New Britain herald., 1917-04-06
Put Up Or shut Up. 
(Hartford Post).

(daTGIOro FOSLJ.
 If the person who signs his name to the letter printed below is willing to sponsor his creed the Post Is will- ing to print 1t. Here goes:
 To the Editor of the Hartford Eve
 ming Post:
 Now that we are on the brink of war with Germany, is it not the duty of all you editors and other public writers to enlist in body? Cannot you get men of the Times and other fire-eaters Con paper) to form a com- pany here in Hartford and join that much touted division of that other blatherskite. Terrible Teddy? The undersigned is willing to contribute fifty dollars to the Red Cross fund for any and every recruit that k mus tered into the federal service who has served on the editorial force of the Times, Courant or Post of Hart ford. This money will be placed on deposit in any bank in Hartford, and will be paid over to the Red Cross fund on demand. But there is no danger of even one of these paper he- roes enlisting, now is there, MT. Ed itor? No, not the slightest danger !
 4EORGE FOHAN,
 station 2s, South Windsor, Conn. Hartford, Conn.,, April 3, 1917.
 Comment on such a document can not damn it more conclusively than it damns itself. The Post agrees cor dially that people who do not intend to help bear the burden of war use very poor taste when they urge a con- f1ict that will impose it's burdens upon l ~kl 1~4 aot $nl llyn it is not talking war today, but neither MT. Foran nor anyone else can deny that we are being attacked and war is being made upon us whether we admit it or not. And a nation which does not defend itself when attacked is quickly swept away. Further. the strongest form of defense is vigor- Ous offense.
 Now as to the patriotism of Hart ford newspapermen. Perhaps the future is best to be judged by the past. The Post has no occasion to rush to the defense of it's contemporaries, but it may interest MT. Foran to know that when the call came for service upon the Mexican border four em- ployes of The Times were members of the National Guard and responded to the call; another ex-member of the Times staff enlisted in a New York regiment and went into service, as did a recent ex-member of the Post staff One member of the Posts staff was a member of the National Guard and he responded: young man was em- ployed to take his place and the new | man quit after A hours service to | join the National Guard and went to 1 the border with the unit to which he was attached.
 No one of these men ':'resigned" on his return from the border and all of them, are still members of the National Guard. They will all re- 1 spond to the call if their units are l summoned to the colors. What other young men of military age will do, the l Post does not undertake to say but ] it is certain that employees of the
 newspapers of Hartford are as loyal and patriotic as any other class of l citizens.
 We invite the attention of the prop ! CT authorities of the Red Cross to :, this letter for the reason that at least i eight men who have served on the editorial forces of the Times, Courant
 or the Post" are certain to respond to the call to the colors when 1t sounds
 for them. and on that basis Mr. Foran
 should deposit in some bank in Hart
 ford s4OO to be paid over to the Red 1 Cross on demand. This is his own | proposition.
 ] Put up. or shut up, Mr. Foran.