New-York tribune., 1918-05-28
Germans DriDe Allies Back TO the Aisne:
Repulsed With HeaDy Loss in Fzander
From, SUBMITS Mayor

Sir: The significant thing, psy-
chologically, about this Hearst mat
ter is the spontaneous feeling that
has burst out all over the country.
1t might be likened to a condition
when smoky, smouldering fire sud-
denly, in new slant of the wind
flares up into a solid sheet of flame.
For many years resentment
against Hearstism, Hearst methods
and Hearst sensationalism has been
smoking and smouldering in the
consciousness of Americans.
Blamed for melting a state OF
mind that precipitated itself into the
cowardly assassination of Mckinley
blamed for melting discomfort with
honest toll and encouraging the idle
and unworthy to hope for unearned
reward; blamed for cloaking honest
human trials with a false sentimen-
telity of revolt rather than honest
endeavor of amelioration blamed
for enhancing anything sensational
into a seeming allurement of de-
sirability-the underlying fire of a
national resentment has smoked and
smouldered for years.
Then came insidious propaganda
against the war, against the good
faith of our allies, against the sim
cerity of our President, against the
wholeheartedness of our nation that
has now brigaded our brave bows
with the Tommies of England and
the poilus of France, facing the most
ruthless, bestial foes the world has
ever known; propaganda seeking to
divide. to distract, to divert our
national consciousness from a united
front toward the enemy of all that
men have heretofore deemed decent,
honorable and humane i'm the world.
And the underlying fire grew.
Then came suddenly the unspeak-
able laundering insult to the Presi-
dent and to the whole nation in the
deliberate deletion from the Presi-
dents Memorial Day proclamation
of all words Ct prayer for victory,
dlstorting it into a mere Hearst-like
prayer for prurient peace.
The whole country fared into
flame at once.
A Grand Army post in Pough-
keepsie burned every paper that
contained the malignant mutilation; !;
Mount Vernon passed an ordinance !;
the little city where I live deleted
every Hearst paper out of it's con-
fines; communities everywhere act
ed, and are continuing to act.
In order to intimidate others from
acting, rather prodigious legal
actions have been begun.
The solemn farce of chancery pro-
ceedings has been instituted against
nee, praying the court that l be en-
joined from "enticing the citizens of
Summit, N. j., and vicinity" not to
buy "The American" or "The Jour
nal"! Bless his innocent soul,
couldn't entice the citizens of Sum-
NIT and vicinity to buy "The Amer
lean" or "The journal" with a club
didn't entice any one. They>enticed
themselves, and glory in the deed
And an action for damages, for
100000, has heen begun against me
for my malicious misconduct. Be
assured, | am not losing any sleep
over the matter.
There are approximately 10000
people in Summit. At 100000, this
means ten dollars worth of intimi-
dation on my part for each man
woman and child in the place.
There are approximately one hun
dred million people in the United
States of America. If l intimidate
them at $40 per head, that will mean
ten times a hundred million, which
is one billion dollars, the amount of
the next suit against me.
Come on, it will be interesting
l hereby intimidate the hundred
million people of the United States
of America to do exactly what the
ten thousand oe Summit did.
Our President asked us to pray
for the victory of our boys. Hearst
deleted it.
Pray, you Hundred Million; and
then, Delete Hearst!
l intimidate you, on Memorial
Day, 1918, not to buy a Hearst news
paper! In one day the ten thou
sand of Summit did the deed. In
one day do you do likewise! No
cost, no effort, no trouble; just
do it!
Come, you Hundred Million. II
you've boy in France, as l have;
if you've father, mother, wife,
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