New-York tribune., 1918-05-27

Germany by intimating that whoever pur-
chased a Liberty bond desired to see Ger
many not merely defeated but 'dismem-
bered.' On July 81 The New York Amer
ican' spoke of our soldiers being sent
over TO be offered up in bloody sacrifice
to the ambition of contendng nations on
foreign battlefelds.' On November % it
spoke Of our interfering in Europe's
quarrel 1t is absolutely impossible to
reconcile the governments action in pro-
ceeding against Tom Watson's paper with
Its failure to proceed against Mr.. Hearst's
papers on any theory that justice was to
be done alike to the strong and to the
weak"
Colonel Roosevelt reminds US that
Great Britain and France barred the
Hearst newspapers from circulation in
their mails and the Hearst correspond
ents from access to their cables. He
notes that "since we entered the war Mr..
Hearst has at various times issued edi-
torials processing great patriotic zeal at
the very time when in other editorials he
was attacking the allies of America,
England and Japan in the most often
slve way, and thereby doing his best to
weaken the effect of our war against
Germany" Such action the Colonel
characterizes as mere camouaage," and
ne reminds us that "at this moment in
France the Bonnet Rouge is being tried
Tor treason, although in every issue it
was blatant with pretence If patriotism"
10 quote the indictment further:
BY turning to The New York Tribune
OF May 3, 1918, Postmaster General Burle-
son will find an ardent tribute made by
the former German correspondent of the
kolnlsche zetung' to Mr.. Hearst and
Mr. Hearst's editor in chief, Arthur Bris-
pane, for having been 'auxiliaries of
valued influence to Germany, especially
because of the editorials in the Hearst
newspapers commend this to Mr.
Burleson and also to his Cabinet asso-
clate, Mr.. Daniels, in view of their recent
kilograms Of congratulations to Mr.. Bris-
bane, these kilograms having been pub
ilshed IN Mr.. Hearst's paper, The Even
ing Journal Mr.. Burleson saws of Mr.
Hearst's alter ego that he congratulates
the people Of Chicago, because thew are
to have the benefit of Mr. Brisbane's able
ana unselflsh efforts for justice and free
dom and true democratic government
And Mr.. Daniels goes Mr.. Burleson one
better In expressing the belief that Mr..
Brisbane will preach patriotism and civ;.
righteousness.
The quotations above given deprive
Mr. Burleson, and the Administration. of
winch he is part, of any shred of justif-
cation IN this matter. | have good deal
more to say, especially about one or two
Enghsh and German newspapers in the
west, which Mr.. Burleson left unmolested
al the very time of the action of his de-
partment against The Metropolitan; it
VIII be said in my letter to the Senator
for permanent record"
Colonel Roosevelt's answer to the Post
master Generals challenge, says "The
New York Evening Post" "has great
force" And "The New York World" de-
scribes as Substantially correct" the
charge that Mr.. Hearst processes great
patriotic zeal in certain editorials while
in others he attacks the allies of Amer
lea, England and Japan "in the most
offensive way" The New York Tribune,
which has repeatedly and persistently
impugned Mr. Hearst's loyalty, wonders
at his Singular and sinister immunity"
and remarks that 'if the government
of us want to know it,
Some of his critics have said that Mr.,
Hearst "hates England more than he
loves America A year ago "The Lit
erary Digest" published an article called
"Treason's Twilight zone," in which we
discussed the aid and comfort given to
the enemy by those papers which attempt
to confuse the minds of the American
people about our motives in entering the
war and to implant seeds of suspicion
and dlstrust concerning our allies; and
we asked our readers to clip and send us
editorial utterances of this kind. In re-
sponse many of our readers, especially
on the Pacific Coast, called our attention
to the Hearst publications.