New-York tribune., 1918-07-25
Editors Campaign to CT
Back Into Dominion
Proves a Failure
Watch u. S. Sentimen,
Colonials Refuse to Forge,
Attitude Against Allie.
Taken by Publisher

WINNIPEG. Canada, July a. Al
though Hearst publications no lonss,
come into Canada, citizens of -.
country are watching with inteyas. A.
fight American communities are nss
ing to ostracise Hearst newspaper. 49,,
magazines.
1t is against the law to brin.
Hearst publication across the CsnsS;..
border. Customs officers are constor.
ly on the watch to prevent it r..
bringing one into the country person
may be fined $4,000 and impriso,.d
for five years.
Canada used to read Hearst publ.
cations-before they were barred from
the country because Of their pro.Gs,.
manism-and Canadians know wb.,
Hearst newspapers are. That Is IN.
reason why Canadians are interes,ed
in the anti-Hearst fights in the uni.sd
States. Another reason Canadians ar.
still interested in Hearst is because h.
publications are now trying to get hack
ir again.
Many Promises Made
Hearst agents have made all manner
OF assurances that their publications
would be good" from now on. But
Canadian authorities have as vet re-
NAMED unmoved by these promises Of
future good behavior. The bars are
still up.
When Hearst began knocking on the
Dominion door officials we're Soodad i.sd
with communications urging that Can
ada's latchstring be kept pulled in. As
far as the Hearst publications were
concerned. Many letters were received
from Canadians living in the United
States. These revealed what the
Hearst conduct has been even after
the United States declared war.
Concerning Hearst and his attemp;
to rcenter Canada. The Manitoba Free
Press" said editorially:
The extremely effective campaign
which is being carried on, chiefly by
The New York Tribune against the
Hearst newspapers for their nro-Ger.
manism has been helped along bv two
recent occurrences. German props.
ganda carried on over the French and
American lines in France with the
aid of balloons has included lately III.
erature in which Hearst's attitude is
cited as evidence that the people Of
the United States are not united in
their support of the war
NATURALLY much is being made Of
TINS recognition by the Germans OF
Hearst as their friend Even more
effective is the record of parallels be-
tween the editorial declarations of the
Hearst papers and The New York
Mail during the past three years which
has been established by quotations. So
consistently did these papers supper.
one another in making difficulties for
the United States government and civ.
Ing Germany sympathy and encourage.
ment that fairly plausible case in
support of a theory of common con.
troll could be made out.
Exposed in Mail" Case
"The explanation of The Nails at.
tltude has now been revealed When
this paper changed hands three year:
ago It's actual purchaser was the i'm.
perlal government of Germany, anC
until the authorities intervened tive
weeks ago it was being edited under
instructions originating in Berlin. An
oI!ler source OF SuSplclOn Is the IN
innate relations that existed between
French traitor awaited in New York
the transfer of the German money
that was to enable him to buy one Of
the leading newspapers Of Paris in the
interests of German propaganda.
"Of course Hearst is now filling the
heavens with protestations of his 10y
atty to the United States government
and devotion to the cause of the
Allies. These protestations have not
yet had the result of inducing the
Canadian authorities to rescind their
prohibition of the bringing Of Hearst
/ newspapers into Canada. They are
/ still suspicious. With, we should say
/ very good cause"