Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-16
APOLOGY AND DISAYOWAL

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In his message to the German government, forward
ed Monday afternoon, President Wilson used the follow
ing words,
e., 1t must be clearly. understood that the process
Of evacuation and the conditions Of an. armistice are
matters which must be left to the judgment and adj :
vice OF the military advisers OF the government Of the
United States and the Allied governments. and the
president feels it his duty to say that no arrangement
can be accepted by the government Of the United
States which does not provide absolutely satisfactory
safeguards and guarantees OF the present military
supremacy of the armies of the United States and the
Allies in the field. i,
This highly important paragraph was omitted from
the text OF the message as published in The Herald on
Monday evening. and for this omission The Herald feels
that it is its duty to apologize to its readers.
In rendering its expression Of regret The Herald also
feels that.t is proper, in justice to itself and all employees
whether of the mechanical, editorial or telegraph depart.
ments, to explain that the omission was not due to any
negligence or other delinquency at this end of the line, as
the text was published by The Heraldexactly as received
by it from the Chicago offices of the Associated Press over
direct leased wire. The Herald is connected with Chicago
in circuit with the larger afternoon papers which are
members of the Associated Press. All Of these, Of course
received the report in the same form, and the first OF
them to be received at this office, the Duluth Herald, now
lies on the desk with the text published exactly as it ap-
peared in The Herald. + 3
Prompt reports Of the error have been made, and
proper steps will be taken to locate the source of the error
and to avoid similar lapses in the future. In calling at
.tention in this manner to a regrettable error for which at
this writing the responsibility appears to rest with the
Associated Press or one or more Of its employees, The Her
aid desires to remind its readers of the character Of the
service which they have received through the medium Of
the Associated Press. year in and year out, for these many
years. a service whose superiority over all others has
never been demonstrated more clearly than through the
fiery tests of these long months Of war.
The Associated Press is the largest, best organized
and best equipped news service in the world. It is a CO.
operative, and not a commercial organization. 1t has no
stock, makes no profits and declares no dividends. It is
an association Of newspapers for the collection Of news
and its distribution to its member and all of its receipts
are devoted to the operation and ~beeterment of its news
service. Its membership is distributed over the continent
and its news-gatherers are all over the world. BY long
years Of effort and by the employment Of the most capa-
bic men in the world in their special fields, it has built UP
a reputation for timeliness, thoroughness and dependable
ity which has been achieved by no other agency. It is
with no little qualification, therefore, that The Herald re-.
minds its readers, as it does from time to time, that
through the service which the Associated Press gives
them. they constitute one group of the best-served body
Of newspaper readers in the world.