The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-28
AT HUDSON THEATER FORMER
RICHMOND MAN WILL TELL
PUBLIC HIS OPINION OF THE
PULITZER SHEET.
NOT PAID TO SUPPRESS
Mr.. Hale States That Neither He
Nor the Century Magazine Were
Reimbursed for "killing" the Ar
ticle.

No, this is not the tale of the War
of Worlds though IL might have been
ii William Bayard Hale had not with
drawn that Century" article about the
German Emperor and sat up nights to
issue denials and populations of the
various versions of his famous inter
view with the German war lord, with
which the New York, London and
Paris papers startled Europe
DIR. Hale was seen at the residence
of his brother. Mr.. Alton Hale. of this
city, yesterday afternoon by u repre-
sentative of the Palladium. He was
unwilling to talk for publication on the
subject of the international incident,
in which he was involved. but con-
firmed in general. the understanding
OF the case which has been arrived mt
by those who have followed 1t through
the bewildering and often conflicting
dispatches printed by the metropoli-
tan press. The Palladium is therefore
in position to say that the Century
article was voluntarily withdrawn by
Mr.. Hale himself. with the consent OF
the owners and editors of the maga-
zine. 1t is not denied that the De-
cember Century" was entirely printed
before Mr.. Hale's request was made,
and that very large expense must have
been incurred in re-printing it. Mr..
Hale positively denies that he has re-
eefved penny, even by way of COM
pensating him for loss of payment for
the article. A cable from Berlin a few
days ago stated that in reply 10 an in
terpellation In the Reichstag tthe Ger
man Imperial ParliamentD. on the day
Of its adjournment for the holidays,
Herr Won Schoen, the minister of for
eign affairs, had explicitly declared
that not one mark had been paid out
of the imperial treasury for the sup
preston of the article The minister
added that DIR. Hale had been receiy-
ed by the Kaiser, not as a journalist.
but as distinguished American.
friend of President Roosevelt and
gentleman already we'll known by high
officials of the court The minister
said that so far as he knew ''Dr. Hale
had withdrawn his article on his own
initiative. being a man with a high
sense of honor and responsibility"
yellow Press Was Angry.
All efforts failing to secure a copy
of the Century article, 10000 cop
les of which, it is said, had been burnt
and the plates melted up, the yellow
press of Europe and America. set 10
work inyenting their own reports OF
the historic interview. One of the
most plausible and most sensational OF
these was printed by the New York
American in big type all over its first
page. The second edition of this pa
per, however, contained a reputation
of the version telephoned by DIR. Hale
in the early morning The effect of
this publication was very great In En-
gland. however. where on motion OF
Lord Roberts, the day following, the
Americans" publication. parliament
voted extraordinary measures for ma
tional defense, including an enormous
increase of the navy.
A day or two later the New York
World tried its hand at a version of
the interview. When Mr. Hale
promptly denounced this as false. the
World printed what it declared was a
fac-simile Of a proof corrected by Mr..
Hale. In answer to a question, Mr..
Hale said yesterday to the Palladium:
The Worlds story Is but the merest
incident. but IL. as you say, the pa
pers hereabouts. have made much Of
it, am glad OF an opportunity TO tell
you about that fac-simile.
a World reporter called on me at