The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-13
WILL I'LL TAKE Action
ON HEARST. PAPERS
(oOncluded Prom Page 1.l

nations. AS far as European nations
are concerned, this war is. nothing but
a business proposition. -.
On January l, 1917, in the Deutsches
journal appeared this announcement:
"The final victory of the Central
Powers Is just as sure as the Amen in
church. -
The committee quotes from the Ma
tion, referring to Mr.. Hearst, as fol
lows: "We doubt if any journalist in
history has blacker acts to his dis
credit. Certainly NO, American, JOURNAL,
list has ever exercised such Halign
influence; under his example the whole
press of the country has been debased.
To him was largely due the country 3
plunginG into war with Spain, and it
is not his fault today we are not at
war with Mexico and, Japan in addition
to Germany. There is nothing sincere
in. any position he takes, so far as we
have been able to discover. He has
been a stencil in the nOstrils of all de-
cent journalists, who have wished with
all their hearts that the public might
an turn from him as to compel his pub
fishing different kind of newspaper
or his retirement from the business. ~
Lies and Theft
The committee says the French and
British governments barred Hearst s
International News Service because it
published lies. Hearst s method in this
regard, the committee says, was ex.
posed by the Independent more than
a year ago He is supposed to have
printed cables from correspondents he
did not have and from places where
he had no correspondents. The AssO-
riated Press, it is represented, is suelng
Hearst = International News Service
for stealing news, Hearst 8 organize
tiOn admits this, but argues that steal
ing news is all right, because it is not
property.
Hearst is held up by Brisbane, his
editorial writer, as the most effective
peacemakcr in the country. Brisbane
| wrote as late as August 8, 1917, that
"the world wants peace" and that 60 it
is more important than victory
Hearst upheld Germany in it's dealings
with Russia, and suggested that Ger
! many. would be doing the right thing
! by making u few billion roubles in de-
velOping the country.
Heart, the Bolshevik
The Hearst papers have kept up an
unceasing attack upon England and
Japan, and declare that the alliance be-
tween England and Japan is aimed at
the United States. On September 10,
1917, the New York American said,
that the best peace for all CONCERNED
is peace without victory, a peace
without conquest, o peace without in
demuities." Hearst also says that it
will be expected that England and the
Allies must recognize America 3 right
to dictate the terms, of peace:
As late as March s, 1918, Mr.. Hearst
preached hatred to Japan, says the com,
mittee, and used language tending to
serve Germany by bringing about a
break between the United States and
Japan and perhaps Great Britain, by
saying that if England did not restrain
Japan, her ally, from acts Of aggression
inimiral to our interests, we could re
move our ships and troops from Eu
rope and transfer them to Asia. This
is paramount to a threat of war with
Japan. This is an expression of ser.
vice to Germany.
The arguments used by Mr.. Roo,N cit
in his analysis of the editorial utter
amces Of Hearst s publications, are used
extensively by the committee III its
own argument to the Vigilance Corps