How we advertised America; the first telling of the amazing story of the Committee on public information that carried the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe . l the Mexicans the truth, not only about the UnitedStates, why it went to war, what it was doing in the war, andwhat the real attitude of the people and of the government ofthe United States was toward Mexico, but also what Germanmilitarism actually stood for, what the conduct of Germanstatesmen, soldiers, and sailors had been in the war, and whatwere the sinister aims of the Kaiser and his accomplices towarddemocracy and
How we advertised America; the first telling of the amazing story of the Committee on public information that carried the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe . l the Mexicans the truth, not only about the UnitedStates, why it went to war, what it was doing in the war, andwhat the real attitude of the people and of the government ofthe United States was toward Mexico, but also what Germanmilitarism actually stood for, what the conduct of Germanstatesmen, soldiers, and sailors had been in the war, and whatwere the sinister aims of the Kaiser and his accomplices towarddemocracy and free governments of free peoples. The fight to win Mexico, or at least to obtain for the com-mon cause an adequate hearing before the Mexican people,was essentially our fight. And this quite regardless of what-ever interest any other nation embattled against the Germansmight have held in the way of impressing their cause and theirpoint of view upon the Mexicans. That the Mexican fight wasour fight became apparent from the fact that it was only fromthe day we declared war that the German propaganda in Mexicoreally began to flourish. The Germans were cunning enough 304. nzD H. H. Sevier Frank J. Marion \]^ ViRA B. ^YHITEHOUSE THE WORK IN MEXICO immediately thereafter to play upon the anti-American was their best asset in Mexico, and they omitted no effortor expense to capitalize and profit by it. This had been going on for almost a year when the MexicoSection was created. The Germans had organized well. Forthe most part, their propaganda was financed by loans madeto the German Minister in Mexico by wealthy German com-mercial houses and individuals. These provided the Ministerwith unlimited funds in Mexican currency with which to corruptpublic sentiment in Mexico, and which they loaned upon draftsupon the German government. In passing, it may be said thatnone of these drafts has yet been paid. No source of revenueof this nature was available to the Mexico Section. The
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