Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27
Part of Yellow Journalism in the Causation
of the European War as the Germans See 1t

f., Journalism from taking hold in England.
although for the time being the Daily
Mall had but little influence politically.
Then all at once came the celebrated
President Kruger-Raiser william tel
egram, a most portentous historical in
cident and most opportune for Mr. AL
fred Harmsworth. who. with an eagle
eye. pounced upon the opportunity to
make capital out OF the situation by
starting a furious and shameless Ger
man batting campaign. The poison which
the Daily Mail at that time injected into
British Journalism has never since been
eliminated from the English body poll
tic. on which II has grown like a can
Ger, destroying the sound common sense
or the English public. 30 far as Il per-
tanned 20 its relation with Germany.
Mr.. Harmsworth's nefarious scheme
succeeded remarkably we'll, and his Ger
man batting campaign not only brought
many millions into his Golfers, but gave
him an enormous prestige and made him
a power within the British press His
golden harvest enabled him TO found and
purchase weeklies and magazines, thus
widening immensely the scope OF his in
fluence. until millions absorbed the out
pouring OF his poisonous pen as their
regular diet One can scarcely conceive
the pernicious results OF his malicious
Islander OF Germany, and the extent TO
which they have been carried. It has
caused innumerable novels and sketches
Of anti-German tendency to be published
which helped to make an indelihle i'm
preston upon the public mind.
His success tempted others. and
amongst them Arthur Pearson, who a
few years after the birth OF the Daily
Mall founded the Daily Express, another
halfpenny paper OF even lower standards
than the Mail 1t stopped TO the very
lowest sensations. brought the most i'm
pudent lies from all countries In the form
OF faxed original kilograms, and was the
paper which at the time OF the Boxer
instruction published the fake news OF
the assassination OF all Europeans IN
Picking. which caused the German en-
peror 10 offer a reward Of 1000 taels for
every white person rescued from the
Boxers. Mr.. Pearson enjoyed. like Mr..
Harmsworth. only TO n greater extent.
the protection Of the Influential colonial
secretary. Joseph Chamberlain, with
whose help he succeeded, within a few
n
OF influential papers.
Although being but % years old, ne al
ready controlled besides the Daily Ex-
press. tho st. James GaEette, the London
and Birmingham Gazette, the Birming-
ham Dispatch. the Leicester Evening
News, the North Mail ana the Evening
Mail. A fierce competition between
Harmsworth and Pearson set in and lasted
for years. until late in 1904. when Pear
son, just prior to the end of the unlonist
career OF Balfour, acquired the well
known Standard. principal organ of
the conservatives. for sS.6Oo.oOO With this
stategem Chamberlain trfumphed, be-
cause he now had within his grasp a
vast newspaper combination which did
his bidding. supporting and promoting his
imperialistic andtprotectionist policies. Blu
Pearson had made his reckoning without
Harmsworth. who was oven more dex-
trous and interruptions than the new
| editor OF the Standard Harmsworth
knew that the days OF the Tories were
counted, and hedged 10 Identify himself
unnecessarily with the conservatives, and
his reward came early. Through Lord
Rothschild. Harmsworth had already beer
introduced at court. and King Edward
who appreciated his business talent,
and who was even more than a match
for him In political wiles. recognized
what an enormous support could be Sc.
cured through such newspaper maEnates
for his policies Mr.. Alfred Harmsworth
became a FREQUENT attendant at court