The chief methods of propaganda are "a daily stream of
wireless communiques from Berlin and Austria discrediting the Allies, or grossly understating their achievements ; continuous activity on the part of the Church and the Carliste; the influence of the German colony, with steady work on the part of the University Professors and schoolmasters on behalf of the Central Powers.' Spain is also used as a jumping-off place for the transmission of a great deal of German propaganda to South America. The ultimata aim of all these activities is to get Spain into German clutches ; the immediate result is that Spain is in the main Germano- phile. For this unsatisfactory state of affairs the Times, in its comment on Lord Northcliffe's articles, holds defective " publicity " largely responsible. It cannot be forgotten, however, that the chief instruments of publicity here were for a long time responsible for increasing the anxiety of our Allies by their systematic deprecia- tion of our efforts, and thus played into the hands of the German propagandists in neutral countries. To depress your Allies is not the best way to impress neutrals.
