Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...appeal for the aid of overseas service men in connection with the coming Victory Liberty Loan Campaign, should find a response among returned officers and men at the University. It seems that flat-cars covered with captured German trophies are to be sent about the country, and voluntary speakers are to accompany the cars whenever possible, and tell their overseas experiences to the crowds at towns and junctions. Other speakers are to serve as Four Minute Men in theatres and movie-halls...
...should like to call the attention of members of the University to certain facts in regard to the continuance of German propaganda in this country. During actual hostilities most of us were keenly alive to the menace of German agents in America, but now that the armistice has been signed and the Imperial Government overthrown, we are prone to think that Boche propaganda is a thing of the past--which is not true by any means...
...difference. No effort and no outlay of money is being spared to mould opinion in America to a favorable view of Germany's plight. Nothing is overlooked that might create a breach between Allied troops and the Armies of the United States. It is in these phases of present German activity that the University must take more of an interest than it has manifested up to the present time. If one will but take the trouble to examine the situation, it will be seen that we have a very real menace and one that cannot be lightly regarded...
...Headlines such as the following may be seen almost daily in the news-papers: "British Even More Bitter Against Americans Than French"; "Charm of La Belle France a Myth"; "French Glad to See Last of Americans"; "Dislike on All Sides in England"; "Doughboys Receive Fair Treatment From Germans"; "American Troops Enjoy German Hospitality"; and son on. Anyone who takes the trouble to read this communication may quite naturally ask "What has all this to do with me? I realize that these statements are untrue and I pay no attention to them." Quite true; but the majority of people who read...
...knows exactly what to do with the German colonies. But that doesn't mean that they are to be laid waste so that no one will profit by them. They must be distributed or placed under international control. The same principle applies to the disposition of the German and Austrian warships. Destroying valuable property because of its potential ability to create ill feeling is nothing else than a cowardly action...