Show C 9 P 0 TAFT A A W T y I 1 I 1 I 1 big libel suit against t the new york world Is in sight si 9 I 1 ht cincinnati dec 8 the cincinnati times star pf af which charles P tart Is editor and proprietor today pill published the fOlIo following NyIng reply to the article on the panama canal which appeared in tile the indianapolis news and new york world I 1 the new york world tile the paper which was responsible for forni most ost of tile the talk about the panama canal scan auld during IN me recent campaign camp dIgn says thi whether i douglas robinson son who is mr Roosevel ts brathor ln iti law or any of mr tafts brothers associated himself with mr cromwell Cromwe lJ in panama exploitation or shared in these theme profits Is ie incidental to the main issue of lot ting in the light I 1 this statement is I 1 I 1 intentionally misleading the panama story was used usell in the campaign for or political reasons solely I 1 the one thing that gave it political value in tile the eyes of those who used it was the fact that th tha 3 story as printed carried the names of a brother of the republican candidate for the presidency and of a brother inlaw in law of 0 the president dent the inference was plain enough jt it was that theodore roosevelt and IV it taft had used their influence as high ceals of the united states government to help liehr near relatives in looting the treasury at washington that was the meat of tile the story it if tle the names of 0 douglas robinson and C P taft hal had not been included include 11 in it flimsy and absurd as it was the t e lying yarn would never have been used 1 hy the world but bu the world the indianapolis news and the othey other papers for one reason 01 another wanted to defeat mr taft and discredit mr roosevelt tho the world is in trying to lodge dodge the issue it wants to be relieved of the responsibility of trying to drag the names of mr robinson and mr taft in to its made to order mess mass of scandal anti anil slime both tile the world and the indianapolis news are crying lot let in the light we thoroughly with them but after aate r a little time liar has passed after all tho most desperate efforts of the cornered world and news havo have arr produced all the evidence ence they can an apology will be in order from those newspapers in ill tile the meantime mr taft reserves the right to take legal step which possibly have been mide made more dei desirable able by tile the events and insinuations of the past fory eight hours |