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Show PROPAGANDA. Viscount Xortheliffe has been appointed ap-pointed director of propaganda in enemy ene-my countries and an organized attempt will doubtless be made to keep the Germans Ger-mans guessing during the remainder of the war. So far the most active and succcful propagandists havo been the ag-;its of the Berlin government, scattered scat-tered all over the world, and it may be said, without ftretching the truth, that their greatest victory in the war was achieved v.h'-'n they paved Lenine through the lines to corrupt and contaminate con-taminate the liussian army, a plan which succeeded only too well. The defeat of the Italians was accomplished bv propaganda work among the ignorant ignor-ant Koman soldiers and the central powers pow-ers have kept themselves in the war by the employment of such means wherever wher-ever p:ocsible. As matters now stand, nearly all the "news" coming through Gorman hands is subject to doubt ami there is more than n. suspicion that a great portion of the stuff sent, out from Amsterdam and Stockholm is not strictly on the level. It is quite possible that an attempt at-tempt has been made to lull the entente en-tente allies into a sense of security by exaggerating the importance of the strikes in Germany and it is also possible pos-sible that when the Germans talk of peace they do so for the purpose of fooling the 1'ni'ed States in the hope that there will be some letup in our war preparations. The next part of the programme will lf a unashing blow all along the line on the western front and the German imperialist will laugh in hia n!''"v if such propaganda aids the Huns in the field. Wo do no! know what success Vis-count Vis-count Northeliffe will have in spreading spread-ing propaganda among tho Germans and AuMrians. The la'ter are genernlly supposed to he nnsccpl ;ble, but that impri--.sinii may have 1 o gained Ihroonh propaganda and ;t is pot. worth rnn .iilernl ion while preparations f"i' tho "cprinif drive" are going on. Our onuHuu u) 'h'd U'O only nffcolivo propaganda among the people of the central powers will be carried out by fire and sword and that there can be no peace until the right triumphs aud the wrong sinks into the pool of infamy in-famy of its own making. |