New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Continued from page !
mind Of Hearst could distinguish
From the sorriest peace.
The Central Principle
Of Hearstism

The Central Pnnciple
Of Hearstism
From the time when armed resist
ance TO Germany's aggresslons was
seen 70 be inevitable, one central prin-
c;ple animatcs Hearst's editorial utter
ances. can find no single, compre-
bensive enunciation of it in Hearsts
own words; but the gist Of 1t is this'
sThc way 10 win the war is to Keep
out Of the fight"
For the eventuslity of conflict with
Germany Hearst had long been pre-
nar;nr. He was fourishing the knife
with which he hoped to hamstring our
war measures. months previous to the
actual declaration, in such expressions
as this:
I'VE should keep our own men and
money at home for effective defence
That is the way to back up the
President"
Yet he still chung 10 forlorn hope
The people of the United States are
strongly opposed 10 war The peo-
pIe of the United States have the con-
stitutional and moral right to decide
war"
Further. Hearst proposed, in the IN
terests Of the admired Germans 70
raise an army Of peace. with the clearly
implied purpose of saving Germany
from the disastrous consequences OF
her own acts, through what method 1t
would be hard to guess unless he al
ready had in mind the revolution with
which, later on, he threatens this
country. The agency, however is
broadly defined. 1t is to be a sort OF
militant ally of the Peoples Council
for Peace and Democracy.
Tf the Allies are the conquerors
and the German people are overwheim-
;nylv beaten and broken, shall We not,
rs part of the world, suffer an IRE
,yieyable loss! America could probably
.,on this war alone. If our officialdom
st Washington will not move of its own
accord, let our people organize to com"
mel action. Let us enroll as SOLDIERS
OF PEACE, with the high purpose oil
restoring peace"
Shortly thereafter Herr Hearsts
Journal was propounding the extraor-
binary thesis that we ought to stay
. out of war, Which ace should be able
to tei,,, according to its o'Orr expressed
conviction. in order to hasten the com
ing of peace. Perhaps the following
maze Of editorial thought may be in
tell;rible to a Germanized mind;
confess that it is impenetrable to
mine.
We shall win any war upon which
We enter. The United States
entering into the war would mean that
The horror in Europe would be pro-
lonqe6. II We stayed out of the war
assuming that We could do so honor
sblv-that would mean shortening the
war"
Coupled with this incredible far
,sro OF nonsense, is typical Hearst
appeal 20 timidty and cupidity:
war will mean death and sorrow
in families. American repetition of the
dreadful stories that have come from
h Europe. War will mean the
VI doubling Of the national debt in less
than six months"
Months later he was still raising the
calamity howl for imperilled dollars:
Estimates which have already been
laid before the Congress of the United
States call for the expenditure Of sp-
rro1imatelv seventeen thousand mill
ions Of dollars nv the people Of the
United States during the coming year.
And IL is quite certain that II is i'm
possible that the obligations and in
dehtedness Of the civilized nations and
the issues Of Treasury obligations and
negotiable bonds and other forms Of
cXchangeable paper credits can be fur
Their enlarged without destroying every
possibility of future redemption in
gold,'
An editorial in Hearst's Deutsche.
journal contributes this touch of de-
Iirium 10 the muddle of mind which
dread of war with Germany spread
like a cerebral epidemic throughout
Hearstdom;
"One must first Of all recall to ones
n