Liberty of the Press

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 13, 1916

Liberty of the Press

REFERRING to the bills which have been introduced into the present Congress affecting the liberty of the press, the Baptist Commonwealth says:—

“Another and a startling evidence of aggression will be found in another column. There are two bills now before Congress which aim at the liberty of the press. The design is that the Postmaster-General shall exclude from the mails—and destroy—all publications that offend the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Judging from utterances that we find in Baptist exchanges, a lot of Baptist papers come under this ban. Rome has recently been defeated in two prosecutions connected with newspaper publications. Defeated, but not daunted, she is seeking to gain control farther back. Let there be the most earnest heed given to the appeal in the article referred to. There is need of waking up to the menace of Mormonism with its unspeakable iniquities. There is no less reason that patriots and those who love the truth should unite for the defeat of Rome in this latest attack upon American liberty.”