Show r 1 r I S Timely imely Topics I I SCIENCE OF PROPAGANDA The world war has been leen described as a chemists' chemists war wherein both sides strove to outdo the other in the manufacture of or high explosives and In producing new horrors In the way of poison gases but It had other characteristics aside from its magnitude and brutality which distinguish it Never before had propaganda been used to so EO great an extent or had the truth of the axiom dom The pen is mightier than the sword been so sowe sowell sowell we well demonstrated Now that it is possible to reveal repeal the secrets of the war offices of the allies the world is beginning to learn to what propaganda was used but even yet there are signs that the experts employed either by the allies ames or the central powers are not ready to all an the tricks of or the trade A book recently published in England entitled The Secrets of Crewe House purports to give the details of the work directed by Lord Norcliffe during the war ItIs It ItIs Itis Is the narrative of the cunning devices used to discourage discourage dis die courage the enemy of the pamphlets dropped from the theair theair theair air of newspapers sent across No Mans Man's Land and of phonographs carefully planted within hearing distance of enemy outposts It is an amazing tale of ot cleverly conceived conceived con con- and skillfully executed attacks on the enemy through his intelligence and his emotions The German and A Austrian generals knew w what Northcliffe Northcliffe Northcliffe North- North cliffe was doing but they were powerless to stop the work Leaflets sent within their lines with the aid aidor of or rockets hand grenades trench mortars and airplanes found their way into the hands of soldiers with the re result result re- re sult suit that their morale was shaken The opinion of the value of ot work is well wen described by a writer in the German newspaper the as follows It cannot be doubted that Lord Northcliffe very substantially substantially sub sub- contributed to England's victory in the world war His conduct of English propaganda during the war will some day find its place in history as a performance performance per per- hardly to be surpassed The Northcliffe I propaganda during the war correctly estimated the character and intellectual peculiarities of the Germans Not all aU the propaganda anda was used on the Germans and the Austrians We are able to look back now and note this instrument of war and peace wa was used quite effectively In this this country and elsewhere Probably if it all the truth were told there Is as much propaganda I floating around today as ev there was during the war Seattle Post Ind md Rep I |