The Washington times., 1918-05-11

was going on advertising next wear and
then II he were an American citizen
.In Effect a Threat"
The last query, taken in connection
with the first two. contained. Of course.
an implication that was in effect
threat This shows that the Department
OF Justice had knowledge OF the attempt
and lent its official power to further it,
unless the man in question had stolen
the special agents shield which he pos
sessed and forged his name and address.
The above facts Mr.. Burleson cannot
truthfully deny. and they absolutely dem
onstrate the exactness Of my statement
so far as the Administrations effort TO
punish the publications which upheld
the war. but have told the truth about
the Administrators failure 70 conduct
Vow for Nthe second part OF my
statement:
The prime example OF failure by
the Administration 10 proceed against
newspapers which opposed the war or
attacked our allies or directly or in
directly aided Germany is afforded by
the failure OF the Administration to
deal with Mr.. Hearst's papers as il
mas dealt with certain other papers.
Question Of Wealth.
Mr.. Hearst is a very wealthy man,
reputed TO be much more than a mil
/ Iionaire. owning a dozen newspapers
more or less. and a half dozen maya
zines in different parts OF the coun-
/ try. At the very beginning Of the
war the Government proceeded sue
/ cessfully against Tom Watson's pub
| location in Georgia, yet Tom Watson
! had done nothing that was anything
/ like as dangerous to this country and
! our allies and a shelpfUl 10 Germany
as Mr.. Hearst had done.
1T is interesting 10 remember that
the Administration had fun warning
about Mr.. Hearst's probable attitude,
/ by his previous editorials attacking
Germany's foes and defending Ger
many. / have before ne a copy Of
( the New York American editorial Of
/ June 6. 1915, signed by Mr.. Hearst
| himself, saying that We have no right
/ TO ask Germany to refrain from sub
marine warfare against the com
merce Of her enemies. and that the
Lusitania was an English vessel, and
! was properly a spoil OF war, and
/ that its destruction by the German
4 submarine was in accordance with
/ the authorized and accepted rules Of
warfare.
"PanderinE To Foes"
! after We went into the war. on
| April II. 1917. Mr.. Hearst wrote
( stripping our country OF men. money.
( and food is a dangerous policy. Our
l earnest suggestion to the Congress l.
/ that it imperatiyeIy refuse to permit
the further draining Of our food sup
plies and our military supplies TO Eu-
rope
This, OF course was equivalent to a
| demand that after going to war we
| should turn around and help Germany
more than II We had continued to re-
main neutral
ION April a. 1917. the New York
| American said, The painful truth is
that We are being practically used as
| A mere reinforcement or England 5
! warfare and England's future ag-
! srandizemcnt' This, Of course, was
an effort against our ally and an ef
fort to pander to anti English preju-
dice in the interest OF our foes, and
/ nothing else.
"On May Il IL advocated our spend
ing all our money on preparing our
/ army and navy here at home, and 50
compelling Germany II she wants Il
! fight to come to US which was, OF
course, equivalent to answering that
we would render no aid to defeat Ger
( mans until she had defeated our allies
and was prepared to attack US single
! handed.
ION May - the same paper said OF
the efforts TO float the Liberty loan
II you want our food and wealth sent
abroad to help suffering England buy
] a Liberty bond, furnish the sinews OF
war In view OF Hearst's continued
effort TO excite hatred between tho
United States and England. the inn
pIication Of this sentence cannot be
| mistaken
QuarTeIs of Europe.
"In the very next sentence
he subtly attempts TO appeal to all
men with a feeling OF affection for
Germany by intimating that whoever
purchased a Liberty bond desired &c
see Germany not merely defeated, but
/ 'dismembered'
ION July % the New York Ameri-
can spoke OF our soldiers being sent
over 10 be offered up in bloody sac
I 3iGce 10 the ambition OF contending
nations Oh foreign battlehelds. On