Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-15
London Papers Are
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places official order denying the In
ternational News Service further use
CT the Official Press Bureau and the
use OF cables and all other facilities
for transmission of news because of
its "garbling of messages and break of
faith" The order appears under
headings as "No British News for
Hearst News Made in America, and
American Agency's Garbling of
Messages"
The Daily Express says by way of
comment:
The Daily Express repeatedly has
called attention to anti-British lies
printed in American newspapers con-
trolled by William Randolph Hearst
the New York American, the Chicago
Examiner and similar journals. This
news" is supplied by the International
News Service which is entirely
Hearst organization. These papers
will not have a line of Hearst's news
today. This action follows repeated
breaches of faith by the Hearst organ
ization. One of the latest instances
was message in the Chicago Ex-
aminer headed London in Flames and
rurporting to describe a Zeppelin
raid. 1t was never sent from London
In an extended editorial the Times
says:
1.-THE disciplinary measure taken
against the International News Ser
vice is a satisfactory sign that the
government appreciate the import
ance of dealing drastically with lying
news agencies The tone of Mr..
! Hearst's newspapers is strongly anti
British, but the action of the govern
ment has not been inspired by any
resentment at their opinions. 1t is in
consequence of deliberate Justification
of intelligence of which the Interna-
tional News Service has been repeated
ly found guilty.
While we rejoice that our govern
ment has inflicted proper punishment
upon an INSCRIPTIONS news agency,
we trust that the measure taken will
not be regarded by the people of this
country as involving any slur upon the
character and conscientiousss of the
United States press as a whole The
reputation of the gerat majority Of
American journals for fairness and
honesty islands above reproach and it
has again and again been indicated
during the war. We imagine, indeed,
that the American press and public
will be grateful to the British auth |
authorities for having punished
wrongdoers and especially for having
made public the grounds for the action
taken. The discrimination of accurate
news is at all times of high import
ance. We trust our authorities will eX-
tend their laudable energy in other
directions also and visit with similar
punishment any other news agencies
or journals which may be convicted OF
publishing carried intelligence from
this country"
The Chronicle says:
THE government has taken a welt
justified step in depriying the Interna-
tional News Service of all telegraphic
and mail facilities. The reason is not
that Mr.. Hearst's papers are pro-Ger-
man but that they have repeatedly
published as coming from this country
news which did not in fact come from
it,
These sham messages have been
printed as messages form London. It'll
! is obvious that if such abuse were
tolerated the censorship would be-
come of less than no value, since the
1AlllSi lCdu puDllC NOu4u NC given tAS
impression that our censor had pass
ed statements which in fact he had
never seen"
The Westminster Gazette says the
government acted rightly in refusing
further facilities for transmission of
news from this country by the Interna-
tional News Service and after re-
counting the charges against the
! agency, concluded:
! Readers of Hearst papers will
know in the future that kilograms pur-
porting to come from England have
no origin there. We are heartily glad
the government has inflicted proper
punishment for very INSCRIPTIONS
piece Of work"
The Globe says the action of the
Home Secretary will "be appreciated
by all honest people"