The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
CALL AMERICAN
REPORTER ASSASSIN
French Papers Dcnouncc Wa,
Correspondent who Wrote
Of Firing at Allies.
"BETRAYED HIS Duty"
Special Cable Despatch IN Ti,r ST.,

Special Cable Despatch IN Tpr SCI,
PARIS. April 2.--Several rart.s com.
ment severely on the publication ,y BE,
New York Evenin0 Post or F.bru.,y
81 Of Robert Dunn's story ~ his ,.,..
to the Bavarlans' trenches near Lille
The Echo dc Paris, under Gin, capt.,r
"a Farce OF Bad Taste" saws uo q.
ticle gives an impression Of tho g..
consumption OF cocktails very FAR f.or
the line of fire. 1t exprc..c- me-.
regret tina. a newspaper OF su.n m.
partially and rcspectablty a. fin.
Evening Post should express .u,1 q,
opinion in its headlines to the cn,.,t,,,
any one would have done the .,,lot..,,
as the correspondent ,uggcst N
which the Echo emphatlcally d,nIe4
The Mdfiu thinks that Dunn. s,o,,
that he was allowed to use q gun an,
take some shots at the Allies may \,
imaginary. but rebukes ;hc sur' srowr
In telling It,
The Temps IN an editorial under ,sA .
headline "A Peculiar Corr,spoudc,,.
discusses the article withuu, u.m,,
either the newspaper or IN" writer /,
begins by saying that an Nme-,-i,
journalist will go to any length 90 ,,a,,n
OF sensationalism. Detective REPORTER,
II says, are commonplace in Nmcr.,
"but New York newspapo. has dis.
covered something bo'ter-thti r..
bird an assassin reporter"
The Temps then gives = brief sun.
mary Of the shooting incident rtlllg
IL nothing more or less than dorm.
assassination. II continues
III this extraordinary story has .ot..
been published. this rare spc.cs ~
journalism evidently does no. know lf,.
war correspondent as an ImpJu4.
scrupulous observer has no right In trr
case to night. especially II he is I'1sr
OF a neutral country. A war poIIs.pori.
ent has a right to Je killed. hu. uor 30
right to Kill. The whole nohi, 'y ~ A.
profession, which requires mach ,lu.,s.
and GOODNESS. lies in tins. ~ a. ep ~.
rifle from German sod.er me
American correspondent betrayed u,
professional duty by using 1T against 800
French soldiers who were goo. HE
enemies and as a -helligcreut he ,Dr.
mitted a double crime. lie acted a.
free shooter without the excuse ~ 10
Tending his country.
by his own confession tins eAlIlo-i-
nary war correspondent j. AN ASSASSIN
and justice should treat him 3s -H'h
What is no less astounding I~ that
newspaper in free America should he
found 10 welcome this cym.rN'- pose
and preface il with words 10 tire ,",.
that any one would have done 'h, -tu.
In reading this one thinks, ore dreams
and wonders in regard to tn. mons.
of the writer OF this note who tHI.
most natural that war corresponds
a neutral citizen. should XIII two ~''.I..-.
because German put a y" '" 80
hands"
oswald Garrison Willard ro. jAs.
OF the Evening Post. sand last u.E.' 'r
he thought the responsibility 'ur bu. =
actions should rest with Dunn. a.t
with the Er"Hing Post.
our understanding Of th, e..t..
Is that Mr. Dunn simply t,'t.,. .
rife and fired two shots int,
possibly in the eNcitcmcu, ot ,.. '.
uation.' said Mr Willard ~, g
understand that he aimed af tine . ,
troops or any one else
He added that tn" Er'iuIG Pof Dice
not put itself ON record cditorh, .
approving or censuriug Mr pu
tons in firing those shots, Sl' ..-
number OF letters from "urr'-l. e.
have been printed protesting .-.
Mr. Duuns action a- a violate.
trality. Mr.. Dunn X now iu y"
but his withdrawal from OH. H.. =
had nothing to do with ~" -#.'-
has his connection with the ',. 81