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No attempt is being made officially by Britain, through any agency, to introduce propaganda for the Allied causo in the United States of America. From time to time it has been suggested that this policy is a mistaken one and that by inaction we are allowing Gorman claims and distortions to poison the American mind against the Allios.

"If that is so, a correctivo is administered by a romarkable letter which recently appeared in the New York Times. By the courtesy of that nowspaper we reprint it below. It is ovidonco of a current of purely American thought which is finding expression in a number of quarters.

der" at Munich and their “betrayal" [of Repubiloan Spain. And to give point to their propagandu, they for us with their brushes, Molotoff referring: to our treatment of the Cubans and. Johnson to the American Indians,

We can ignore the Communist bunch for the moment-they are part. of the price we pay for the freedom. wa cherish. But the propaganda is vicious to the extent it helps us to fool ourselves. We know better. Magna Carto, habeas

corpus, the common law, William Shakespeare, the King James Bible, John Bunyan, Voltaire, Lafayette, the TUghts of Man, Wordsworth and Bobby' Burno: ** |--they are part of our heritage. They- are not Prussion or Nazi or Com-

Ho strides the length and breadth of America, dinning his immortal philosophy of neutrality into our minds and hearts. You can hear him on the platform, over the radio, in the club car, at women's club meetings and labour union columnists. Suffice it to say that had "Merchants of Death" and the "Wall munist. gatherings. You can read his Germany won, the Treaty of Ver-Street Bankers," and depleting them The conquest of Austria, the ruina words in current books, in suilles, in comparison with the Ger- as beguiling and forcing the Anier-of Czecho-Slovakia, the TIRABR- magazines and newspapers.

mon pesce terms, would have seemed ican people against their will to enter eve of the Poles, the attack on Fin- like the Sermon on the Mount.

the war. "Wash your hands," he says,

land, the torture of concentration There was one magnificent attempti mess, I did once, and saved]

That just isn't so, and you and camps, the bestial crimes against race- Stubbs Road. myself a lot of work and worry world-the League of Nations. Our doesn't give a damn what the "Woll"Mein Kampf" and the Communist: It. The average American and religion, purges, "blood baths,"

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That was none of my business. This]

hands of it now."

For the last 20 years we Americans)

American. No-we are

is none of yours. So wash your President, Woodrow Wilson, fought Street Bankers" say or think or do Manifesto-they are not English or

hard for it. Those awful European except when, as in the Nineteen French or nations. our recent

associates, Twenties, some of them sold us gilt-not "all alike." We know all about have been fooling ourselves, ns accepted it. America turned it down edged flypaper on which we were that. But how long shall we let these Pilate tried to do in another practical We wanted to preach, not work, for permanently stuck. Both our knoty propagandists help us delude our- situation, when we'vo talked about a world of peace and ordered liberty-ledge and commor sense refuse to

America's foreign policy. We still

arc.

It's not surprising. We have! been deluged with a constant stream

selves?

elevate the munition manufacturers i into gods of human destiny. They Yes, there's this and that and a make their unpleasant goods and sell we are enjoying at the moment is the Perhaps the loveliest, self-delusion

of propaganda about the "Crime of thousand and one other things to be them because. there are people who picture of America acting as a sweet

Versailles," "We won the war and said about the "Crime of Versailles," what did we spectacle of a gullible America caught in the wily. intrigues of Old World

to remember,

want them and will buy them. holler-than-thou peacemaker when

get?" the pathetic I am merely suggesting a few things | Occasionally some over-zenlous saler- the war ends. We will be happy. The fairest summary of America's man may have encouraged a Central comfortable and "disinterested." Our participation at the Versailles Peace American revolution, but to picture former associstes will

have gone serve all rights and forbid republication, diplomacy, England expecting every Conference was made by Clemen-these practical gentlemen as playing through the hell of a war they des- elther wholly or in part without previous American to do his duty, the "Merceau's right-hand man, Tardieu: "A decisive role in the destining of the Iperately tried to avold; they will be

arrangement.

Indicting A Nation

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chants of Death" and the "Wall Street Bankers.".

