Show German Censorship t 1 Upheld Vain Hope of Vi Victory tory Press Pres De Deluded Per Persons Oll and m Led Them tun r to Precipice How HOlf We J e W f Were fere ere Lied Lid To Is Revealed in Pamphlet Inspired by Leader Berlin Bo April Apri 26 Correspondence G.-Correspondence G. of or Associated Press Revelations o of or ore 10 e stupidity and cunning cunning of or Ger- Ger newspaper censorship which for ioro oro than four tour years yeng obsessed 70 persons with the hope of an yi Impossible victory hid from them then tho the I cw of ot Prussian defeats and at last c contributed to tho downfall of oC the I of or pretence It had raised raised are brought out hero here In a a- remarkable pam pain pa- pa lct sal eaid to have havo been een Inspired by IDT EDT William formerly to of ot tho the Krupp works whose whoRe ex ex- I lJ poo O j of or Germany in InS as tho the roa real I l instigator of or tho the war sent him Into exile In Switzerland r r Th Tho ho pamphlet entitled How We Lied To To Is published ostensibly ador tho the namo of K a former forer Austro Austro war war c It is filled fied with Ith instances of ot ry duplicity showing the efforts i that made to conceal from the tho German everything everything- of a dis- dis nature nure that had to do with the the war 1 Newspaper NC editors to tho the document ware forbidden under dire penalties to discuss an any an- subject re rc- t Ung to tho the war var without tho the approval oC of hundreds of or government censors Operating through twenty one newspaper per per bureaus and nd various arlou branches of oft th t government o The sink sink- In ng and the submarine sUbmarino controversy t tho the United States was so skillfully skillfully skill skill- fully maneuvered In the press that forman for man ninny months the people were led Jed to that the negotiations were tak tak- ng a course vcr very favorable to us Wrench Drench In U. 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S Cabinet Reported Only such uch news new was wa published as the Uc militarists thought would fayorl favor favor- l affect public opinion and to carry Rout ut this purpose the pamphlet po ponts i ut nil all kinds of or falsities were em- em Secretary Lansing for instanCe in- in stanCe was reported as a being ill 11 and andon andon on on the ver verge e of leaving leaving office A hope hope- less breach W was also said to have ha e between the American secretary secre- secre tary pf ut state and President Wilson Wison These items Hem appearing in all al of oC the tho German U papers and bearing bearing the apparent tnt ent nt sanction of oC the authorities were tJI believed ed b by the populace Dr who in his earlier revelations rev rev- whon accused the then Emperor Wliam William of oC having issued tho the order no more prisoners points out the n astonishing fact that not once in all il all of or tho the German German war can be bel l f foUnd nd any admission that the first battle of the Marne tarDe was wa a a German de de- IC- IC feat cat Tho The only onh thing thing- thing that the German thigh high command was able to report f bout that terrible reverse was wa dis- dis i in iii tho the words In the western theatre of oC the war tho the operations details dc- dc tails ot of which cannot et be yet published published pub pub- have led to a a. new battle batte which f Js I developing favorably fa Reports unfavorable un Un- favorable to us spread by the enemy I are ae false J The Tho former head hea of ot tho the great muni muni- tion Uon plant plan t at nt Essen who possessed information as s to the oper oper- of or the tho military authorities here that therel there was hardly a a. day during all al the long war when the editorial edi- edi tonal offices of or the tho Germ German n dat daily press cro not honored by the receipt of oC communications orders and prohibitions from the censorship authorities Authorities calculated calculated to limit free expression je expression of or opinion on the most vital questions and ultimately to throttle Fit t L Atrocities Concealed The rho Te Germans for Instance InstanCe were oyer to be charged with conducting a ruthless boat U-boat war var but rather an unlimited or ar boundless war Dc- Dc of or devastation In France and Belgium cl Ium were forbidden and all al reference ref- ref t to to- barbarism and wanton destruction de de- were tabooed with the sig- sig I nil nt expression The ho army knows when to use force and when to bo be enild id Details of or the closing down of or coal and food shortages poor c crops and ana the employment of oC prisoners prison prison- fers ers er of or war in mines and plants lants were suppressed as were also of ot street disorders unrest and Referring to the time when hundreds 1 Were r iro rc dying dying- dai daily in Turkey from and the collapse of or the tho arm army seemed imminent and when hen Germany German was sending vast quantities quan lUes of or food tOod and munitions and heavy reinforcements of ot troops to the near least east east Dr recalls the tho fact that ln In those dark days the German pe peo people Ic were fed ted upon roseate accounts of or In Turkey that Turkey that the sultans sultan's sulan's Tray irmy was strong and sufficient and ane ho the Turks a valuable 1 ally With ho be enormous masses of or troops that wead wo we e ad tad to send to Turkey continues the tho thoi i it SIt was pretty prett strong to suggest to the press that the Turkish irmy reserve was adequate It I was wasa wasI ft I deliberate alterIng of tho the facts It must be understood writes Dr collaborator that all al the censorship regulations under which the were wore operating un- un flown cnown to the tho people The distortion of or acts facts was wa thus made easy for every evory He was wa encouraged ed to say not notwithstanding withstanding the allies alel were ero sinking orman submarines as fast as they bo be built bunt that the tho number orew of or jew ow boats U-boats boat is four times greater than he the losses Our submersible fleet has own rown extraordinarily during tho the var ar The press was asked to picture ho he submarine warfare as a means of ot the struggle straggle and anil annot not a at a ensure of ot retaliation ton or a weapon to tot tarve t Uve