New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
Hearst "Explains''
But Can't Satisfy
Canadian Editor
Toronto Mail and Express
Not Impressed by Pub
lisher's Story

TORONTO, Canada. July 29.-Shortly
after the Dominion of Canada became
an ally to the United States William
Randolph Hearst, through high priced
emssaries, began trying to induce
Canadian authorities to lift the nation
wide ban against Hearst publications.
Just when the. Hearst agents were
putting forth some of their greatest
effort communities all over the United
States commenced faring up against
the newspapers which continued to
print pro-German articles even though
the United States had declared war on
the Huns.
The fact that people all over Hearst's
own country were publicly demanding
the suppression of his publications did
not help the Hearst cause any in Cam
ada. Then, in an attempt to explain
away the ant-Hearst sentiment in the
United States, Hearst issued a booklet
saying that the aversion to him in his
own country was due 10 the fact that
the Hearst papers had attacked two
railroads in which one of The New
York Tribune owners was a director.
A Canadian Editors Reply
The editor of "The Mail and En-
pire," of Toronto. believes he knows
the real reason why American people
have risen up against Hearst, having
seen something of the Hearst papers
forbidden to cross the Canadian bor~
NerS bara1So of thair dovofiOn 70 tho
cause Of the Huns.
"The Mail and Empire" said edi-
torially:
"There has reached this office
pamphlet entitled, why the Hearst
Papers Are Attacked 1t puts the
chief blame on The New York Tribune
for the campaign that has been car
ried on against the publications for
some months past According to
Hearst, he is attacked by The Tribune
because the principal owner of The
Tribune, Mr.. Ogden Mills, is director
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany and the Now York Central Rail-
road Company, both Of which corpora
tions have been bitterly assailed by
the Hearst papers.
Explanation Unsatisfactory
THE explanation, having nothing bet
ter to support it than the word of
Hearst, will not be believed. Long
sustained quarrels between newspapers
have become very old fashioned in the
United States, ard only strong sense
of public duty would cause a paper
like The Tribune to make itself con-
spicuous by its incessant attacks upon
another paper. The Tribune has led
because it believes them to be dis
loyal and dangerous element, particu-
larly when the country is at war
The Tribune charges against Hearst
are based upon articles in the Hearst
papers. These articles The Tribune
has been reproducing, with appropriate
comments, with the result that people
/ all over the United States are burning
or boycotting the Hearst papers, and
their proprietor is faced with heavy
financial loss, if not. indeed. ruin,
( tinue to grow.
All Oppose Hearst
Zone noticeable feature of the cam
paign against Hearst is that it appears
to have the approval, open or tacit. of
newspapers in the country Nowhere
does an editor arise to say kind word
for William Randolph Hearst Mem
bers of Congress whom he has sup
ported and who may require his sup
port in the future have been dragooned
to give the publisher a certificate of
character, but the men who know him
in business way unanimously decline
I to attest his loyalty.
Ever since he has been in the news
paper business William Randolph
Hearst has been an unscrupulous
demagogue, a malignant and dshonor-
able politician, menace to the peace
OF nations, cause of social unrest
and discomfort, a panderer to what is
basest in human nature. Now that the
clouds of public condemnation are
gathering about his head, he has no
comforters or defenders save those
whom he can hribe or blackmail into
standing beside him."