Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . Baying the Moon. THE FATHERLAND—This paper gains both momentumand popularity as the war progresses. 208 NEUTEALITY. Mr. George Sylvester Viereck. Mr. George Sylvester Vier-eck, the famous editor of thispaper, with the other editorsof the Fatherland, were ex-posed to abuse and villifica-tion by American editors allover the country. Some triedto laugh the paper out of ex-istence, some endeavored tocurtail its usefulness byvituperation. As The Fatherland gainedin strength and support, andits columns became the me-dium through which some ofthe greate
Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . Baying the Moon. THE FATHERLAND—This paper gains both momentumand popularity as the war progresses. 208 NEUTEALITY. Mr. George Sylvester Viereck. Mr. George Sylvester Vier-eck, the famous editor of thispaper, with the other editorsof the Fatherland, were ex-posed to abuse and villifica-tion by American editors allover the country. Some triedto laugh the paper out of ex-istence, some endeavored tocurtail its usefulness byvituperation. As The Fatherland gainedin strength and support, andits columns became the me-dium through which some ofthe greatest thinkers in Eu-rope and America undertookto stem the tide of falsehood(it flourishes to the presentday), efforts were made in Washington to find causes for sup-pressing the paper. Its fearlessness in attacking persons in responsible placessoon became a thorn in the side of the English agents disburs-ing corruption funds right and left to create sentiment in favorof floating French, English and Russian war loans and to shipammunition to the Allies. Their willing tools in the Capital be-gan to look up the law that would justify some course ofaction looking
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