That canned goods put up by the housewives were to be seized by the government and appropriated to the use of the army and navy.
That soldiers in training were being instructed to put out the eyes of every German captured.
That all of the "plums" at the officers' training camps fell to Roman Catholics. The plums went to Protestants when the propagandist talked to a Catholic.
That the registration of women was held so that girls would be enticed into the cities where white slaves were made of them.
That the battleship Pennsylvania had been destroyed with everyone on board by a German submarine.
That more than seventy-five per cent of the American soldiers in France had been infected with venereal diseases.
That intoxicants were given freely to American soldiers in Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Columbus huts in France.
But the lies and the plots failed to make any impression on the morale of American citizenry. In fact, America from the moment war was declared against Germany until the time an armistice was declared, seemed to care for nothing but results. Charges of graft made with bitter invective in Congress created scarcely more than a ripple. The harder the pro-German plotters worked for the destruction of property and the incitement to labor disturbances, the closer became the protective network of Americanism against these anti-war influences. After half a dozen German lies had been casually passed from mouth to mouth as rumors; the American people came to look upon other mischievous propaganda in its true light. Patriotic newspapers in every community exposed the false reports and citizens everywhere were on their guard against the misstatements. It was noticeable that the propaganda was intensified just previous to and during the several Liberty Loan campaigns. Proof that the American spirit rises superior to anti-American influences is furnished by the glorious records of these Liberty Loans. Every one was over-subscribed despite the severest handicaps confronted by any nation.