New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Coiled in
The-Capital
Bris-s-s-bane
What Hears-s-s-t's Editor Did With the Washington
Newspaper Gem,an-An1erican Brewers Bought for Him
By Kenneth Macgowan

By Kennel
Third
"Thc La1u Compes the Editor to Tell Who
Ouns the Newspaper.
1T Ought Also Compel the Editor to Tell Who
O1cns the Oryner"
Brisbane's Washington Times, Fcb 23, 1918.
N7AsHlNGToN' N7SanS Sept 2a---who owns Arthur Bris-
v With the matter before the Senate, neither Will
lam Randolph Hearst the dozen brewers
who bought him "The Washington Times battling for
that honor.
Here in third nstament certain things by
Brisbane for The Washington Times" largely reprinted
in Hearsts 'New York American and "Thc Evening
nal is evidence that there yet could look
upon Brisbane and his work with all the satisfaction Of
proprietor.
Previous articles have dealt the weakening of
American morale which might result from
allies Brisbane England and Japan
such weakening of aid would
from the acceptance of his plea go slow handng
money while the threats of Japan Mexico hung
Three Blows at Americas Morale
These blows American morale were reinforced bv-
L. constant picturmg Of the war as international
murder"
e. proposal to stop the shipment food to our allies
on the plea that Americas children were starving and
B. An attempt to dstrust of England and dis
satisfaction with Food Hoover over the alleged
lower scale of food abroad
mere are some samples the Brisbane which
replaced Hears favore sbboeh of terror
ism, "this terrible war;:
1"'e %' 1917-' this Is sad world with
retail murders in cellars and its wholesale murders
'on the field of honor.'"
July S-"The European nations are bankruof enosoed ~
the murder game they do not know % stop.
I'VE have our troubles here in United Stafes
but ours small.
Deliver from evT has a n1ean;oo when vou
see the evil that kngshp, commercial envy race and
religious hatred have forced upon the world"
July @S-"Dont wish You such an uncle? Uncle
Sam figures that he five hundred million
dollars month to his allies. And our fuanciers
tod us that we couldn't possibly have government
ownership of railroads BECAUSE THE COUNTRY
COULDN'T AFFORD IT. Evidently we can afford
more for international murder than national or
ganization."
August l." Nothing has happened since you read The
Times last night, that enough money has been
spent on war to build the Panama Canal, and some
thousands of men have been killed and wounded
"How long viii tire fr;ghtfm game of murder
Iast?'
August 16"7he Popes question which civiYzation-whst
remains of i-nusf which the United
States CAN this:
rs this civilized world to be nothing more than
4 held of death? And Europe, glorious and flour
'shing is it going if stricken universal mad
ness to to the abyss o lend its hand to its
suicde?"
August 90 the game of n,urder'
September Gals the whole pi-bock-to? asked the
old Esquinau gentleman of Etah, wondering WHY the
white men Kill each other in Pi.bIock-to means
crazy in Esqumau
Yes, they are, just thoroughly pi-block-to as
anybody have seen.
'lhey are crazy, wild, insane, 'n,eshuooah' as
our friend Nathan Sfraus put it, And If thev
keep they will also be 'nehullah' which Is cons;d
crabIy worse than pi-biock.to"
open season for good many fhinos. The
baltimore Sun tells its readers that they can ceIe-
orafe Labor Day Tomorrow by 'tonging for oysters
or shooting squirrels i'm this part of fhe
country you after oysters birds as you
prefer But the real sport is Europe, where It is
open season for men, children all the
round"
September 15-"Ths Internal period torture
September 1S"The whole world engaged i'm n,urderv
November 29-"7he whole energy world has been
under the water"
March S"AH civilization is engaged in MURDER win h,~
barism looking 0n.'
New Way of Winning the War
The resembances between the thoughts of Hearsts n.n
BRISBANE and Brlsbane master Hearst so surprsn
as they panstaking Brisbane ended his remarks &c
November 70 murder with the reflection "We are in tho
war and shall do part TO WIN the war; Hearst
pernicious propagand