Sentence:  ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,' said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of <WSD>appearing</WSD> in the newspapers? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.