The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
Representative Says Nor
gan House Forced
u. S. to Fight.
PLOT WITH ALLIED
LEADERS ALLEGED
New Book by Old French
Minister Said to Show
Dealings.


rois. introduced a resolution in the
House yesterday. calling for Con-
pressional investigation of charges
that ]. p. Morgan interests induced
France not to make peace with Ger
many late in 1914 and that they
oonspired to bring the United States
into the war by an organized and
paid propaganda.
Michaelson's resolution calls at
,ention to charges made by former
Rcprese Callaway. appearing
in the Congressional record, just ber
fore the United States entered the
war.
Statements made by NJ. Gabriel
Hanoteanx, former minister of for
eign affairs in the French gov
ernment, in his new history, and a
report made by Sir Gilbert Parker,
described by Michaelson as head OF
the British propaganda forces In the
United states" reveal. according to
Mfchaelson, that France was ready
for peace late in 1914, very soon
after the war began. but was dis
suaded he declared. by Robert
Blackon, OF ]. p. Morgan & Co,
British fiscal agents, Myron T. Her
rick and William G. Sharpe, who
promised that IL France would hold
out, they would organize a propa-
ganda to put the United States in
the war on the side of the allies.
Asks Committee of Ten.
Representative Michaelson pro-
posed that these charges be thor
oughly Investigated by a special
committee Of ten members of the
House. and that II they are found to
be true. that those guilty OF con-
Quoting the alleged propaganda
that plunged the United States into
| the war, be punished.
The original charge quoted by
| Representative Michselson In the
resolution was made on the hoor- OF
the House~,of Representatives by
former Representative Oscar Gala
way, on February 9. 1917.
in March, 1915, the J. p. Morgan
interests, the steel, shipbuilding and
, powder interests. and their subsi-
diary organizations. got together
! twelve men in the newspaper world
and employed them to select the
most influential newspapers in the
United States and sufficient num-
Der Of them to control generally the
policy of the daily press of the
/ United States" Mr.. Callaway charg-
ed at the time.
Press Control Alleged.
Representative CaIlaway declared
in the House that these men pur-
chased control of twenty-five Of
the largest newspapers and that
through those newspapers propa-
ganda was conducted for prepared
ness, militarism, financial policies.
and other things of national and in
ternational character designed ITO
draw the United States into the wa.
The charges fled by Representa-
tive Galloway and the statements
made by NJ. Hanoteaux allege that
there was a definite and widespread
conspiracy operating in the United
States to plunge the government OF
the United States into war.
I'm addition to the information
and charges filed by Representative
Galloway and the statements made
by NJ. Hanoteaux. the report of Sir
Gilbert Parker. who was In charge
of the circulation Of British propa-
ganda in the United States, recites
that large numbers of resident pro-
fessors and teachers were employed
and newspapers were engaged TO
publish articles tending to excite
the people of America and influence
them to enter the war in behalf Of
Great Britain"
To allow the charges TO go un-
challenged lis to cause a serious
reflection on the purpose of tho
United States in entering the war"
the resolution declared.
Requests OmeiaI Records.
The resolution requested the Sec
retary of War and the Secretary
of State to furnish Congress with
all records and information in the
government flies showing that such
propaganda was conducted
The proposed committee of ten
members of the House would b. en-
powered to examine witnesses un-
der oath and compel the produc-
tion of all papers and records bear
ing on the Investigation of the
charges.
Inc resolution declared that II
the investigation shows that gov
ernment officials have participated
in such propaganda, Impeachment
proceedings should be brought
| against them and they should be
prosecuted according to law and
that private individuals or corpo-
tions concerned also should be
prosecuted.
IF in the course of such investi-
cation" the resolution concluded
1T be shown that any person, in
any capacity, was in any way con-
cerned In deliberately piunging this
nation into war for the purpose of
making money for himself or for
others that he be recomme nded to
the proper authorities for trial for
treason and prosecuted in the man
ner contemplated in the United
States Constitution"
| The proposed committee would
make report of the investigat tion
to the next session of Congress
which convenes in December.
Asks Pardons for /. w. VS..
Pardons for Vincent st. John and
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