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Show COVERT THE ALlEi PROPAGANDA WASHINGTON, Nov. 2G.--'Tho disclosures that men of foreign sympathies sym-pathies have been writing histories for American schools may well como ns ft shock to citizens of this republic re-public who had looked upon the public school as th0 foundation of popular government," declares the Republican Publicity association, f through Its president, Hon. Jonathan Jona-than Bourno Jr. "Uut If It bo true '(fiat th0 text of American histories havo been colored to crcato a prejudice pre-judice In favor of other nations, It Is not the only lnstanco of covert alien propaganda In Ula country. Many of tho professors In our colleges, col-leges, particularly In tho chairs of economics, bear names that inarii thorn as of foreign extraction if not of foreign nativity, and It Is notorious notor-ious that In recent years tho teaching teach-ing of socialistic doctrines has been all too common. "Undoubtedly tho foreign language lang-uage press, controlled of course by men of foreign origin, has been on Influence tending to causo imml- I grants to retain their affcctln for the mother country and delaying their complete .Atiiencanlia.tlon. his is true oven though tho editors are themselves thoroughly loyal to tho fjnlted Stutcs, for anything that delays de-lays tho learning of tho English language, retards the Immigrant In becoming familiar with American Institutions In-stitutions nnd customs. The foreign language press has rendered good scrvco to many now immigrants and ought not bo subjected to general condemnation. Tho fact remains, nevertheless, that tho opportunity to read a paper In tho mother tonguo discourages learning the languago of the nation of adoption. 'Anothor agency for tho dissemination dissemin-ation of Ideas filcudly to tho interests inter-ests or foreign natlona Is tho few but widely circulated .newspapers and magazines In the Ungllsh language, edited or controlled by men of foreign for-eign ancestry or having foreign fin. anclal Interests. 'Wliero u man's treasure Is, there will his heart bo also.' Much of tho league of nations propaganda and much of the effort to create sentiment in favor of certain cer-tain trans-oceanic nations has Its origin or-igin In tho dcslro of a few large capitalists to promote their foreign Investments. To a proper extent tha effort to protect foregn Investments Invest-ments is not deserving of criticism. America endeavors to encourage hep capitalists to mako foreign investments invest-ments and It 1b tho nation's policy to render her cltzcns all duo protection in tho enforcement of their rights. Hut tho sacrifice of American independence inde-pendence to a superstate Is a prlco to dear to, pay for tho extension of American Am-erican financial Interests in foreign lands. ft "At tho recent election tho voters of Amorlca gavo their endorsemnt, by a plurality of moro than six million mil-lion to that political parly which Htands avowedly fpr 'America I'lrst.' That party stands for America first In international relations, In economics, econ-omics, and' In every other respect. Tlicro will bo propaganda In tho fu-turo fu-turo as In tho past, but tho party that comes Into power on March 4 Is committed to tho policy of conducting con-ducting propaganda for America I'lrst. Thoso who tiro bent upon conducting propaganda for 'foreign interests first' will do well to get In their work before March 4, for uftcr that tlmo their activities will bo restricted," |