The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-18
BREACH OF FAITH BY
AMERICAN WRITER
CAUSE OF GAG RULE
BY RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

(Srec.u. abb. 'nIEriSh'' i'''. "S
Public Ledger Comparyp
WITH TIE AMERICAN rE-AiE
, COMMISSION, Ian. l7--Now that the
! first bubbles "f 'hc fourth estates
wrath over IN" "sn= rGl"' 81 tn" pre-
micrs and commissioners a.: IN" i'N'
! great powers that confines all 'n!"r'ha-
! ton given out II III" p"ac" '"hl'F'h'
> proceedings I" ha.IE JON, official
bulletin have ,Iforvrs""d, 81" can as
passi"natcly r"virw III" events mime
| diuIclv prior - III" dIscuss!uH
Granted TINT - r;Hln factors III 'h'
| conference ali airnE hi:v" been dcSir"uS
! Of attaining Il rule for secrecy, We Shall
/ have To- admit shat the opportunity tnr
! the ACCOMPLISHMENT az ina; purpose
! was III Il measure actually !urnISh'd
: from III" American press section. since
{ ;hr Presidents arrival IN France th"f"
| have h"rn regular !nOrnlnG conferences
! upon current peace topics h''"''n
. M"SErS Hous" Lansing, BLISS ana
| White ami su,h American corr"Sp"n'-
euts ~ wished |" attend. II WAS maze
! clear to tho writers thai contact wa
| established solely for their Eudanc"
! md information and no quotations were
! 10 DO used
twenty 10 thirty wri'crs daily avail.
)
. representative fac" :" face. oiiHn !"I-
lowing III" commissioners 1" lh'F
chambers for ulur" detailed Information.
Tho only unfortunate fact was TINT thr
writer's lcas, qualified 20 Intcrr"Gal" oil
ten asked nearly all the questions. S''I'
tho commissioners good huiu"r''iy par
| RED of thrir morning vlS;'"rS, n IL
wns .hc PRESIDENTS wish iur them L"
be n, lens, se"n 4 not always heard.
uer> enters the rcGr";tahlc incident
which gave the opposing group III Inc
conferences access tn" ever rs chance
to clamp on the mU2Zir. Tuesday morn
ing III The columns Of L. Humanl'c' n
daily Snciuljs; newspaper, founded by
|, ,hr late Jean Paures. there appeared al
l most vcrbatum an account az what Sec
r.,a-v Lansing had said previously and
he supposed, exclusively 1" American
journalists Quotation marks were
used. and in substance. II outlined our
Polish policy aS emphatraliy nEmns
intervention with American soldiers.
Your correspondents took ne matter
IN with several commissioners. calling
attention to III" fact that lie Temps.
which is more or less AN official organ
Of the French government, hnd stated
exactly the contrary AS III" position o..
the alli"S and the disposition .! Am"E!-
can soldiers.
Il was clear that Secretary Lansing
had hecn put IN an exceedingly c'nhhr-
RAISING position through whit io"""a
Ike. a breach cf faith from som" I'M
known American correspondent inc
incident was passed over.
But IN Wednesdays lluinanti" h'""!n>
ell u second article wh."h boldly ha!-
anc"d Lansing and l." Temps upon the
scales OF vcraci:y.
This outcome waS r"c"gniz"d or
c,ayly hy the American "cm!nissI"nfrs'
and General Miss summoned a commit
TO-, crcm among Che respondents ana
d r"cred that they Immortality clear
their Aegean stables, else no further
contar; *I;n correspondents enmssH
would VI made.
Two score American writer's gathered
IN their press room and looked 'npuir-
inglv into csrh others faces. men ih'
meeting opened ole writer Announced
that the offender had made cream
breast ii It and had asked h.In :" say
ing, ne wa~ ready and ws...nS g" go
before cummiti"" rrpr"~-m'ms ihH
, . currrsuondrltS and max" Il Statement III
cXlanuatiOn uI his act.
Later he did So, p."adtTg 'hat II" was
not aware Of IN" rNlr"m" ''''''i 'd'n'a'
relations i!tt had been established hr-
wren tho commission and th~ '"rr"S-
pnndcnts. and that In" editor .: j." liu-
ma,l,. was an old ami vnlu"d !rtrnd I"
whom y" had given Secretary lansing :
exact words. III" uHIm"' az 'h!% writer
j. Louis r;annc;t. "a Socialist and ilar-
ware! nun. He carried CREDENTIALS from
! M. Survey. IT New N"rn city
Almost tho FIRST business az Wsdn"s
day's peace conference WAS :" pass tho
gag rule.