The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-24
Tho Manufacture of Fraudulent Flu.
ropean Dispatches.

TOIeHH bIcSVutCNcss
In the interests OF honest journalism. we
present this morning conclusive evidence
Of the fraud practisod upon its readers by
Mr.. JOSEPH PrL1raER's Now York World,
In Tho matter Of tho fabricated interview
OF Aug. \ with Professor S~CnIApARELL1,
and the fabricated Interview Of July 12 with
Prince BISMARCK.
Tie exposure OF the methods pursued in
tho establishment in question is Of immc.
date concern not only to those citizens
who are in tho habit OF purchasing the
World and paving good coin for forged and
fraudulent news. but also to all newspaper
proprictors and all newspaper editors in the
United States. One of the very first duties
OF every honorable profession is tho protcc-
tion Of Its good name against the perform
ances Of rascals infcsting its outskirts.
The code OF ethics in journalism Is
unwritten. but it Is not less distinctly
understood aud vigorously enforced thar
that OF tho law. or Of medicine. or of the
Christian ministry, or OF any OF the various
departments of commercial enterprise.
Tho facts in this ease will DO scanned
closely by from fifteen to twenty thousand
reputable American newspaper men, and
therc is not q man among them. we venture
to say, who will not experience n sense Of
nersonnl indignation when no has finished
the story set forth elsewhere in full md
convincing detail.
The two fraudulent cable dispatches.
which The Sun selected for sncriic In
pestigation, related to subjects OF great
popular interest at the tim" they were pub
lished by MIR. PULITZER. One purported to
come from Milan by Atlantic cable and to
report verbatim an interview held by n
correspoudcnt of tho World with Professor
SUH1APARELLI. in which the Italian nstron-
omer~ explained ut great length his latest
Vows concerning the physical constitu.
tion OF the planet Mars. Tho other mr..
ported to come by Atlnntic cable from
Glsslngen. and to report verbatim and NJ
considerable length n conversation held in
English with BISMARCK by n correspondent
Of the World. introduced to the Prince by
DR.. HOFFMAN,, of tho Hamburg Mach.
rirhtrn. On Saturday. Aug. 6. The Sun pro-
nounced both of these alleged dispatches to
be absolutely fraudulent. never cabled across
the Atlantic, but written in each instance
in the office of Mr.. PuLITzER's newspaper
by Mr.. PUL1TzER's employees and pupils in
dishonest journalism. At the same time VIC
offered to contribute ST. OO to the Tribmme's
Fresh Air Fund upon the production OF such
evidence OF the genuinencss ri the alleged
cable dispatches as would satisfy the iudg-
ment OF Mr.. DONALD NICHOLSON, the
Tfibmne's editor.
On the next afternoon. Saturday. two OF
Mr.. PULrrzER's employees and pupils laid
before Mr.. NICHOLSON what they pretended
was the copy. on cable blanks, of the
S~CH1APARELLI and tho BISMARCK inter-
views. Mr.. NICHOLSON declined for good
reasons of his own to examine the alleged
cable dispatches or TO express any opinion
Is to their ~genuineness. Yet the next morn
ing the World. In its editorial columns.
stated that it had submitted the original
cable2rams to Mr.. NICHOLSON. and that
Mr.. NICHOLSON had pronounced the owl
dence conclusive. Tho World thereupon
called upon us to pay over the 81 900 to the
Ifibune's Fresh Air Fund.
We now lave evidence showing not only
that the two interviews In aues ton were
fraudulent. MS alleged by THE Sun Mt the
outset. but also that the World deliberately
undertook. after tho ilrst exposure, a Sec
ond and even moro ~scoundre!!y fraud. in
order to cover up tho original Justification.
t. deceive Mr.. NICHOLSON or some other
Impartial urbiter. md thus TO force THE
SUN to pay 81. 600 o IL q Judgment rendered
on fabricated evidence.
Both Professor ScHrApAaELII md DR..
HOFFMAN, have repudiated. utterly and de-
cisIvoly. the interviews said to have been
held at Milan and at K~isslngen. Not only
do Professor S~cHIAPARELLI and DR.. HorF-
MAN deny having met and talked with
any correspondent Of the New York World,
but each Of them declares TINT he never
until now has heard OF tho New York World.
or has known OF the existence OF such a
newspaper. Professor Scn1ApARELL1 has
M new Views on the physical geography
u Mars. and no communicated no new
views concerning Mars to any correspond
snt Of the World. DR.. HoFFmANy intro
AnCaI M onrrosno,Jo,A ut,