Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 13 | A Big Task

ro r- r o 0 A Big Task B BESIDES D creating new now military it a 1 problems for the theO O Prussian war lords the activities of tho tile allies on the west front arc are addin adding complications to the internal situation in Germany The cause of or demands de tie- mands mantis that the German people remain courageous and Germany has found that this courage is inspired by deceptive de de- de- de captive and anti misleading misleading- statements in tho the press This condition however cannot long lone endure in the tile face of f the tile allied successes on the time west front because n new w and more difficult problems are arc placed upon the tho military censors Government Go control of the 11 press of Germany is is facin facing its biggest task as ns it undertakes to conceal the nature of the reverses re suffered in ill ill the west WC Wo We 0 have e already seen that the first lo losses seg were concealed concealed concealed con con- by resort to boasts of positions still held As these positions fall one In- In one the German Germau censors face new tasks for they must not only cover the tile new losses but the they must conceal the old oM deceptions Anyone Anyone Anyone Any Any- one who Las has studied the tile futility of the falsehood knows 1 in what proportion these deceptions are multiplying the tile troubles to be faced by br the German militarists The German people are arc credulous and they will take much for granted grunted but they are rapidly approaching the time when their blindness will be a n curse not only to themselves them them- selves but hilt to their allies allie For several sc months the German press has conducted conduct d a n systematic campaign in the endeavor to eliminate fear over the time entry of America in the world conflict She has hns informed her people that the number of Americans in ill the fight is negligible and she has bas discounted their fighting qualifications Now she finds the tile Yankees to blame in a n large measure for the reverses suffered in inthe inthe inthe the west and naturally she has to withhold this from her people in order to be bc consistent These difficulties will multiply as the tile allied successes continue and sooner or later she must face her people with the tile cold truth The fact that the tile Americans do just what they should not tb do is not going to relieve relie the German war lords of responsibility lity when their people find that the American Amen Ameri can cnn plan has brought them Ulem new defeats Pa PS 11 Speaking of the work or fight order did you ever eer meet a man who admitted that he was not the most worked man in the tile state 7 Pa 1 a If political ships meet no no more encouragement than peace shi ships perhaps Henry Ford is becoming a little bit careful with his expenditures to Pi 1 pa 11 Even en our thieves and burglars are patriotic They took nothing but thrift stamps and Liberty bonds from froma a Colorado bank Jen P J Huns die like rats i ir in trap Headline Perhaps reincarnation is is' its applying its rules ahead of time timer rn Pa Tile The new tax schedule hits the tobacco men hu but wait until they deliver their wallop to the consumer J Pa lJ Pa Ea Someone with sentimental inclinations might pen I ode to the old bo bowl an sugar suga