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WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR FACTS?
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An intensive campaign to arm the people ot the Unit
ed States against pro German propaganda is now- being
conducted. Forty thousand Four Minute Men are taking
active part in the work of warning the people against the
pro-German propogandist, explaining his methods, and
furnishing a weapon with which to combat him.
In the bulletin of information issued for the use ol
Four Minute speakers by the Committee on Public Infor
mation, it is stated, on the authority of a high official of
the Department of Justice, that nine-tenths of all German
plotting against this country has taken the form of print
ed and spoken propaganda.
In this work full advantage has been taken of state
ments made by German sympathizers of American birth,
the propagandists realizing that greater consideration
might be anticipated for such works than for material ori
ginating from more obviously prejudiced quarters.
The bulletin for speakers quotes an example of this
type taken from an address by an American minister who
was very much of a “militant pacifist."
Reprinted in pamphlet-form by the Germans, the
more bitter and denunciatory parts of this address have
since been repeatedly scattered over the American and
British lines hv German aviators.
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This particular example is given special significance
because of the fact that precisely the same propaganda
has reappeared verbatim in a book published in America,
purporting to be the posthumous work of Pastor Russell,
a well-known American preacher who died a considerable
time before the original address appeared.
The title of this work is “The Finished Mystery” and
the seven publishers, who interpolated some dozen or fif
teen pages of matter taken piece-meal from the propagan
da pamphlet, exactly as scattered over the Allied lines by
German aviators, are now serving twenty year sentences
in the Atlanta penitentiary, imposed under the espionage
act.
It is pointed out that the danger in such work consists
not so greatly in the amount of damage each propagan
dist is able to accomplish in person before he is arrested,
but in the repetition of his propaganda by the idle and cur
ious.
Quoting from the Four Minute Men bulletin:—
“To arrest the propagandist without arresting also
the progress of his propaganda is of little greater value
than to uproot the dandelion after all its winged seeds
have been scattered over the lawn.”
The point is made that the Department of Justice is
thoroughly organized to catch the propagandist, and, if
the people will combine to put a complete defeat.
To accomplish this, it is recognized that it will not be
possible for the public to memorize all the facts upon the
war and so be in position to give official denial to each
and anv rumor.
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The volume of such rumors is too great and, in addit
ion, new subjects for propaganda are being uncovered
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A single simple test-question to be applied to every
thing that sounds like pro German propaganda, is the
weapon now to be placed in the hands of the people by the | ■
Four Minute Men. ,
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The nature and application of this test-question may
be l»est illustrated by the reproduction of one of the illust
rative four-minute speakers given in the bulletin.
This example is of unusual interest because of the fact
that it has been pronounced by authorities of national
standing to be the most perfect example of a fourminute
speech ever produced.
There are two illustrative speeches given in the bull
etin, entitled respectively, “Working for the Kaiser,” and
“Working for the U.S.A.”
The one in question deals with the subject “W'orking
; for the Kaiser,” and is particularly noteworthy in the
possession of the so-called “shocking quality” deemed es
sential in arresting the attention of a movie audience,
many members of which may be already in the aisles as
i the Four Minute Man’s slide appears on the screen. The
speech follows:—
' “Is there anyone in this audience who will give the
Kaiser one hundred dollars to be used in fighting United
States?
“Before you decide, please remember that the money
: may be paid in cold cash; by check or draft; or it may be
paid in services, just as the farmer may work off his road
tax instead of settleing it in cash.
“Perhaps more people could pay in that way; so let
me restate the question:
“Will anyone in this audience do me hundred dollar’s
worth of work for the Kaiser?
“No one?— Not a single soul in all this great gather
' ing? ,
“But perhaps you wish to know the kind of work
before you decide.
"It is to spread pro-German propaganda.
“I an not authorized to speak officially for the Ger
man Government, but I feel quite safe in promising that it
i would pay at least one hundred dollars to whoever will
take every chance to repeat just one rumor calculated to
' cause trouble in the United States.
“Our State Department has evidence that $5,000 was
, paid by Germany to J.F.J. Archibald for propaganda, and
so sure $100.00 would not be too much for spreading one
healthy rumor, such as this actual sample:
“It is said that the American Government is suppress
ing the news that the superdreadnaught Texas and two
American transports, carrying 11,000 men, have been
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“This is a pro-German lie, traced to its source by the
' Government.
“You may hear it tomorrow; or you may hear any one
of a hundred similar rumors.
“What will you do about it?
“Will you do your hundred dollars worth of work for
the Kaiser by adopting that rumor and repeating it to all
your friends and acquaintances?
“No, you will nail it as a lie! /
“But how are you going to do it?-You may know
all the facts about the war. |
“Your Government gives you very simple test-quest
ion for the purpose. I
"It is this: ‘Where did you get your facts?’
“ Fling that question in the face of whoever repeats a
harmful rumor in your presence; pin him down to a defin
ite answer; make him prove up or shut up!
"You know it isn’t any use to catch the propagandist
unless you can catch his propaganda too; you .might as
well root up the stalk of a dandelion after its flying seeds
have been scattered ail over the lawn.
“You can supplement the great work of otfr Secret
Service by catching propaganda with that test-question;
and. remember, anyone who will always answer that ques
tion to himself before he repeats a rumor, will nevem be in
any danger of doing a hundred dollar’s worth of work for
the Kaiser. I
“I’ll leave the question in your minds; use it ion the
next rumor-repeater: , 1
“Where did you get your Facts?” i
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ALLIES BURY GERMAN AVIATORS
WITH ALL MILITARY HO NORS.
LONDON, Aug. 27— In two villages churchyan Is near
London three German aviators killed in a great air i raid on
the metropolis on Sunday, May 19, were buried thre * days
afterwards while inquests over bodies of their \ victims
were being conducted in London.
In one churchyard two Germans were buried wi ith mil
-itary honors. At another cemetery services wet e held
over the body of a German aviator which had been found
in wreckage of his flying machine. The casket, c overed
with a German flag, was conveyed to the burying { jround
on a gun carriage, followed by officers and men of t he Roy
-al Air Force. Allied aviators flew over the chur< :hyard
during the ceremonies, 4
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