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Show II uu GEORGE CREEL IS ATTACKED. Once more the Metropolitan Maga-, Maga-, zine is explaining why it persists in attacking at-tacking the administration. This time the periodical makes a reply to George Creel of the Bureau of Public Informa-I Informa-I Uon of the government who, in the i current Issue of the "Independent," , vigorously assails Metropolitan for its slurs directed against Garfield, as fuel administrator. The Metropolitan's editor makes a defense similar to the reply made to 1 The Standard, as follows: If, as I suppose you will admit, the main duty of your bureau is to tell the public what the war is about, what our aims are in the ( war, how best the war can be car- , ried on, and in general to keep the public enthusiastic about the war, if that is the main function, don't you think it is rather foolish to be attacking a magazine -which is bo whole-heartedly for the war and for the most vigorous prosecu-j prosecu-j tion of the war as the Metropoii- Let me remind you that the Met- j ropolltan has never, since August j 1, 1914, been neutral aboutthe in- vasion of Belgium. The Metro politan was for preparedness in , 1914 when the administration was ' against preparedness. Tho Met- i H ropolltan -was for universal serv- j ice and made a campaign through I 1915 for universal- service when 1 1 the administration was opposed to 1 universal service. The Metropol- Itan was for war on Germany as r soon as the Lusltania was sunk, 'i and has been for war with Ger- many over since. So far as the whole war is concerned, the Metropolitan Met-ropolitan has always boon about two years ahead of the administration, administra-tion, and the work done by the Metropolitan in advance has made it easier for the administration today. to-day. Don't you think, it. is a pity that you, as a mouthpiece of the administration should be attacking attack-ing the most strongly pro-ally paper pa-per In the country, and when you could find so many other publications publica-tions which are lukewarm or even perhaps pro-German to attack instead? in-stead? Has it ever, occurred to you to attack the Hearst newspapers? newspa-pers? We venture to state that the Metropolitan Metro-politan would prefer to have this war lost than to have the administration gain any glory. When the administration administra-tion was urging peace, so long as peace could be honorably maintained, the Metropolitan was loud for war. Finally, Final-ly, when the country went to war, the Metropolitan did all In its power to block the progress of the administration administra-tion toward preparedness. From the very first day of our entrance into the conflict, there was a discordant note sounded in the Metropolitan. If we were to wager, we would bet that the Metropolitan represents a political po-litical ring which has no other object than to break down those now in authority. au-thority. There are men in the United States who are more concerned over their party than the welfare of this nation. na-tion. Their whole atmosphere is polit- ical. They are the most treacherous foes this country Is called on to squelch. No one objects to wholesome criticism criti-cism of the' government, in fact there must be criticism In order to keep the high officials toned up to the greatest efficiency, but nagging, carping criticism criti-cism destructive criticism is not wanted. nr |
