Item #8765 England's perfidy exposed by Americans. Committee.

England's perfidy exposed by Americans

Munich: American Truth Society, 1914. An extraordinary anti-British circular issued by the American Truth Society in Munich, an organization founded in 1914 by pro-German American expatriates who wanted to “refute the journalistic swindles” propagated by the American and English press concerning Germany’s role in WWI (Gaffney, p. 27). The text blames England for instigating and perpetuating the war, for spreading malicious slander about the German Army and for introducing Asians and Africans to do her fighting for her. It concludes: “...we invoke a protest from our countrymen against the introduction by England of Japan into this European war, which involves a menace to American interest and the supremacy of the White Race, and we denounce her calling to her aid occidental hordes to crush Western Culture and German Civilization.” It’s then signed in type by the Committee, 12 Americans living in Munich. The Society also published a daily newspaper called “American Notes.”

A 9” x 11 ½” sheet printed recto only. Closed tear along the bottom left edge, small hole, and some minor chipping and nicks to edges. Eight copies located in OCLC, with two more found at Stanford and the Smithsonian.

See, T. St. John Gaffney. Breaking the Silence: England, Ireland, Wilson and the War. New York: Horace Liveright, 1930, p. 27-37. Item #8765

Price: $175.00

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