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The first act of the British in 1914,

one day after war was declared, was to

cut the German cables to the United

States, and clamp down a strict cen

sorship. That is simply propaganda in

the negative sense.

With radio, cables are no longer so

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Bruce Bliven

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important, but censorship had already

been jammed down by the European

countries before fighting started, and

little information will be able to get to

America except that which has been

approved by the censors.

American foreign news correspond

ents abroad are the best in the world,

and the fairest, but they can't send

what neither cable, radio or mail is al

lowed to carry.

ATROCITY STORIES

The real atrocity stories have not yet

begun to come thru, but they will. All

who remember the Crucified Canadian,

the Child With Its Hands Cut Off, the

Baby Spitted on the Bayonet, the

Corpse-Conversion Factory—none of

which ever stood up under investiga

tion-know that deliberate deception is

ail part of the propaganda game.

In fact, Arthur, Lord Ponsonby, Brit

ish member of Parliament, who is in a

pssition to know, has written that

“Falsehood is a recognized and extreme

ly useful weapon in warfare, and every

country uses it quite deliberately to de

ceive its own people, to attract neutrals,

and to mislead the enemy.”

When war begins, truth is the first

casualty.

NEXT: The German and Russian

Propagandas in the United States.

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Washington daily news. (1939). Washington, D.C., 1939-09-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016181/1939-09-11/ed-1/?sp=8

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington daily news, 1939-09-11.