Show British Yellow Press Tress H Had d dI I Baleful Influence on nN Nation 1 Demand of Certain Newspapers for Business as Usual Is Is Blamed Bla ed for Munitions Sho Shortage t ge and Same Organs Show Hostility I to All Things American LONDON Oct Now a.-Now Now that the great war budget has been adopted and the chancellor of the exchequer Reginald McKenna has partly in response to the demands of England's England a yellow press pres Imposed a duty of ot 33 3 3 1 per cent on American automobiles motorcycles and moving picture films I it is Js interesting to recall that long before the beginning of the gigantic struggle le this same lame yellow press had echoed the sneers of ot the publications at everything thing American except pt the fruit of ot the dollar tree I lavish which was scattered with band hand throughout the United Kingdom by American tourists Th The leopard cannot change chango his spots and although Great Britain is Js involved in in a a. war oar for existence and anC John Bull Dun and his colonies are eager for tor American sympathy and support both of ot which have been given freely Creely without measure the yellow press coveting every dollar diverted by the war into American trade has continually continually con con- attacked the government for purchasing munitions arms and other other other oth oth- er needed war supplies from American Ameri Amen can firms This same yellow press ever greedy for profit at the expense of the rest of ot the world is responsible for these huge purchases of ot munitions in the United States for at the outbreak of ot the war supremely ignorant of ot the tremendous military strength and thorough preparedness ss of ot the central empires it thundered forth the chorus that the British trade flag must be kept flying and that the country must do business as usual Yielding to this continuous broad broad- side the government and people of Great Britain attempted to do busl busi busi business ne ness nes s as usual with the result that at the end of the first year o of the war the British army was short of shells guns guns' and equipment Then the j ellow press opened fire on Lord Kitchener and the government accusIng accusing accusing ing them of ot responsibility for this distressing state of ot affairs which was actually brought about by the governments government's attempt to satisfy these organs by conducting the greatest war in history and business on a normal basis at the same time Long before the Dally Daily Mail opened fire on Lord Kitchener demanding hi his lus the government had realized I that in attempting to conciliate this mischievous element of ot the English press it had placed itself in the position position poal- poal tion of ot the man the boy and the ass an and it was not in response to the tho philippics of ot the pessimists but as the result ot the absolute conviction that If It the allies were to be victorious victori ous Great Grent Britain must devote all her bel energies to the tho business of ot making war that the coalition cabinet representing representing representing rep rep- resenting classes and shades of public opinion was formed and that Mr Lloyd-George Lloyd was transferred from the great post of ot chancellor of ot the tho exchequer to create the ministry of ot munitions and to mobilize the In Industries Industries industries in- in of ot the empire as auxiliaries to the army and navy It may be interesting also alsoto to American American Amer Amer- ican readers to know that the he yellow press which represents after all only a small but firmly section section sec- sec tion lion of ot the British public Is always antidemocratic and therefore as a natural corollary anti anti- American A large majority of the newspapers of ot Great Britain are sIncere sincere sincere sin sin- cere in their friendship for tor the people people peo peo- pie and government of the United States and these newspapers have been uniformly considerate in their treatment of ot the grave issues Issus that were born of the sinking of ot the Lusitania Lush Lusi- tania and the other tragedies of ot the theseas seas The people of ot England too in the bulk have been truly sympathetic sympathetic sympathetic the nastiness and reflections upon American courage come only from the mouths of those who Imbibe imbibe im ira- bibe misinformation n and Intensity intensify their prejudices against all things American by reading the halfpenny halpenny I Time was when the Tim Times Tims s was not yellow and was known as The Thun Thun- I derer Today thinking Englishmen I I look upon upon it as a penny whistle and its circulation is confined to old la ladies Ja- Ja dies and gentlemen who cannot break reak Off the habit of ot reading it which they acquired in the days of ot its and their youth The Morning Post is still sUIl read by those interested in the news news' that thata a marriage has been arranged between between be be- tween Hon Chichester Cholmondely of ot The Hut Bucks and Miss 1 Scads of ot U. U USA S. S A A. A The Standard which has recently changed ownership still nUll adheres to the yellow section and the Daily express express' has las Joined the tie anti American forces |