Secrets of Crewe House
SECRETS OF CREWE HOUSE
SECRETS OF
CREWE HOUSE
The Story of a Famous Campaign
BY
SIR CAMPBELL STUART, K.B.E.
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
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First Edition printed September, 1920. |
Second Edition printed October, 1920. |
Third Edition printed November, 1920. |
Fourth Edition printed March, 1921. |
TO
VISCOUNT NORTHCLIFFE
IN
GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE
APPRECIATION
AUTHOR'S FOREWORD
Some courage is required to add to the already too swollen list of war books, of the making of which there seems to be no end. The justification for the present volume, which tells the remarkable story of British propaganda in enemy countries during 1918, lies in the fact that it records historic activities, some of which were of a pioneer character.
Necessarily its publication had to be postponed until the main principles of the Peace had been decided. The nature of the documents quoted precluded earlier publication, which might have embarrassed the Allied Governments. No such embarrassment will be caused at this late stage. The march of events has removed the need, which existed during the War and during the peace-making, for withholding from public knowledge particulars of the organisation and work directed with such effect from Crewe House.
Much that was interesting, and even dramatic, can never be divulged. Otherwise, many who did valuable and dangerous service might, by a breach of faith, be exposed to reprisals.
The activities of Crewe House will stand the test of judgment by results. German comments on Viscount Northcliffe's department leave no room for doubt as to the verdict of enemy countries.
CONTENTS
PAGE
PROPAGANDA: ITS USES AND ABUSES |
1 |
CREWE HOUSE: ITS ORGANISATION AND PERSONNEL |
8 |
OPERATIONS AGAINST AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: PROPAGANDA'S MOST STRIKING SUCCESS |
20 |
OPERATIONS AGAINST GERMANY |
50 |
TRIBUTES FROM THE ENEMY |
105 |
OPERATIONS AGAINST BULGARIA AND OTHER ACTIVITIES |
134 |
INTER-ALLIED CO-OPERATION |
146 |
FROM WAR PROPAGANDA TO PEACE PROPAGANDA |
201 |
VALE! |
233 |
237 |
253 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Viscount Northcliffe |
Frontispiece |
BETWEEN PAGES
Crewe House |
8 and 9 |
Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.P |
8 and 9 |
Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh, K.C.M.G., C.B. |
16 and 17 |
The Rt. Hon. Lord Beaverbrook |
16 and 17 |
Mr. H. Wickham Steed |
32 and 33 |
Dr. R. W. Seton-Watson |
32 and 33 |
News of Allied successes on Western Front for Jugo-Slav soldiers in the Austrian Armies |
48 and 49 |
A manifesto from Dr. Trumbitch distributed from aeroplanes among Jugo-Slav troops in the Austrian Army |
48 and 49 |
Mr. H. G. Wells |
64 and 65 |
Leaflet—probably the first—distributed by British aeroplanes among German troops in October, 1914. It announced a Russian victory in East Prussia |
64 and 65 |
Mr. Hamilton Fyfe |
64 and 65 |
Aeroplane distribution of copies of an early leaflet prepared for the German soldier |
64 and 65 |
Brigadier-General G. K. Cockerill, C.B. |
80 and 81 |
A typical news-sheet for German soldiers |
80 and 81 |
Captain Chalmers Mitchell |
96 and 97 |
"Reporting Progress"—Leaflet which gave particulars of Allied progress against the Germans |
96 and 97 |
Diagrammatic representation of the growth of the American Army in the Field |
96 and 97 |
Map-leaflet showing the breaking of the Hindenburg line |
112 and 113 |
News for German soldiers of the destruction of the Turkish Army in Palestine |
112 and 113 |
Some pointed quotations for German soldiers culled from German sources |
112 and 113 |
A medallion struck by the Germans in "dishonour" of Lord Northcliffe |
128 and 129 |
Leaflet with particulars of the fate of 150 German submarine commanders, which created great depression in German naval ports |
128 and 129 |
Leaflet warning the Germans that such places as Berlin and Hamburg had been brought within range of aerial attack and could be bombed if the war were prolonged |
128 and 129 |
A German dream and the result. A leaflet illustrating the collapse of the Mittel-Europa ambition of German militarism |
144 and 145 |
Front page of a "Trench Newspaper," issued by Crewe House for German troops |
144 and 145 |
The late Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart., M.P. |
144 and 145 |
Sir Roderick Jones, K.B.E. |
160 and 161 |
Illustrated leaflet portraying contentment of German prisoners in British hands |
160 and 161 |
Colonel the Earl of Denbigh, C.V.O. |
160 and 161 |
Leaflet showing how the Allies had shattered the great Berlin-Bagdad plan |
160 and 161 |
Mr. Robert Donald |
176 and 177 |
Manifesto to Magyar Troops |
176 and 177 |
"Drifting down in white showers": Leaflets, from Italian aeroplane squadron, dropping on Vienna |
176 and 177 |
Manifesto, signed by Professor (now President) Masaryk, to Czecho-Slovak soldiers |
176 and 177 |
Sir Sidney Low |
192 and 193 |
Rapidly-distributed leaflets for German troops telling of Allied successes in the Balkans and in Syria |
192 and 193 |
Mr. James O'Grady, M.P. |
192 and 193 |
Inflating the balloons and attaching the truth-telling leaflets |
208 and 209 |
Registering the direction and velocity of the wind, in order to judge where the leaflets would fall |
208 and 209 |
How leaflets were attached to the balloons |
208 and 209 |
Dispatching the balloons |
208 and 209 |
Testing the lifting power of balloons used for propaganda purposes |
224 |
LIST OF MAPS.
Ethnographic map of Austria-Hungary |
32 and 33 |
The partition of Austria-Hungary: Showing the boundaries as defined in the Peace Treaties |
48 and 49 |
Germany's new boundaries as fixed by the Treaty of Peace |
80 and 81 |
Bulgaria as delimited by the Peace treaty |
144 and 145 |
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
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