Richmond planet., 1918-06-01

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r}rE HELD OVER THEM
+ l1r u4 thn lat wear Il, .,l...n. rf
. tn" ADMINISTRATION. tal>rn l,r@cly
'hraH-h IN" Post Otltc,' Department
.i'" @"n such 1& to render II a mat,
ter "l som" d"n~"r for ANY man. and
'>l"r ally any newspaper. to speak
. ~" lruth. II rh": trulh hc unpl"a~nnt
10 ~" &"|"rnm"ntn authorities; at
y H"~tlIr"toN. The effect of this at
fHd" h1~ boon worry marked poIiti
raliE.
urH """r"iN@ power tends to make
"}r'~ai m"n. even alihou&h they arc
*lr"n% m"n, rautious about tcllinr
! truths which ou&ht to hc told II
| l"f'rS weak mon To praise the A.
| mlnlStrailou whether ii docs we'll ar
| ~. ~ invites INSCRIPTIONS men who
"'A'r' To S"rN" Germany to gain IL
Gems" 10 40 50 and to secure advau.
taScS by rra sing the Administration
especially when it has acted wronr.
luliT or incnicicntly and hy sunport
ing ii politically.
lhor" are cases where al, compc.
tent and honest observers ara ,,,,,
al
an! certain that political SUPPORT has
ncen given. and is now being given.
10 the Administration by various
newspapers, especially Gcrman-Amcr.
ican ana semi.Socialist ncwspapers
because OF the club thus held oyc~
them by the Admin stration."
me tolonel then reviows, as he did
III MS statement to the newspapcrs
on May II. difficulties encountered
ny the Metropolitan Magazine 70
Wh en- he is contributing editor:
.oiilers s and the New York Tribune.
lndeNed as loyal publications which
rish'fnlly criticised the Government
ne artlcle in the METROPOLITAN oh.
Jecleo 10 by the Post Office Depart
iheh'' explained the Colonel, was by
- Iinh VINO had written articles OF
exactly the same kind in the Now
Republic, which. however. is , nn.
i''i'ai supporter Of Mr.. Wilson and
mas not been interferred with"
CASE OF WATSON AND HEARST
turning to Hearst, Colonel Rooso-
welt repeats that Tom Watson's Mag
aZ lie was 'crushcd," although he
mad done nothing that WAS ANYTHING
I'Nc as dangerous to this country and
l" our Allies and as helpful to Ger.
nanny as Mr.. Hearst was at that very
time doinG." In the CATALOGUES Of
oppressed papers the Colonel also
places the New York News. edited
II" Colonel says. by George ". llor.
rls, a colorrd man.
IN" only cNplanat on" asserts
ozone. Roosevelt. THAT the editors
'"I TN" Rrvic"p could think OF WAS
il]i tn" paper had contained a pro
i"~t ">aInSt an alleged order OF Il
Colonel III IN" army 'dirrrling col
'f'd "lhrrrS NOT to enforce upon
"Hlt" intHri"r# Il military salute
Certainly nothing in this humble ma.
."r Warranted the Administration
taToN"E tn" Post Oliicr Department.
in attack mg i, white AT the same
tine not v"nturinG to Interfere with
tn" wealthy Hearst paprrs."
Mr.. linricSon is furIhrr accused hv
=, h" tolonr. OF having suppressed an
issue OF rad cal ma&azinc called
the Publ e. which is IAN entirely
rro-War and Wilson magazine" \
former editor OF the Public states
the Colonel. said Mr.. BurlcSon prob
ably objected to the publication be.
cause OF IAN interview with him on
October > last in which he was
quoted as stating his lack Of sym.
rathN with the proposition that a
man ouGht not to get his money from
III" ownership Of land which was
|; lei hy tenants on the ground that
he cCuld.'
HURTS THE WAR, HE CONTENDS.
"Snch action as that of Mr. Bur
!cSon, argues the Colonel, does
not help the war; on the contrary 1t
tend" 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 the contrast between the
treatment OF a paper like Mr. Wat
sons and papers like those of Mr.
Hearst. There was sc"crity OF treat
mcnt to the helpless while the strong
were given complete immunity
''Thcrc is no need to rely upon my
statement that the Metropolitan has
been loyal. pro-war, pro American
publication. In Il lcttcr published by
Mr.. Crcel since Mr.. Burlcson's state
mcnt was published, he states:
Gro BE Contnued)
Col Thomas M rrrr,n ic e,t;1