The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-29
Story of Hearsts Expulsion from France.
Manchester Guardian.)


 MT. William Randolph Hearst, the American newspaper proprietor expelled from France on Monday. He had just reached Paris from Ger many and received the order to leave France with in twenty four hours. He subsequently, left Paris and went to London.
 It will be remembered that MT. Hearst's chief correspondent in Paris was expelled from France in September 1928 after he had published secret documents showing that naval agreement be- tween Great Britain and France was being officially discussed It known that MT. Hearst, who was in Paris at the time was directly responsible for the publication of this document
 Two members of the French Foreign Office were implicated of them has been attempting to bring a suit to prove that he was wrongly held responsible, and there has been some agitation in the newspapers because the suit has been held up. The Action Francase" last month accused M. Brand of being responsible for the delay. Mir Hearsts expulsion may be connected with this case, but no reason has been officially published
 MT. Hearst is also accused in the French press of systematically ant-French policy and of hav- ing written articles recently in German newspapers in favor of revision of the peace treaties
 MT. William Randolph Hearst was in London on Tuesday, and made an important statement the subject of his expulsion from France.
 T have no complaint to make" he said. 'The officials were txeremey polite They said I enemy of France and danger in their midst They made feel quite important. They said could stay little while longer if I desired, that they would take the chance of nothing disastrous happening to the Republic. But I told them that did not want to take the responsibility of endan- gering the great French Nation; that America had saved it once during the war, and would it again by leaving
 Furthermore, like the man who was told that he was going blind and who said he did not mind as he had everything anyhow. Sim larly I had everything in France, including some very interesting governmental performances Then asked M Tardieus emissary to express to M Tardieu my immense admiration at his amazing alertness in protecting France from the peril of invasion and we parted with quite elaborate polite ness.
 "It was little bit foolish, but extremely French The reason for the strained relations-to proper diplomatic term-was the publication of the secret Anglo-French treaty two years ago by the Hearst newspapers, which upset international apple carts but informed the American people; and of course, that being the reason the French Government entirely right in evelling it's at- tack at me, and quite wrong in its action toward Mir Horan who only my agent.
 q think, however that the general attitude of the Hearst press in opposing the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations, or any protective pacts to involve our country in the quar- res of European Powers is mainly responsible. Also, there might have been some slight irritation at the occasional intimations in papers that France now being the richest nation in the world, might use some of the German indemnity to pay her honest debts to America, especially because If it had not been for America she would now be paying indemnity instead of receiving it. If being competent journalist and loyal American make man persona non grata in France, II think I can endure the situation without loss of isleep. In fact, the whole affair reminds me of the story of the rather effeminate young man who went to call on his best girl and found her in the farms of another young fellow. The effeminate youth went into the hall, took up his successful lrival's umbrella. broke it and said, Now. I hope lit ransP You see, for the French national policy lof Revenge to be completely successful, will have to have rain"