New-York tribune., 1918-07-02
Loyalty Abased
William Randolph Hearst,

William Randolph Hearst,
whose disloyal newspapers people
are making bonfres of all over the
country,
whose agents are proceeding by in
tinidatior. by injunction and by damage
suits against the municipalities that bar
his publications,
whose career in sedition is being de-
nounced by thousands Of National Sc
curity League speakers,
whose editorials have been widely
reprinted in Germany because they
hearten the enemy,
whose journalistic activities were
banned by Canada, Great Britain and
France because of their pro-German
character,
: this man has the indecency to ask,
ano to advertise the fact that he has
asked, several hundred members Of Con-
gress to come to New York on July a,
as his guests, entirely at his expense,
to witness the patriotic demonstration
and see that the city els loyal to the
country's flag, to the President and to
the farreaching aim to make the world
safe for der ocracy"
Any member of Congress will do. No
acid tests will be applied. Even those
upon whom he has spewed his contempt
and scurrility will be welcome, if only
they will come. His agents have combed
the highways and byways Of the capital.
The creature inducements are such as
only Hearst would offer, and such as he
thinks members of Congress will appre-
ciate
We quote that, from the news col
umns of yesterdays "New York Ameri-
cam namely:
Special all-stee1 Pullman trains
Gull hospitality of THE American
Zone continuous round of gayety and
th-ills."
"a performance Of the Ziegfeld Fol-
lies with many attractions added
AT midnight they will visit the Cen
tury Grove, atop the Century Theatre.
made over into bower of beauty and
grandeur for their special benefit"
''Here, during the witching hours, a
supper will be served to them, while a
midnight revue will be given, in which the
Dolly Sisters, the Dooleys and many other
talented artists will seek to entertain
them
''On Friday special trains will convey
them back to the national capital"
All of this in addition to seeing that
New York City is loyal to the flag! Every
dollar of cost to be paid by Hearst.
Perhaps never was an insult to Con-
gress so unconsciously offered. That is
what Hearst thinks Representatives ar /
Senators are like. No wonder he has
treated them with such vileness of con-
tempt during these many years in his
newspapers.
Interest in the loyalty demonstration,
of course, is the sheerest pretext The
loyalty of New York to the flag NAV be
new thought to Hearst 1t is old to
New York, old to the country, and, let
us hope, old also to the members Of Con-
gress.
The purpose is to collect as manv
members of Congress as possible, under
the patronage of Hearst, in order that
he may borrow hues Of responsibility
from their association with him.
The purpose is to appropriate New
York's spontaneous Fourth Of july war
celebration for the moral, political and
material rehabilitation of man who has
done more to induce disloyalty in New
York and in the country at large than
all the Scott hearings and Morris Hill
quits.
The purpose is to redeem from the
German taint a man who only few
weeks ago boasted that ne could not get
much excited about the wax. The mo-
tive of self-preservation is now exciting
him.
Loyal citizens Of New York--you who
have been combating his inf1uence-re-
fleet upon the spectacle of William Ran
dolph Hearst, surrounded on the review
ing stand by members of Congress. his
personal guests, against background of
this great city's loyalty to the flag, the
President and the war.
But will Hearst himself appear? Prob
ably not in the day time. Lately he has
lived in terror of public Kissing. He
may avoid the Madison Square tableaux
rather than expose himself to the haz-
ards of popular indignation. However.
in case he should risk it, ample police
protection has been provided beforehand
BY Mayor Hylan. The programme calls
for Il Special escort consisting Of
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