New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-03
Gust La Toilette,
Curb Hearst,
Meeting Asks
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they demanded a popular referendum
before Congressional authority was
given to the merchant marine OF
America 70 defend itself against pirat-
ical attacks. His papers deprecated the
immemorsl rights of Americas 70
travel on the high seas as the common
pathway Of nations. and the journal
was wholly opposed TO the policy of
making the death Of any American who
knowingly takes such foolhardy risk
cause of bloody and ruinous war.
Even after the Channel steamer The
Sussex was destroyed. and our women
and children persisted beneath INC
waves, his organ said that the un-
doubted will Of the American people Is
that Congress should maintain peace.
The sympathy that he withheld from
American women and children, who
were sacrificed in the dastardly sinhne
of the Lusitania. was given without
stint 10 the government which sent oui
the submarines 20 destroy non-comba-
tants. for one of these organs said ed
torially: Particularly do We deplorc
the sentiment which has been fostercd
against the submarine. We are
making a terrible mistake in this sent,-
mental objection 10 submarine war
fare
at then proceeded to play upon the
innate chivalry OF the American people
by inviting them TO be sympathetic
with poor, bleeding, suffering Ger
many: but when that extraordinary
appeal met with no response il then
attempted TO play upon the supposed
cowardice OF the American people by
suggesting that Germany was uncor-
querable, and that it would simply De a
needless waste of our treasure and
blood 10 defend our rights upon tho
high seas. As late as July 27, 1917,
after America had suffered outrages
beyond recorded precedent. Mr.. Hearst,
in a signed letter. demanded nm imme-
date peace, rather than send a million
of our splendid young Americans every
year for a war TO be offered up in
bloody sacrifice
His appeals could not be regarded
a founded upon any homes. paciism !:
for while he invoked us to be neutral,
rather than infict injury upon poor.
bleeding. suffering Germany he advo-
Gated the assertion Of our rights against
England to the very limit. and not only
urged war upon distracted and bleeding
picion and enmity between Japan and
the United States.
when. despite his vociferous i'm
precautions and appeals, the United
States finally took up the gages OF
battle that had so often been arrogant
IS thrown at its feet, the great camou-
feur at first affected 10 support his
government with ungrudging loyalty,
but in a short time advised for America
course OF extraordinary scltiShncss
and cowardice.
Urged Keeping Men at Home
From day TO day ne insistentiy
urged that we should keep our own
men and money at home for effective
defence He supported this conclusion
by the extraordinary arguments that
as America would surely win in any
war in which il had entered. that our
active Intervention would only result
in 'prolonging it, His organs added ::
IL we stayed out Of the war-assuming
chat we could honorably-that would
mean shortening the war
"As this argument did not appeal to
Americans with red blood in their
veins. Hearstism next reached the
somewhat contradictory conclusion that
Germany was unconquerable. for his
organs suggested that 'one must first
of all recall TO ones mind that, by
declaring war on Germany we act di-
rectly in favor of German militarism
and make the defeat Of the Allies as
sure as sure can be- and he again
urged that we should keep our men
and our money in this countrv.'
His organs contended that even food
should be withheld from the European
nations, adding. that every shipment
OF food, and military supplies from this
time on Is a blow at our own safety.
and for this reason Hearstism urged
Congress TO refuse to permit the fur
ther drainage of our food. supplies,
military and money supplies to Europe.
To him the only sensible course for
this country was TO desert our allies by
keeping every dollar and every man
and every weapon. and all our supplies
and stores nj home for the defence Of
our own land until that de-
fence Is made absolutely secure
1.-TWO years were suggested as the
limit Of time 10 make our country Sc
cure: and thus the cowardly suggestion
was that our country should for two
years leave our allies TO fight our own
battle for us, az they had already done
for three preceding years.
when these arguments did not i'm.
press the American people Hearstism