TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-14
WILSON MAKES ENEMIES
AMONG ENCLANDS FRIENDS,

We find ourselves in the extra
ordinary position Of unfolding an act
Of President Wilson against that sec
ton Of the American press which Is
generally known as pro-British. We
have had no opportunity 70 40 TINS
n the last few years, but AZ TINS was
moi our fault we do not feel that "
4 incumbent upon us to apologize or to
saw. pater ~peccayi. We have attacked
ne policies of Mr.. Wilson whenever
thew impressed us as unzAmerican
and, with the same eandor n also
with the same ferVor, we are now ready
n defend his American policy
against the attacks Of those who pro-
fess to be Americans, but IN reaify
have nothing but foreign interests at
heart. We have in mind the organs
ri sDeciai interests and OF the repub-
liean lparty, the newspapers which
praised Mr.. Wilson as the greatest
President when his international poll
lev was universally recognized not
only as unneutral but as decidedly
pro-British. When we look back at
the time of the presidential campaign
We remember that these organs sup
ported Mr. Hughes, their party can
didate. in a less than h~alf-hearted
manner, because they were perfectly
satisfied with Mr.. Wilson, who, at
that. time, was accused of being pro-
British by all those Americans, who
either sympathized with Germany or
were really and truly neutral. FOL
low the President" was the slogan of
the pre-British press at the time
when Mr.. Wilson sent his strict ae-
e~ountabiIity' note TO Germany, Back
10 the President" was their slogan
when Mr.. Wilson branded a certain
section OF American citizens as dis
loyalists. No matter, what Mr.. VIII
son did. the pro-British papers Tepub-
Iican or democratic, made It their
business 10 support Mr.. Wilson as
long ais his policy could be inter-
preted as being pro-Britisti.
Times have changed, and so have
the policies of Mr.. Wilson and, con-
seqnentiy, the attitude of tbs repub-
liran papers which have sold them-
selves, soul and body, to British in
teresss. The famous peaeeTnefe Of
Mr., Wilson was a shock 70 them,
for, unlike the President. their heart
did not go out 10 tile misery-stricken
people Of Europe. they were not in
the least touched by the unspeakable
agonies Of German, French or British
heroes who gave their lives for their
countries, their pity was hot aroused
by the anguish and tears Of millions
Of widows and orphans who had
given their dearest u the common
cause which, of course. they all
thought 10 be just and righteous,
they only saw aud still see nothing
but the rolling dollar. the glittering
gold, bat not the blood and tears
that stain II. They did net want
peace, for peace would deprive their
masters, the munition maker and the
money lender, OF ikeir handsome
profits and, for The first time since
the outbreak Of the war, the Pre-
sident was no longer praised as the
greatest man living, and-we should
not forget that--no longer was il a
crime for an American citizen to dis
agree with the international policy oil
the President and 70 attack these
policies. II is In vain that We search
these patriotic sheets fer the word
treason" which vas 50 literally sP.
oiled 70 those who attacked Mi. vii.
sSais policy IN feFmer days. All Of 2
sudden, il IS no longer a crime, nc