The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-06
Says He Arranged Loan With Feigenspan and That It Was a Business Af-
 fair Only
DENIES PRO-GERMAN
 SENTIMENTS UTTERED
 IN ANY OF EDITORIALS
Says Hearst Objected to Purchase of Washington Times, and That Pa per Was Offered Him at Same
 Price Paid Munsey

Washington, December ). Arthur Brisbane explained to- day to the Senate committee investigating brewers and Ger man propaganda, his purchase of the Washington Times with money loaned by brewers. He also was questioned regarding his business relations with !, William Randolph Hearst, sem timents expressed in his edi- torials and other matters.
 MT. Brisbane told the committee that he arranged the loan for the purchase of the Times with c. c. Feigenspan, a brewer of Newark. N J.. that the trans action was business affair entirely, and that he did not know the other brew CTS who assisted Feigenspan in under writing the loan. The brewers advanced $375,00O.
 The witness denied allegations of pro- German sentiments in editorials he has
  the cause of the United States and strongly opposed Germany. Excerpts from editorials appearing in Hearst newspa. pers were produced by the committee and Mr. Brisbane was asked regarding their authorship. Since only portions of the articles appeared in the reprints, the witness was not positive as to their author and he was given the excerpts with which to go over the files to de- termine whether he wrote the originals. If there was anything in these fav- orable to Germany know l did not write it." the witness declared.
 HEARST IN DARK Z. s MT. Brisbane said William Randolph Hearst knew nothing of his purchase ot the Times, until the transaction was completed, and that MT. Hearst at first objected to 1t, because Brisbane's con tract with Hearst stipulated that the former give his entire time to the Hearst papers at a salary of $2G0o week. The witness said he told MT. Hearst that II the Washington Times interfered with his work Hearst could take over the Times at the price paid to Frank A. Munsey.
 Senator Sterling of South Dakota questioned MT. Brisbane about the ed itorials in which he said that England has not always been renowned for her unselfishness."
 Now, isn't that reference to the prin- cipal ally of the United States calcu- lated to reflect on the United States! the senator asked.
 ENGLISH SELFISH
 ''No, I do not think SOL the witness replied. T thought then. and 1 thinH now, that England has not always been renowned for her unselfishness. That is not reflection on the United States.' Brisbane said that A. Mitchell Palmer whose charge that brewers had financed the purchase of the Times led to the present inquiry, offered to sell him the New York Evening Mail after that property came into Palmer's hands. as alien property custodian. The price fixed was s750,o0O the witness said. but he declined to purchase it because Il was losing money.
 The only other newspaper he owns, MT Brisbane said, is the Wisconsin News He said he purchased the Wisconsin Free Press and News and consolidated them and that brewers were not involved in the transaction.
 The witness told the committee thai his attitude toward the use of Deer and light wines brought him in touch witf brewers, He said he asked Mir. Mupsey to sell him the Times and let him pay fol
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