German Geran foes toes America Part Jut Dl ct l lAfter After Aror months of deception in trying a convince the tho people that America rould never enter th the war n assorts the rupp director when President Wilson Vison nt his ultimatum tho G German firman press and Readily executed an about face to minimize the tho United tales tates as a D possible ad adversary g from the pamphlet Tho entry of or America would mean little tte tlc from a n naval standpoint Looked t from all al angles it i would bo be le pos pos- for tor her to use only a few torpedo oat jt Jt destroyers and a few tew small slow Ulcers which might perhaps bo be cm- cm cr- cr loyed OYed as convoys Tho Thu United States built buit no armored cruisers which re o dec decisive lve In maritime warfare For Fore le e transport of ot n an army corps of oC 30 00 0 men 75 16 steamships of oC tons ch are arc necessary For tho the transport tt soldiers with wih nothing but air loir dr marching equipment tons be bo ne necessary for tho the double esgar Ip Even ven after tho the United States State had more than mOn moo men In ranee ance ance Dr declares the Cern Gern Ger- Ger n papers continued their campaign delusion The diplomatic Intercourse t Germany anti and the tho United during the two years preceding C f I I Americas America's entry Into the war ar is j et forth In the tho pamphlet with wih interesting references to Count von Bernstorff and hj his hs military and naval attaches BoyEd BoyEd BoyEd Boy- Boy Ed and Von in Washington Washington It I was given out as ns established that tho former ambassador and nud not Dr Zimmerman the German foreign n secre- secre tao tiry had conducted tho the correspondence enc with Von Eckhardt forer former German minister In Mexico looking to toan toan toan an alliance between Japan Germany and Mexico if Ir th the United States en entered entered entered en- en the war var German German newspapers s were wore cautioned nc cr newspaper never to use the u un unfortunate un- un fortunate expression Zimmerman letter letter let tet- ter because it was wa believed this might lead to a severance of or diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic re relations between Berlin and Wash Washington n. n After Arter th the United States actually had bad entered the war tho the censor permitted such statements statements as Tho damage to German ships lying lying- in American bar har har bors has hen been carried carrid out to our satis satis- U faction facton For example the giant steamship steamshIp steamship steam steam- ship has ha been made wholly unusable Even Evon the sketches of or the turbine construction have hae been de do- do Hen lun Tou Thought 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S War WarAn or An interesting sidelight on tho the psychological py view tho the average Gem German was as permitted of ot tho American situa lion tion ton Is shown In tho following summarization sum sum- by Dr At the beginning of ot the tho war Wr America Am Am- I erica was Inimical to Germany But this situation was improved After the Lusitania things got worse again Then an Improvement ement set in because America had such cause for tor complaint against E England land At tho the time of ot the breach of or diplomatic relations th the tho Impression im Ira- prevailed that tho people did not want war with wih Grman Germany Corman Wilson has a more strongly autocratic auto auto- cratic position than any J European ruler As he Is English in n ms nt In ing ho knows little or nothing about German things tings and has no use for Ger Ger- mans Undoubtedly he e ha has hns been against us from the outset outset Often OCten however ho he lie has had to guard urd the tho Interest of or American high finances Wilson Wison himself him him- self ha has an character He lIe did not labor to bring bring- about war with Germany Geran as there docs does not exist wih a positive desire for war Tho Th impression In America I is gen gen- son son- oral eral that his hla peace intentions pace were serious and honorable He wanted to become the peace president president but the breach brench of relations was necessary for him for the maintenance of or American prestige In the war between America I Americ and Germany German the financial support of ot I the entente b by America will wl iii bo be great In lii 11 a warlike va way the Americans Americans- set can never become dangerous for tor ns us u either on land or on water ater L. Called CUt Pro Lansing Is i a an outspoken German German hater Ho lIe le Is the great geat friend of ot En England Eng Eng- land Jand and always was for tor participation b by America In the America war var His flis voice can can never mean much for us Negotiations us with wih America are arc no longer possible for tor us It wanted the tho war and I wAnte wa that Is is its affair i The he mesmeric spell spen which had been boen cast upon the people as ns a result resul of or reading daily daiy an unbroken chain of or victorious announcements Dr Much- Much Ion points out was dissipated when Foreign Secretary von Yon de do- do dared cared publicly that the war could not be iso won militarily it I cost von Kuehlmann Kuchl- Kuchl mann his post but It awakened the German people to tho fact that tat tho they were on the precipice of or national dis- dis er as Thereafter the censors censor permitted permit permit- ted less optimistic and bombastic news reports Loss of ot the war was charged by the tho Coner former Krupp KruIP expert export to two grave mistakes by von described as a the brains of ot tho the German army az hIs his failure ary correctly to es estimate mate the wonderful J possibilities of or the Amen Ameri can troop transportation and his false raIse assumption that Marshal Fochs Foch's re- re servo army had cea ceased ed to exist in June JUle iS he said said gambled gam gam- bled with wih the tho existence of Germany German Iam He was like a n Jockey Jocke In a n long race who forced his horse far tar ahead of ot th the tho thorest rest of or the field eld and who who toward the tho end when the others began to to gain gin with their carefully reserved strength used whip and spurs in a desperate effort to win virtually killed his mount and yet et lost after all aU |