is smaller, but still
impressive aggregate, 90 in number.
Japan leads the axis quartet with about
43 agents representing in whole or part
the interests of the Rising Sun Empire.
Germany is second on the axis list
with about 18 representatives, many of
which are dormant since the British
blockade was established, but none OF
which appears to have been Cancelled.
The Germans have Library of Infor-
nation at II Battery place, New York
headed by Herr Heinz Beller, who calls
himself civil servant" This library
has been established since 1885. II
publishes a bulletin titled Facts in Re
view about every week, which sets forth
the German side of the war;
1t might be noted here that there arc
two out-and-out anti-German group
registered. The first of these is the
German Labor Delegation of New York
which is the remnant of the old Sociai
Democratic party of Germany-Soz-
ialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands-
OF pre-Hitler days, which states it hope,
one day to assist in reconstituting
democratic government in the Father
land. The other group is the American
Committee for Anti-NaZi Literature
which registered January "a, 1910, witt
such members as DR.. Leonard S. Bellei
Prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein, Waite
Damrosch, Lewis Mumford, William
Dodd and DR.. Albert Leon Guerard
Stanford University on it's roster.
Some II registrants reported servin
the Soviet Union in whole or in par;
Since Russian commerce and communj
cation are state ronopohes, all suc!,
registrants are in effect representing tn
kremlin itself. Such Russian interest
as 1ntourist, Bookniga, Amkino, Antore
Tass News Agency CKenneth Durant
and so on may be said to be directly
indirectly under the Soviet.
Italy's Agents Total II.
The last axis partner, Italy, has abou
II agents in whole or in part. These ar
chiefly steamship and travel agencie
and chambers of commerce. The Ital,
America Society, Inc, of New York Cit,
registered on October 6, 1898. They re-
ported at the time receiving $500 pc
year from the Italian government.
Nationalist Spain with some eight list
ings, Denmark with three and Norwa
with nine, might be counted as poten
TALLY OH the side of the axis.
Although Poland has been effacet
from the map of Europe. it boasted abou
nine istings, most of which are now in
active, although the 418th registration
dated April l, 1910, is the Polish Informa-
ton Center of New York City. Czecho-
Slovakia, another has-been, showed abou
eight listings.
Loyalist Spain had as many as nine
agents here at various times registered
Other countries shown with five or les
agents include, Rumania, Lithuania
Korea, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Brazil
Hungary, Argentina, Finland, Egypt
Peru, Switzerland, Cuba, Venezuela
Dominica. Palestine, Colombia, Haiti, In
dia and Turkey.
The United States is in vastly su-
perior position to guard against foreign
agents and propagandists in 1910 than ir
1914 to 1917, when we were literally al
their mercy. There was simply no ma
chinery to bring against them in the pre-
1917 days. Today the F. B. I. has an ef
f1cient staff to make investigations and
arrests. In the main public opinion
strongly supports these anti-propaganda
and anti-spy measures.