| Show ALMOST Tho rho following roll protest against the tho thon abuse bUllo n of ot the tho liberty of ot the press s Is IB from the tho th Ban Sat Francisco Bulletin of April 3 S Yellow Journalism for tor a n long awhile hesitated d to make nuria unwarranted use of ot the lopol flume numo for Cor advertising self purposes but finding upon printing u II tow foil tentative canards from Rome Home that American Catholics did not resent th use of ot name In the tho glorification lion tion of Hearst the Hearst papers now forgo force papal blessings and Interviews as freely as ns If it the tho Pope were a n performer In lit vaudeville Hearst maintains a D no notorious faker as ns his Boman correspondent correspondent dent a n man m n who used to be lie a n tramp printer and from tho the facile pen of at thus this special commissioner come Invented stories that are bringing tho the papal papa name namo Into contempt among persons persona silly find and Ignorant enough to believe that hU his hi holiness has haa nothing better bettor to do than putt puff and Ind compliment William Randolph Hearst Under the tho headline lUll His Holiness Gives to All AU leaders Headers of ot the tho Hearst Newspapers the tho Examiner yes yen yesterday yesterday printed a n typIcal take fake dated date Rome Home marked copyrighted cO as If It any nn Oslo would w uld steal It and labeled special by cabin cable to New Now York and by leas leased wire the tho longest In the world Tho Tao Pope Popo of at course c ur will never nover HB ere the Hearst papers and It he did happen to 10 see sea them to take any notice or thorn then would bs be quite beneath his hla dignity H 1 Hearst Is 18 to bo be rebuked for his ml of ot the Popes Pones name the tha rebuke must mus come como from tits the catholic peo plo phi of ot America They too loa may deem It not worth while to 10 punish the Hears papers for lor publishing such manifest nb ab and perhaps It Is as nil well troll to lot hat the tho matter mutter rot ret but It is II strange strang that Catholics who are usually go so to resent re ent slurs upon their re reo religion ligion should submit so tamely to the exploitation of or the tho Pope Popens its ns II an advertising nd agent for tor W It Hearst To Catholics the rope Pope is a II sacred sacre person porIOn for tor he Is the vicegerent o ot of Christ and the successor of Peter I 1 else eter H HIt It is respected therefore snore moro thun than temporal rulers and In th the thu minds of Catholics to 10 ridicule or In suit milt the tho head hond of the universal church I Inot la Ii lanot not only to commit a most offensive breach brench of ot good to tattle nt a but to tl Insult th the religion which he its h represents and th the tho of or whom horn he Is I the paternal ruler luler in Ili II mutters matters of nf faith and morals Oven Kven Kveno to o non the Pope Is possibly the most mOlt and venerable per personage pere tonn In the world It If the Hearst t pa papers paper pets per however tore ItO permitted J to continue advertising the tho th Pope Pop at al a satellite of oC the tho great relit and only Hearst we shall probably soon loon Stave have the Examiner setting set let settine lettin ting tine tin up Meant as III the supreme able I gate guto of or tho the Pope In America If the tho facts are AS Ill represented the tha rebuke Is well deserved To sell wll fake stories as news new II li is I no less lees le criminal or less lees contemptible than Ihan to sell chalk tot for sugar or feed leed th the patrons patron ot or a n ire res restaurant Laurent saw dust dusl for bread br crumbs crumb But Dut tho the remedy is In tho hands of 0 the tha It If the tho will cease pat plU tho the concerns that sell salt falsehoods for truth there will be a n sudden reformation In tho the world of or Journalism |
