The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-27

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| could have been unmolcstcd by an AL
min!Stratian tina, had prnc""dci against
noor Tom WatSpu-and this paper WAS
, published within w" blocks OF The
! white hous".
ON August IL 1917. this paper said:
We have lent IL our allies ABOUT t""
thousand millions nus VIC ie"'
our allies 10 help in the game OF MUIR
der
! II commend thcsc facts 10 ar fnrlc-
son. and also t. his cabinet associate
. MIR l,anIcls. in view If their recent trlS-
, grams Of r"nEralulari"n I" Mr.. Erisnane
B upnu assuming charge OF certain III
: ,Y,cu n.m,rS reported rs being Hearst
papcrS. These kilograms have been pub
) lis!cd IN unc Of Mr.. llcarsts Now YORK
. papers. the Evening journal. MI
HurlcSon SAYS n( Mr.. Ilcarsts alter ESQ
: that h. 'cunrratulateS the peopiH OIL
','hIcaIo because they arc 10 nave Tie
bcneii. Of Mr. lIrsban"'s able ana uh-
: s,lh, fInrtS indulge the
hone al ,thr rapcr) will always stand
for inS,icc and freedom and true demo"
cratic government And Mr.. Daniels
zoe; MIR i&urleSnn ono better III express
! ing the belief that MIR. brisbane Will
preach 'palriotiSyn' and civic righteous
ness.
i Germans Oppose Roosevelt.
! Mr. Hurlcson has stated that hr has
received more complaints about my
writings than about these Of Mr.. Hearst
! In view Of Mr. RurlcsonS record and
actions there is small cause for wonder
in this. Every pro-Cicrman and anti
American. every believer in feeble
American war and a triumphant German
peace every man who follows MT.
, Hearst. wuuld naturally write TO Mr.
Rurlcson IN denunciation OF what have
done.
"Messrs. Hearst and Brisbane. through
their papers. have been unceaSinS IN
their attacks upon England and Japan.
Tho New York American. on December
-. 1917. said that tho offensive and de-
iensivc alliance then negotiated between
.Iapan and England was aimed at the
United states This deliberate false
hood was published 1T the very time that
! ENGLAND was defending us with her
fleet and her army. There could be no
mcancr example of trcachery TO our
! allies and Of Subscrriencc to our enemy
It was IL Thousand times more worth
tho attention OF MIR. Eurleson than any
thing done ty tho small papers against
which the post office department did act
"Un September -. leli. Mr. Hearst s
pIca for German peace in the New
York American ran the best peace for
all concerned Is q peace without victory.
IL peace without conquest. peace with
out indcmnitieS, peace without anneIa-
tiuns.'
"On March z. 1918. Mr.. Hearst mode
AN emhittcrcd attack upon Japan. and
on March 20 nc repeated the attack. Hc
spoke of The military despotisn OF
Japan OF the brutal Oriental selfish
ness in Japans present attitude, and
then asked the question RS TO who was
going to drive her from Siberia an
iswering It:
Not the Allies. for they are too
much occupied with their war. Not the
limited States. because We are putting
all our eggs in the Allies basket. There
is one combination possible which might
drive Japan out Of Siberia. and that is
Russia in an active and aggressive al
'liancc with the Tcutontc empire
Would Make Russia Katsers Ally.
These sentences amount 20 incit"-
mon, to Russia 10 become the military
ally and therefore tho military vassal
1T Germany. and tn the effort 10 per
suadc our people that III" war is loo
our war but only tho war OF III" allies
that It is their war.
Such language as this. used less
than two months before Mr.. Rurl"son
isucd his challenge to me. is n thousand
times more damaging to ths United
States than anything ever said by Tom
Watson or any other Of tho editors Of
small papers For Mr.. Burleson 10 al
low tho paper making such an appeal 10
20 unchallcngnd and yet at tho same
time TO permit without rcbuke The New
), York rostofficc to attack publications
like The Metropolitan. is Incompatible
with the superstition that he was think
ing only Of the welfare nr tho country.
by these attacks upon Japan Mr.
Hearst is doing everything h" can 10
drive Japan int" an alliance with Ger
many Mr.. HearSt& PAPER actually
states that it believes that our govern
mcnt made great mistake when It di'i
not meet both English aEGrcssions and
German aggreSsonS with armed
resistance This Is announced now.
during the war: al the time when Eng
lard is protecting us from Germany
and when without that protection wn
would he given no time in which slowly
to make ready to protect ourselves. IF
". had begun TO pare IN August. 1914
we would have needed no protection
from others. But vs. refused Ia pr"par.>
aud therefore wc owe our safety now 10
The fact that our friends arc able TO
fight for us Will" We arc preparing TO
fight for ourselves. And Mr.. Hearst.
under these conditions. and while W.
are at Wur, Expresses regret that NC did
not go 10 war against the friCrl who
fought for us. Such Il proposal is n
proposal in tho interest OF The enemy.
who murdered our women and children
Dollar Placed Above Man.
"On September -. 1917, when tho
American nation still had no troops In
the trenches. when "" had only lent
money IL the allirs Mr.. Hearst touched
the naiir Of thu policy th't puts tho
dollar above tho mall when he state
that our g5TernmCnt has IL" "iEht and
power IN dictate the terms =: ncacC and
the American people cTpcc. EnSaHd
and the other allied governments |" rr"-
ognize that right and /" accept tho
, terms laid down: tho statement h"InS
preceded by the following; Having
practically exhausted tn :"Sourr"s ri
Russia France aud Italy. n" English
government now seeks sucCnr in our
American resources. Til" moE"y ~ the
. American people has h"cn loaned ~ the
allies in great sums. Still greater sums
arc in readiness Ia lend them. state
! mcnts like this carnoi hu' ail ;"rmH ny.
In all OF Nj. H"arStS career II may
we'll be doubted whether II" has over
proposed anything NOR" snrdld than
this suggestion to tn" American people.
TO n fr"e people with IL glorious past: n
people proudly able ard willing 10 fight
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