Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-06-01

about him and the more necessary
II IS that We should tell the ruI
trnth about him.
"CLUB HELD OVER THEM"
Dur ng the last year the action of
IN" Administration. taken largely
through the Post Olicc Department.
mas hccn such as to render il Il mat.
'cr Oh some danger for any man, and
PSpcc any any newspaper, to speak
'he truth, il that truth be unpleasant
10 the governmental authorities y,
Washington. The effect of This nj.
Jude has been very marked politi-
cally.
tuch coercivo power tends to make
upright men, even although they arc
"'ronS men. cautious about telling
truths which ought to be told II
forces weak men to praise the "A.
mlnlStratlon whether it does we'll or
III. II invites INSCRIPTIONS men who
desire to serve Germany to gain Ii.
cense to do so and to secure adyou.
tages by pra sing the Administration
especially when it has acted wrong
iully or ineificiently and by support.
ing 1T politically.
mere are cases where all compc-,
tent ana honest observers are NOR,
any certain that political support has
necn SVEN ana is now being given,
10 the Administration by yarious
newspapers, especially German.Amer'
lean and semi.Socialist newspapers
because of the club thus held oVer
them by the Admin .stration."
Inc colonel then reviews, az he did
III ms statement to the newspapers
on May IL, difficulties cncountcro,]
ny the metropolitan Magazine. 20
~n en- he Is n contributing editor:
Coillers and the New York Tribune
lndexed as loyal publications which
rightfully criticised the Government
me article in the Metropolitan oh.
,Jected TO by the Post Ofice Depart-
ment; explained the Colonel, was .'bv
tman who had written articles OF
'eAactiy the same kind in the New
n.epnDi1c' which, however, is a DO.
iitlcal supporter Of Mr.. Wilson and
mas not been interferred with"
CASE OF WATSON AND HEARST
Turning to. Hearst, Colonel Roose.
welt repeats that Tom Watson's MAJ
az he was crushed" although he
mad done nothing that was anything
IKE as dangerous to this country and
10 our Allies and as helpful to Ger
many as Mr.. Hearst was at that very
liine DONG In the catalogue Of
oppressed papers the Colonel also
PAGES the New York News, edited.
inc colonel says, "by George w. HAIR
ris, Il colored man.
me only eXplanat on" asserts
Coioncl Roosevelt, that the editors
tor the Revicw) could think of was
lhal me paper had contained a pro-
test against an alleged order Of a
Colonel i'll the army directing col
ofcd officers not to enforce upOn
white interiors Il military salute
certainly nothing in this humble pa
per warranted the Administration,
through the Post Office Department,
in attacking it while at the same
tine not Vcntniing to interfere with
the wealthy Hearst papers"
Mr.. Burlcson is further accused bv
the Colonei of having suppressed an
issue OF rad cal magazine called
the PublEc' which is IAN entirely
pro-war and Wilson magazine" A
former editor of the Public, states
the Colonel, said Mr.. Burleson prob
ably objected to the publication be.
cause OF IAN interview with him on
October II last In which he was
quoted as stating his lack of SYM
pathy with the proposition that q
man ought not to get his money from
the ownership Of land which was
I: led by tenants on the ground that
he could"
HURTS THE WAR, HE CONTENDS.
'Snch action as that of Mr.. Bur
leson.' argues the Colonel, docs
not help the war; on the contrary It
tends to keep people so angry with
the agents Of the war that they be-
come and remain hostile to the war
ITSELF"
The Colonel then declares:
There could be no more striking
example OF discrimination than that
furnished by tho contrast between the
treatment Of a paper like Mr.. Wat
sons and papers like those of Mr..
Hearst. There was severity OF treat
mcnt to the helpless while the strong
were given complete immunity.
There is no need to rely upon my
statement that the Metropolitan has
been a loyal, prowar, pro American
publication. In letter published by
Mr.. Creel since Mr.. Burleson's state
ment was published, he states:
(To BE Continued.)
Col. Thomas NJ. Crump is still