The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-31
NEVADA CITIZENS DO NOT
STAND FOR MR.. HEARST
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has opposed our program of sending
men, food and supplies to assist our
allies and called upon Congress to
prevent it april III. President Viii
son has most nobly pictured the rea-
sons we are in this war Mr.. Hearst
throws the falsehood in President
Wilson'S teeth by asserting that "the
painful truth is that we are being
practically used as mere reinforce
ment of England's future aggrandize-
ment" april 24), and again on
March 20. "This proposition that we
shall finance the allies and send oul
boys for cannon fodder in Wall
street proposition and nothing else
Mr.. Hearst is not alone in this opin-
ion. Every unhung L. w. w. and
every other form of traitor still at
large in the United States is even now
preaching from this same text
| Stree we have been at war Hearst
has lent the power of his publications
to attacking our motive in entering
! it; to attacks on our allies, with whom
we have cast our fortune and oul
future existence. One of the out
standing features of the war, in so fan
as Americas entrance is considered
! is the selective draft. Is there a true
American who is not proud of it?
think not Yet on June 20, Mr.
Hearst said: Further service in the
war should be matter Of choice fol-
Americans. These papers
papers have said consistently and viii
continue to maintain that the Ameri
can soldiers who go to France shoule
go as volunteers, and not as cons
cripted men sent by the will of gov
eminent" How heartily the German
staff must echo that thought!
We had meeting in Reno, a wa
conference; we are proud of the worl
of our Red Cross and it's seIf-sacrifc
ing members. What do they thinl
of the Americanism of a man wht
will publish, "When those men COM
home and find what has been done il
| their absence they are not to make
life disagreeable and unsafe for tn
eminent Red Cross, Y. M. c. A.
Wall Street thieves that have beer
making hay while war lasted and rob
bling democracy" Qast july. ~
/ Under no circumstances must an.
form of propaganda be tolerated
which will tend to weaken the hand
1 of the President at the final peac'
table, and yet Mr. Hearst-has re
| peatedly and extensively sought t.
discredit the basic principles underly
/ ing every one of them. Possibly tina
4 is why the Council of Defense says i
can not trust him.
i Possibly they feel that should thi
war continue for a term of years suf
fering and sacrifice may obscure gu
vision; may dull our finer sense of jus
tice; may lessen our eagerness t.
reach the glorious goal we have Sc
for ourselves. When that time come
the soil will be fallow for just sucl
insidious undermining of our deter
mination as Hearst has proved him
self master of, and it is reasonable t.
assume that his future course will b
chartcd by his past and present one
When that time comes it is reasonabl
to believe that the |. w. WIS, tn
English haters, the open or secre
pro- Germans, the Non-Partisa
League and every other un-America
and pfo-German force will be led b
the twelve great daily newspaper
and the seven magazines published b
William Randolph Hearst Then wi
come the true test of our democrac
and of our spirit, and it will be An
erica's enemies at home who must
| defeated first of all. The more W
fight them now the less we will hav
to fight them later.
81 In the circular matter which M
Hearst is distributing in Nevada h
Ispeaks of his editor, Arthur Bisban'
| and Brisbane'5 work for the govern
| ment. Mr.. Hearst is not alone in b
enthusiasm over Mr.. Brisbane's ia
| cnts. The Kolnische Zeitung of Be
lin says that Mr.. Hearst and NJ
Hearst's editor in chief, Arthur Bri
| bane, have been "auxiliaries of vail
/ cd influence to Germany, especial
4 because of the editorials in Il
Hearst newspapers Indianapol
i Star, October 7, 1918.