South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-01
Other Editor, Than Ours
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT

Having made sinister charges against Prest Wilson
even STOPPING 10 level OF actually denoupcing
the president as a traitor democracy" and merely
succeeding thereby in causing surprise and more
disgust Mr. Roosevelt the candidate and the most
luminous exponent OF the mnistrauon had suppressed
papers excluded them from the mails without
cause and with having failed 10 exclude others where
cause exists Challenged 10 De specihc the nation prn
cpal obstrucuonst IN days OF war replied with tear
full tribute the Tom Watson papers which have
been suppressed. with passionate protest against the
government attitude toward the Hard article IN the
Metropolitan magazine, and with attack upon the
government because IL took exception TO the publica-
ton of an infamous lie i'm the New York Tribune con
coded by the who wrote il 10 have been lie. and
calculated 10 bring the army into contempt
The Tom Watson PAPERS. notorious for wears. were
excluded from the mails and there reason. They
continued denounce CONSUMPTION after conscripton
had become the policy he nation They declared that
Americans were not bound 10 comply with its provi-
sionS They denounced the government Tor sendlns
American boys across the They did All within their
power 10 persuade people 10 refuse to buy Liberty
bonds The postmaS general considered this policy
cseIy what policy had the temerity and
the shamelessncss 10 defend these publications.
The Metropolitan article which. If published a
German American paper. would have probably lodged
editor behind the bars within hour after pub
LEGATION. and which has impressed Berlin Nalu-
able Germany that the war lords have ha0 trans
lated and widely circulated Spain. Holland Swtzer-
land Portugal and the scandinavian countries de
Tended by Mir. Roosevelt The kaiser and Mr. Roose-
velt both agree thar the Metropolitan article a
splendid thing Mr. Roosevelt defends IT, and the kaiser
claims his
The reply or Mr. Roosevelt revolted hundreds Of
thousands astonished millions and amused some.
Having discovered that his reply much Of
dssco his attempt 20 organize rival government
IN washington a few months the colonel his
chagrn 10 the attack with reiteration
He attempts cover his retreat-and ignominous
one II is-by charging that all papers that as
guilty disloyaty the ne himself ardent
Is defends have been q, luded from the mails
Quite
II Emma Goldman had preached that PRIEST Will
son is "A traitor democracy she would probably
have been called
a T. ". " aEitator had made the charge, every
American would have cited that or the
ny the organization should be handled without gloves
II any paper published in the German language on
American soil Fad made such charge public opinion
would have demanded instant action
The colonel is uuErateful he has been left free 20
say thinsz that others would he permitted
90 do And the reason probably that the Of
bingsgate and scurrilous abuse that this perpetual
Once seeker heaps upon the head Of the American
president and commauder-n- chief OF the army and
navy and the recognized spokesman Of the allied
tons by the consent 81 all the peoples OF those
countries the greater the president grows in the estma
There IS not another one OF the allied nations in
which heads Of The government has been 80 sour
rilously personally attacked by political oppo-
neuts as Wilson has heen constantly attacked by
NJ Roosevelt.
There was time when the country thought Mr..
Roosevelt much greater and bigger than Mr.
Taft
TIE only one who thinks ~ no. ne Mr. Roosevelt
We rouid commend the colonel - The example Of his
successor