New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-13
Conflict in Statements Re-
garding Bolo Pacha Is
Revealed
Whitman Attacked
With Publisher
Attorney General Draws
Word Picture in Appeal
to Voters

who disclosed Bolo Pacha's relations
with William Randolph Hearst and
Count Won Bernstorff after an investi-
CATION instigated by the French govern
ment, declared yesterday that Hearsts
latest admissions concerning his re-
lations with Bolo proved Hearst's for
n.er statements on this score false.
mine months ago." said the Attor-
ney General, "Hearst, in a deliberately
prepared statement published in his
own papers, solemnly stated that ne
had met Bolo but once, and that at
dinner given by Bolo at Sherry's. To-
day, after made public eight affidavits
showing Bolo and Bernstorff visited
the Hearst home together twice, and
that Bolo went there alone on at least
two other occasions, Hearst comes for
ward and says that Bolo called twice
at his home"
The Attorney General characterized
the statement as partly confession and
partly denial.
"Picture' for the People
After disposing of the Hearst tex
planation," which was published in the
Hearst papers to-day, the Attorney
General issued a long statement at
tacking Hearst and Governor Whitman
together. 1t says in part:
"Bolo, the French traitor who sought
to betray the land of his nativity to
the Kaiser. who obtained $1,683,000 Of
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the press of France and spread the
German peace propaganda among the
citizens of France; Bolo, shot to death
by french firing squad after his con-
viction of treason to his country: Won
Bernstorh, the German Ambassador, to
whom Bolo applied for the money and
who paid it over to Bolo to enable him
to accomplish his purpose of corrupt
ing the French press; Hearst, the
friend of Won Bernstortf, to whose home
Won Bernstorff paid frequent visits;
Hearst, who entertained Bolo at his
home; Hearst, the editor of The New
Journal in the columns of which news
papers the German propaganda was
published almost continuously from
the time the war commenced in 1914
until America declared war on Ger
many, in 1917; these three worthless
consorting together in the home of
Hearst in his apartment on Riverside
Drive! This is the picture, this is the
problem, with which the people Of
America are called upon to deal. What
do they think of it?
Hearst, the friend and hacker of
Governor Whitman, the friend of Won
and Won Bernstorff at his home.
Hearst, the man who has supported
Governor Whitman in his campaigns
heretofore and whose representative,
Mr.. Brisbane, had private interview
with the Governor at the Hotel st.
Regis only few days ago; Hearst at
lacking me in the columns of his pa
pers for the purpose of promoting Gov
ernor Whitman's candidacy. This is
the picture for the enrolled Republi-
cans of the state to pass upon. What
do they think of it?"
Referring to the three-column state
ment published by Hearst in "The New
York American" and Evening Jour
nal," "explaining" his relations with
Bolo Pacha and Won Bernstorff, the
Attorney General said:
"Hearst confesses that he met Won
Bernstorff several times. He attempts
to gloss this over by saying that he
also met Jusserand and SPRING. Rice
the French and British Ambassadors.
Friendship Questioned
II wonder how friendly the French
and British ambassadors were with the
editor of The New York American and
The Evening Journal who defended
the sinking of the Lusitania and the
murder of innocent women and chill
dren and other non-combatants?
1T can be surmised how friendly vor
Kernstorff was.
Hearst denies, however, that Bole
Pacha and Won Bernstcrf conferred
with him at his home
Shall we accept his denial agains
the evidence which has been adduced?
ut is question for the jury. Jus
now the public is the jury.
II think the people will not bcliev,
man who attempts to reverse tn
facts of history SO often as Mr.. Hearst
His statement to-day contains
striking incident. Hearst states that i
was the United States government an,
not l who discovered that THE New
York Evening Mail' had been bought b,
German gold to the amount of $500,
COO. This is an impudcnt and audaciou
falsehood
"The facts were discovered in m,
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