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suffering, poor and fired out, There- a pesce dictated by one,"

America entered the last war for fore we can do some more preaching, But "We won the war." Sure we many reasons. The most immediate tell them what sort of peace they did. 'Almhost single-handed, Almost. and compelling reason was simply should make (not too harsh on the warning us against propagando. The Let's try to be honest with ourselves that Germany, after repeated warn- Germans, because they are "a proud upshot of it all is that the thinking so that we may be fair to others. ings and protests, continued to sink race"), and how they must behave If of many honest people has become Let's remember what England and ships without warning, with a loss of they are to be like us.

Wait a minute. Suppose the Nazl-" being amended. When Burke their emotions jaded. And as tributed to the winning of that war. sunk our ships and if American lives Communists win? Well, brothers coined it the modern German had escape from reality and the tough for three years while we remained would not have entered the war.

For instance, they fought the war hnd not been lost in those actions, we and alsters, if that happens, we'll have

to do an awful lot more than preach? not come into being. If Burke responsibilities of being a first-rate neutral and waxed rich at their ex- With all our faults, we Americans for more than if we frankly and were alive to-day he might have Power. I don't mean that we have pense. England, with a population have a great faith in certain ideals actively alded England, and France It might be that we are count-- lost the Puritanical vice of preaching{one-third of ours, lost in dead alone a faith that has moved mountains and now. made certain reservations to that to others, but we have failed to nearly 1,000,000 men; France, with has contributed mightily to our greating a little too comfortably on the dictum, as many persons are exercise the Puritanical virtue of do-la population less than one-third of nets as a nation. When Woodrow Maginot Line and the British fleet. doing now.

ing our share-and more, if need ours, more than 1,500,000; Canado, Wilson struck the moral note, the And, despite the peace-at-any-price- be-of the hard work our very with a population less than New York | heart of America responded. Most propagandists, we do count on them.. Why is it or is it the case-greatness requires of us.

|State, about 100,000. In other words, Americans did believe that we were If the Allies win without our aid, by that the Nazis, or even the whole

had the United States suffered rela-fighting "to make the world safe for what right will we have a voice in the German people, seem to suffer

tively as France did, our dead alone democracy." Whether we succeeded peace terms? What will have been The purpose of this letter is to would have exceeded 4.500,000 men, for failed is Irrelevant at this point. America's contribution? A Lew from moral discases which

suggest briefly that we average As it was, we lost about 75,000. We did fight for something worth cheers, lots of "moral support" and. appear to be peculiar to them cllizens question some of these We never knew the horror of" en fighting for, and we need feel no re- goods for each down, Again, I say,

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cort of thing. But as a nation we worth dying for,

likely to cause moral impotence and. thousand years ago. When the

Long before Hitler made the were spared the agony our comrades-

The German ideal in the last war cent of the old Quaker's remark to

Intellectual sterility. It is reminis Romans carried their civilisation"Crime of Versailles" his favourite In-arms endured. My point is that ns in the present one, was different, his wife; "All the world's mad ex--- over most of the known world a bed-time story to the German people when we stop to think and make aand-what is important for us to bear cept thee and me, and even thou art.

many of our "Intellectuals" were real effort to be fair the propaganda in mind-really endangered our ideal a little mad.” halt was called while yet the talking and writing about it in the we have been fed for several years then as it does to-day. Despite all Germans were without those fevered manner of a town gossip. seems a bit indecent.

the effusions of Nazi-Communist Pseudo-historians, irresponsible

philosophy, of flabby intellectuals, the most blazing truths, to avert our We are asked to shut our eyes to civilising influences.

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and of demagogic politicians, gaze from the plain facts of our con- Lord Rennell puts the who couldn't digest some of

There is something "phony" In the materialism is. not the only driving temporary life, to stuff our cars and.

harden situation thus: "The result was rougher facts of life all did their contrast between our noisy pride in force in American life. It wasn't in how. In no way, wao tha

our hearts so some bit. There was also some honest, in-our fighting prowess and our self- 1017 and it isn't now,

escape that the greater part of Germany telligent and justified criticism of it

from the tough realities of this world diplomatic morons.

