The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-12

batteries of Aguad 1rss, was so badly
wounded In the bombardment of Mon
day that he has since died. lie per-
formed many acts of conspicuous gall
lantry. Colonel Ordonez was Injured.
too. but ne was able 10 continue nghting
and encouraging his men.
Now, in point of fact, there is not and
never was any Colonel Refipe w. The
nuz." and the whole dispatch as 1t APP
reared in the Journal was manufactured
in the office of the New York Journal
as a trap in which to catch the World.
The World took the bait and was caught.
"Refilpe W. Thunez' IS an arrangement
of letters to spell out we pilfer the
rews," as may be seen If YOU put the let
ter "e" at the end OF "Rehlpe" TO the
middle initial Wv" and spell 'Reflip'
backwards, news" being spelled "Nuz.
The trap is a perfect one and the VIC
tim is securely caught and held, and the
Journal was warranted in having car
ricature Of Pulitzer. owner of the World
with ono foot caught in a steel trap and
above II caught by Colonel Rehipe w.
Thunez."
Now. observe the atrocious falsehood in
this case. 1t pretended to be a copy
rlghted special cable, sent from on board
the Worlds dispatch boat Three Friends
off Santiago Yet the whole thing was
miserable lie, made out Of the whole
cloth, and 1t never was copyrighted and
never came from Santiago
What is to be thought Of such Infamous
conduct as this? How can any reliance
be placed in anything that is seen in the
World? "Falsus In uno falsus in emni-
bus g one Of the most venerable. and
universally accepted maXims of the law.
because II expresses the fact that the
only guarantee Of truth is the invincible
repugnance Of a truthful man to telling
a lie The truthful man will not lie about
anything, consequently the world knows
that a. man who will tell lie about ore
thing will tell lie about any other thing
II It suits his convenience to do 1t, and
therefore the world has concluded that
the man who will tell one lie is not to be
believed in any case. Why then, should
the New York World be taken and read
by any one?
IL is a fact II a lamentable one. that
the New York Word has done more to
degrade journalism than every other
cause combined. Until II commenced its
present career. some hftS.n years ago,
a.. ..t,,o. - sorrro tfs,n I'm THE country
required, as the sine qua non, that the
newspaper should publish nothing that II
did not have good reason 10 believe TO
be true. But the World changed all that.
II set I'D a code which authorized the
publication Of anything whatever-true
or false-if It was probable large num-
Der of people would want to read It, and
thereore cause a large sale of the paper.
Under the former theory the press was a
noble instructor and guide TO the people
Under the present theory the press is
counsellor for fraud and falsehood and a
dishonorabe leader Of the people to dis
honorable courses in life.
An evil tree like that was bound to pro-
duce evil fruit. and so We have seen the
World. parent OF the Journal, which out
Herods Herod and Is carrying the pro-
cess OF Generalization bow-shot be-
yond what the World carried 1t to.
Where is this thing to end? When are
we again to have the press the peoples
guide and the palladium of their rights
and their liberties? Never, so long as
newspapers like the World and the Jour
nal receive the support that they now
get. and the inference is very strong that
II they are bad it is because the people
who read them want what is bad. The
trouble u.s. therefore. with the people
themselves