The Washington herald., 1918-10-09

are thoroughly anu-Cernan ana pro
Ally. One simple test can easily be
applied in each doubtful case which
will settle it instanter. Any man,
whatever his nationality. who did not
spring to his feet when the news OF
the sinking OF the Lusitanis was re-
ceived and instinctively denounce 1t
as an act Of barbaric and plraticsl
cruelty was at that time in his heart
pro-German, and cannot complain IL
he is sull held suspect, no matter
what his words and deeds may have
been since this country went into the
/ war.
1t is interesting to apply this test
in the case Of two prominent American
journalists who have recently been at
the bar Of public opinion. The first is
Mr.. Arthur Brisbane. an employe of
Mr.. Hearst He is the editor OF the
New York Evening Journal and OF
the Chicago Herald and Examiner,
and receives from Mr.. Hearst a larger
salary than is paid to any other editor
in the world. He recently bought the
Washington Cd. c. Times and is
editing that Journal also. Mr.. A. Nit
ehell Palmer. the Federal custodian Of
allen property. recently declared In
| public that he had collected evidence
that an important daily newspaper
had lately been purchased with money
supplied by q syndicate of German
| American brewers, the inference be-
ing that this paper was therefore
under the pre-German and pro-liquor
influence Of this syndicate. Partly,
perhaps, through the pressure Of un-
! avoidable evidence, and partly goaded
by a contemporary, the Washington
Cd. c.. Herald, Mr.. Brisbane has
admitted in the columns Of his paper,
the Washington Times, that 8 large
part OF the money he paid for the
| paper was loaned TO him by a group
Of brewers, most of whom bear Ger
| man names. Mr.. Brisbane is com
! monty reputed to be a brilliant man.
| but, with a faulty which is wholly
| incompatible with this reputation. he
endeavored to mitigate his position by
asserting that the publisher Of the
| Washington Herald, Mr.. c. T. Brain
ard, is under the control OF Mr..
| J. Pierpont Morgan. the head OF the
| great New York banking firm, his
logic being that. as Mr. Brainard is
: president Of Messrs. Harper & Broth
I
| houses in the United States, and that
I as Mr. Morgan IS alleged to control
! Messrs. Harper & Brothers through
| his ownership Of the securities OF that
! firm. Mr.. Brainard must necessarily
/ wear MI Morgan's collar" There
| fore:
II have any further reply 70
make to Mr.. Brainard. will make
it 10 Mr.. Morgan. who owns Mr..
Brainard, or 70 Mr. H P. Davi-
son, who manages Mr.. Morgan.
This II quoque method Of arguing
| is a favorite refuge OF journalists Of
| the New York American school
! Yes" such a man says. these are
serious charges you bring against me-
| but you oughtn't to pay any stten-
ton to them. because you must fix
your minds on the crimes of the
| 'money-bund' and the bloated bond
holders" Preposterous as such cam
/ outage is. il has been known to work
| in the past. but there are indications
| that even the Hearst readers are get
| ting a little tired of it At all
events, Mr.. Morgan punctured the
argument with one stroke OF a good
| humored pen. He teleGraphed Mr.
Brainard as follows:
I notice Mir. Brisbane's statement
that he will make further answers
10 Mr.. Morgan, who owns Mr..
| Brainard. or to Mr.. Dawson, who
| manages Mr.. Morgan"
I regret that do not own you,
as I should think you would be an
excellent property. but. in order 70
prevent any embarrassment on the
part OF Mr.. Brisbane, l hereby
| specifically empower YOU to receive
| for me any answers he may wish
| 10 give me.
Mr.. Dawson having. al the re-
| quest of the President, given up
his Job OF managing me in order to
| manage the American Red Cross,
which he seems to be doing TO the
satisfaction OF every one, is at the
moment abroad. but have the
power to act for him; under that
power I hereby authorize you to
receive any communication from
Mr.. Brisbane for him also.
whereupon Mr.. Brisbane abandoned
this line of defense and issued a state
ment in which he said:
I do not think there is any paper
in the United States or any editor
in the United States who has been
as bitterly. as violently, and as
persistently pro-Ally and snti-Ger-
man as 1 have been.
Let us apply the Lusitania test
TO this statement. Mr.. Brisbane is
nominally the editor Of the New
York Evening Journal. but he is
in fact Mr.. Hearst's close associate
and partner in all his journalistic
enterprises, and morally, IL not
technically, is particeps criminis OF
particeps laudis with Mr.. Hearst in
all his public acts. In the New
York American OF June s. 1915. MI
Hearst published an editorial signed
by himself in which he said:
Whether It Che Lusitanis)
was armed or not, It was prop
erly a spoil OF war. subject TO
attack and destruction under
the accepted rules OF so-called
civilized warfare.
All the evidence points to MI
Brisbane's acceptance Of this cold
blooded statement No amount OF
patriotic jargon uttered by him
since the United States declared wal
on Germany can wipe out this stain
| The other New York 1ournalts'
who is much disturbed by aspersion'
which have been cast upon his 10y
atty is Oswald Garrison Willard, un'
!, til very recently president Of th'
dsSew York Evening Post. and nov
lSresident and editor Of the New
York Nation. Mr.. Willard is
grandson Of the great American
abolitionist william Lloyd Garrison
but his father. Henry Willard. wa'
German. The Nation OF Septem'
| ha= 1871. ~. r.-an- annrnNe.