Nor did we fight to pull England's and, as a nation, evade the tanks. remained outside the Imperial As a treaty it had imperfections, You know that oft-repeated phrase, chestnuts out of the fire. We never which nature, our moral traditions. radius and was never subject to having been drawn by Imperfeet men America has won every war and lost have. The propagandists who y destiny have set for us to do.

and the uncompromising forces of representing imperfect peoples, most certain inhibitions and obliga- of whom for four years had endured time some parlour intellectual re-single instance in our entire history da makes many on average düzen

every peace conference." The next we have done so cannot prove a

This propaganda ngalast propagan- tions, and in particular respect a war that was not exactly perfect pents that phrase in the pompous as a nation to support their falsehood. throw up his hands and say, "What for the sanctity of treaties and profitable colonies in Africa (in 1914 manner of the man trying to make a And yet by using the Nazl-Com-can I believe?" Well--you can be-- contracts, established by the they accounted for less than one-hair conversational Impression oak him munist tactle of repeating a falsehood lleve in yourself, your own comman

how many and what peace con-again and again they have deceived sense, your

your own values Roman system and uphold after of 1 per cent. of her foreign trade): terences he's talking about. Did our some honest, well-meaning folk and which you

was restored Alsace-Lorraine

to fight enough to diplomats lese for us the American have soothed these frantle people for. These its disruption by the Church, its France. Any objections? The house Revolution, the War of 1812, the who can not bear to face the simple who, consciously

or uncon peop successor as a social influence."

are giving but sometimes hard truths of life. Comrades Hitler and Stalin will do dally ald and comfort, to Another warning of history, Much 100 much. At any rate, Spanish-American War or the World Have you observed how these same come barm and create more confu- Lord Rennell adds, lies in its machinery was set up whereby they War (when we ducked our job by propagandists will scream with rage aion before the courageous common- evidence of the temperamental could be scaled down to a reason-repudiating the League of Nations)? because England is at moments re-sense of America says, enough

able figure and that was shortly done. Didn't they do pretty well in the ctant to do the hard jobs of civilisa- you'ro a fake." They won't succeed.

because we'll | atop deceiving ourselves: disposition of tho German Voluminous tears have been shed Louisiana and Alaska purchases, the ton which they urge us to shirk?

when

the hour of decision is at hand. The fashion of our present-day peoples to be swayed by domin- over the war-guilt clause. Through Oregon boundary dispute, the Alas-

kan fisherias controversy, the Alb- I have been discussing the pro- Sam for acting in 1917 the role of the

propagandista is to sneer at Unelo- [ant and ambitious leaders rather all the fog and smoke of controversy bama claims, the Venezuelan erials of paganda about America's part in the Good Samaritan. According to these one thing is clear. England and 18957 You may not be able to con- fast war. At first sight it may seem people, the Good Samaritan was a than by defined rules of conduct. France did not invade Belgium. The vinco him, but at least you will have like beating a dead horst, because fool and a "gucker." He actually in- There is scarcely any need to war was not fought on German soll. the satisfaction of exploding a myth. we now have another great war and convenienced himself in doing his examine that assertion. It has people.". Since 'when has pride be-sense about being talking non- must make up our mirtis what to do share as a member of the human.

"But-but-the Germans are a proud At any rate, let's

"bamboozled" by about it. The old propaganda has family. There were no prodita In been patent to all the world for como a cardinal and cleansing virtue? Wily foreign diplomate. It's just an- been mentioned beenuse I has tended what he did. But the Levite was the Do you remember what the Ger- other way of fooling ourselves and to warp our present attitudes. Con- "wise guy."" He "minded his own. the last eighty years; and oven man leaders said they were going to evading our responsibilities.

alder briely now some of the present-business" and went his

own way, thus carly in the present war it do to the rest of the world if they One of the favourite sports of day plitalls that constantly threaten Didn't lose a nickel.

won? If you don't and are really writers who have consciously or un- our thinking.

Perhaps Uncle Sam should do the has become evident that for interested, I suggest that you dig back consciously misled and misinformed "They're all alike." Who says so? same. I don't think he will. He isn't brutality and shameless lying Into the omelal documents and the the American public in recent years Such strange bedfellows as Molotoff, that sort of fellow. In due course Hitler and his gang maintain the and also read the Treaty of Brest caused and

files of newspapers of 26 years ago, has been to deride the motives which the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, he'll rub his eyes, stand up, tako off. the purposes which Hugh Johnson and our milksop his cost, and do a man's job in a hardi worst traditions of Gorman Lilovsk. The peace-at-any-price inspired America's entry into the last intellectuals, who only yesterday but worthwhile world.

propagandists to-day will not tell World War,' They barbarity.

have created were screaming at Chamberlain and you, nor will the facing-both-ways doglos and, scarecrows, naming them Daladier for their "cowardly surren-

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