The Benson signal., 1918-06-22

Editor Los Angeles Examiner
+ a CUNT CLEMENS, Mich, May 13.-Mr Roosevelt
though notably less able and less respectable is en-
phaticaly the Asquith of American politics. He is
of power he is greedy eager get back into
and he does not scrupe at any methods matter
how unfair to the Administration how harmful to the
country in order to accomplish his purely selfish political
purposes
The attack which Mr. Roosevelt makes upon the
Administration is Just baseles the attack which AS
on tn made Lloyd George and it will to be just
futile in it's effect upon the Administration and just
fatal in it's effect upon Mr.. Roosevelt.
The immediate Of Mr. Roosevelt's present out
burst two in number
The first is the fact that the magazine which
hires Mr. Roosevelt at 81 per word to make vicious
cks upon the Government of the United States during
time excluded from the mails in issue for
wholly false and absolutely unusted attack the Pres
dent Of the United States and the diplomacy of the United
Sates calculated to bring country and our people INTO
contempt and consequently to inure cause.
Mr. Roosevelt did not write this particular article, but
it is conceivable that to the existence OF mag
azine which pays beray for political SANDER
natural part of Mr.. Roosevelt for his
profitable if not patriotic, contract
The second of Mr. Roosevelt's immediate agita
ton the fact that the small and lonely New York
paper which supporting Mr. Roosevets perpetual asplra
for the Presidency recently rebuked as public
enemy by the of the United States Govern
lent for printing certain articles which had
foundation in fact and which dscredited the officers OF the
United States Army and held them to rdicue and
umey without the slightest basis Of truth justice the
allegations.
In any other country in the world, in critical times
aitorous publications like Mr. Roosevets magazine and
r. Rooseve newspaper whose only objects in printing
sehood petty political spite against the President
and partisan support Of the aspirations Of rival cand
date would have been wholly suppressed reasonable
Our Government however, is lenient with such Offend
publications and with Mr. Roosevelt himself because the
Administration properly believes that republic the right
speech and free publication should be preserved
though there be occasional disloya this right
in the of Mr.. Roosevelt and the magazine which
hires him and the newspaper which politically supports him.
That the United States Government entirely right
it's denuncaton of Mr. Rooseves New York newspaper
concusivey proven the suit which out of
resignation from that newspaper of it's editor Mr. Frank H.
Smonds, we'll known throughout this country for his par
otic articles on the war.
Mr. Smonds definitely stated and showed that his desire
retire from this doya paper due to the fact that
this habtuay invented and concocted cables
in it's office for the purpose of manufacturing false
material with which attack She Government of the United
States the army the United States for small
sh political purposes.
Of course, Mr. Simonds would not willingly remain con-
able connection might be- but there apparently MOTH
ing Mr. Rooseves makeup to prevent his connection with
any publication, matter how traitorous long as that
connection will to line his purse and further his
scrupuous methods of promoting his personal political
prations.
Mr. Roosevets attempted reflections upon the Hearst
publications unimportant.
It sufficient to say in reply that whatever criticism
the Hearst publications ndulged constructive crit
csm founded upon established fact upon