New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

q motion In Congress would % CEN
,ored in an unn,istakabIe manner oy
the people"
War itself, when despite this as
sured prophecy II was declared by the
United States, inspired Herr Hearst 70
,pasms Of vsricolored mock patriotism
on his front page, but otherwise served
only TO render him . little less out
,poken In his anglophobin. In style
Of bombasticism suggesting some Oh
his patrons imperislistic manifest0'
he proclaims. on April Cd:
eve openly state TO Washington that
,h. xbo,s nation Is willing to
make an American war for Americas
rights and interests, but that the ma
jodty, and the great majority at that
1, not willing at ALTO state 1t mildly
to fight for England"
Four months later he is still harping
upon this same string Of England's ad-
vantage.
"The Presidents reply TO the Popes
peaee message MAY be the reply OF all
IN. Allies. But unless We have for
gotten tho ways Of the English, studied
at close range for several years, there
IA lust something Of a Sour note In
their Joyous appreciation of MIR. Will
sons answer. Possibly he emphasized
a little too strongly for English taste
the fact that America really wants
NOTHING but peace. Some others
abroad would like Just a leetle some
thing moro substantial than peace
when settlement comes. II has nos
been Enxland's custom to 60 to .
peace conference after victory and re-
turn With an empty satchel."
OF late, however, Herr Hearst's bit
tern.ss Of spirit has been alleged with
some cold drops Of caution. German
though he remains In his soul, he pre-
serves enough Of his American shrewd-
ness. perhaps, to realize that there
is a point beyond which it Is not safe
TO reckon upon the forbearance OF the
Yankee temper Hence one Is less likely
now 70 discover open editorial pro-Ger-
manism than the slyer innuendo OF
hint and suggestion, or the subtle but
powerful influence Of picture or car
toon. With what shameless perversion
the Kaiserling of the press uses the
camera for his purposes is we'll illus
trated by G photograph upon which a
typical editorial Is based. The picture
shows two Canadian officers bending
over riddlcd helmet which one OF
them holds. Their attitude and express
sion would suggest TO a normal mind)
that they were medical men studying
the effects Of high-power missiles on
modern armor. There are gravity and
effectiveness in their faces. But Hearst
doesn't read it that way. He interprets
the pictur. as that Of two Allied brutes
cloating over the fate Of slaughtered
foe, ana headlines il: "His Skull Was
Shattered. Ha! Ha!"
There was once the head of Ger
man soldier inside this steel helmet.
The Canadian officer is telling
what a good joke 1t was. III
/ this were a picture of German officer
laughing as he described the splinter
ing of a Frenchmau's or an English
mans head, We should all say What
Hun brutality"
Next to England Herr Hearst hates
COR pretends for Germany's sake to
hate) Japan. From the early days of his
, newspaper career he has been an occa-
sional Jap-baiter. But this was merely
an incident of his general editorial
policy until the world war was begun
and Japan cast her lot in with the Al
lies. From that time Hearst became,
editorially, a violent agitator against
Japan and all things Japanese. The
most farreaching instrument OF his
propaganda has been the moving pict-
ure "Patris," which centres upon r
japanese plot to conquer the United
States through Mexico, Detailed de-
scription Of the picture. with its sub
tie appeals TO race and national preju-
dice and its obvious indictments TO
hatred Of the Oriental empire, is not
necessary here. Sufficient light upon
its general purport Is thrown by the
synopsi, given in the Hearst papers
| themselves:
Baron Huroki of Aokio presumably