El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-05
COLLIER BLAMES
PRESS FOR SCARE
Says Americans Read and
Write But Do Not
Think.

Baltimore, Md, May SIN 1urfd
terms. with which he delivered =
scathing raillery OF the press. Price
Collier. the writer and traveller. today
laid the blame for the popular excite
ment over the possibility Of war vita
Japan to the newspapers Of America
and told the delegates TO the third Ma
uona1 Peace congress that the great
est work they can do for the cause
OF International harmony is the 81
iencing or reforming OF yellow Jour
nails" Mr.. Collier said in part:
More far more. than half the dis
trust Of one another Of the nations
OF the earth, IS due TO nothing more
mysterious than just plain, complete
and Indifferent ignorance We can
do much for peace. therefore, by know
ing one another better. The prefu-
diced and sufficial ta1ker, ana the vel
low press, do more, to quote a line
from Macbeth, TO pour the sweet milk
OF Concord into hell than all other
agencies combined A purDoseless
curiosity that cares nothing for truth.
pampered each day with highly sea-
soned misinformation. Is far more
dangerous TO peace than any peril now
existing on the horizon Of information
Ia affairs, whether IL be yellow, black
or brown
We are just recovering from =
fever of excitement about japan There
is no immediate danger, but if we do
not take a hand in educating the
american out OF his newspaper-bre
bumPtiousness, and his comp1acent
conceit there viii be trouble
There is no country in the world
with such a large proportion Of peo-
pie who can read and write. but who
do not think, as in this country With
a few exceptions our press is irrespon-
sible. flippant and unfnformed: and
II panderS to the purpOseless curiosity
OF this great number OF intellectually
dissipated readers. take it that one
object OF this National Peace CONGRESS
is to triumph over such obstacles: 60
give battle to the suburban sages who
pretend to rule this country. and who.
by their stiff satisfaction. and
their profound ignorance and contempt
for any basis for society except their
own. make amieable relations between
this and other countries douhly diff
cult
The speaker discussed the condition
in India and the probability OF an NJ
rising OF the natives there against the
British government He declared that
American agitators are largely respcn-
sible for the unrest that does exist.
but added that the British have the
situation under perfect control.
i return to my country from 3
years travel in the orient, to hear
much Of sedftion IN India" he said
india for the 1000 years that history
has known her, has been rent and torn
and mauled by foreign conquerors and
raiders India is governed today by
the British and for the first time in
the life Of India there have been peace,
security and equal opportunity there.
greater security to life and property
than in the streets Of New York. un-
less you belong TO a Teamsters' union.
or are a protege of Tammany HALL
The governing OF India by the British
IS the most splendid service ever rem
dered to one nation by another. India
IS no more fit for lf-government at
this moment than the inmates OF g.
There is a society Of white men IN
this country sending money and 1itera-
ture into India to stir up sedftion
there Fortunately for India, and for
peace in the east, sedition, unrest, dis
loyalty in India are helpless OF
they can no more throw
off British rule than this audience can
add another hue to the rainbow.
1--WE Americans can do something
for peace by minding our own bust
ness and letting the British mind theirs
in India"