New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
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London, March IL.

- disposed % admit INa' 'here -
I. Of diplomacy in which Mr.
&C.. ~ and perhaps even Mr. WILSON,
Bp," II is orc Of the most important;
D'S. -, AIT of-what shall I call it,
- -, say managing. but conc'liat-
". .As press. In America We arc
So g, ready to say 1t is the press
N'; % manages the government. In
,''- i,. I read daily here in England
M .r,,, IS omniroteut. In fact, mod
W f.,,ai,stfon is too complex TO be
.' ,.,v,nt Of any single influence.
w -. II wu be sufficient and. for
i''-s i...li.t more modest 90 say that the
/. the greatest single influence
~. ,tc government itself And for
I. single reason, toat its influence
70 direct and cnveiopiug than any
sAsT .-., ... 49,.
.~isb'c Brvar-Wilson supervision
1900 par; Of tho foreign as we'll
I,,,.stic press There are in Wash
"a, and New York representatives
1,,.at Eaclish newspapers, who hold
,esrons.b'c and powerful posi-
w. w., which they fN for the most
~. With courage and skill But they
!. ,,so. I suppose necessarily. amena-
:. 70 The persuasive efforts Of those
:, represent what We commonly and
4. r,elish never call the administra-
:. known In England as the govern
49,. They preserve their indepcnd-
-, but they transmit as news so
~ of what they ere told no matter
!. vlor,-ss they believe 20 be true
,ss, 20 print And as they are told
- hv those officers Of the admins
80 who have 10 DO with foreign
s,;,s tbei- dispatches inevitably re-
~. 10 ori~Eovs and wishes Of those
4. SAMMY the material ! press this
-. = httIe because ! think such
S,.,s as there has lately been IN
ys,i,h op.niou about the American
..i.rSe Is due .n q measure 20 the
- II which to0'cs Of current cootro-
''.,y have been handled In the Eng
~ newspauers. especially by cable.
TI5,orially, the policy Of reserve
,ii,b often means absolute silence is
rtssrveo. .,--.... ...-..,4.
,-,sr The ranks OF English journal
H.. IN the United States have been re
i.i.,rs4 bv rcrrcscrtative OF The
N.gv Mail" Nr. Frederic William Vile,
i.--erly its correspondent in Berlin.
n, frst letter. dated so long ago as
hk-uary 10th, appeared thls week
iyesday: q very vigorous and on the
he OF +, rather alarming account OF
a, newest German campaign IN Amer
"A Nr. We calls IL by the now famll-
i,r "fr.rttfulUcss" The policy
\ frirhtfuHes- which has come 20
uvght in England. where nobody has
Ven frichtcue3. whether by ZcTpelins
o. By submarines or hv Won I'rp'tz's
.,rsst 20 s.arrc thc population Of these
Sands. nor even by the shc,Iir- OF
9s-boroucr. Whitby and Yarmouth. .s
Bts rerro.vce3 IN America The pol
r is tho same. r rs the methods
sses are new. Nr. Wle'cal.s It iu one
er,srea f-Ea-fu.noss ir another ter
gr,s.on; u third h'ackuall lie
ssrss II as an ORGANIZED effort on
rm, scale, and thinks &c dangerous.
hs:
10 punish finance sally, commercially
,i po.-.cs''y any man. new paper
/ t,z, COMPANY or party which dare op-
N,s German bidding
l,n.t details. u.l.ng q column and a
hi. with which YOU must be mors
!anl.iar ia America than we can be
.Ne. Nv po.n. Is that this is the view
rov presented To- The English public, or
q any rate % the million or TWO read
~ dsv by dav of The Daily Mall
Whether there viii be any answer 90 it
! cannot say; ! should have thought
ibis German pro ect not quite ncw' and
hat the first hint Of il some time ago
Nought forth q protest from the Amer
can Press so patriotic and passionate
u 10 make ever NcssTs. Bern stOrtt and
Dsrnburg and Ridler understand that
would not do. Nor DO I believe the
English Will bel eve we are going 70 s Z
scvn under such "a form of rOlt'cal
aaekmail as these envovs Of the ko'-
~ propose scheme for turning the
.hiied States into a German de-
khdeney and organizing German
any On American soil against the gov
nmes OF America by the American
pe-no matter whether East or
a'sL me LneI-1 would not believe ~
Wemse!'e5' i'ey VIII Ho' De4IeFe
" y. Us r., A.,
' "iIe 'a'ehe". Us none 'ny
~, ~ uselui H. puts ~ c'eaf ana
wv iorin "hat me Germans "lsh 10
Believed; and what 10 one time they
tNAlnly did attempt 60 put ln prac-
@|Thateyer they may be doing now.
a About the same date apDeaIcd. in
.t Tines q portion of Colonel har.,
SNs -Open. Lctt.r 90 The Times,
,'n -Ihe North American Review IL
=, - very direct appeal as YOU Knoo"
go Inc inc. oH,y hTl 10 lte
.IsA people colonel Harvey oD-
- 10 warn 'htm ihat, ior various