The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-05
Greuina telegraph
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1870.
OUR WAR NE WS.

OUR WAR NEWS.
Wa take pride in referring both to the quality
and quantity of the news that we have been
elIe to set before our readers from the COM
Dencement of the war between France and
Prussia 10 the present time. The facilities
we enjoy by means of our contract with the
Associated Press enable us to publish exclu-
sively, every afternoon complete and salts
factory reports of the progress of events at
the seat of war, and to furnish the public
with the very latest intelligence. On Satur-
day an ''extra," containing King Williams
despatch announcing the surrender
of the Emperor, first conveyed to the
oitizens o. Philadelphia the information of
the great event that will probably influence
the destinies of Europe for many ages to
ooms, and from 10 O'Clock until after dark
TBB EVENING TBLEoBAPH Office was besieged
by GROW 3 of oit zens eager to hear the latest
details of the surrender. The vast resources
and faoi tiles of the Associated Press for the
collection and dissemination Of news have been
shown in the most conclusive manner pos
sible during the past six weeks, and our
columns are proofs not only of the variety of
informal on forwarded by its reporters, but
of the fact hat all the important news about
the war has been given to the public first by
means of it's cable kilograms. The
New York Associated Press is oom-
posed of the leading journals of that
oity, the Tribune, times, Herald, World,
San, Journal Of Commerce, Eoening Post,
Commercial Advertiser, and Epentpg Express,
and in this oity it is represented by the North
American, Inquirer, Ledger, Press, Age,
Record, and German Democrat. 1t does not
require any demonstration to prove that
combination like this, which also includes the
leading journals of the South and West, must
possess facilities for collecting news superior
to any other that can under any possible cir
oumstanoes be formed. The Associated Press
Ess been organized for years, and its sys-
sem has been perfected by long expe-
sic nee; Its reporters are fully
sn ined to their business and they
ave scattered over every quarter of the world
Sgith instructions to forward promptly infor-
nation of every event of the slightest public
interest. 1t may not be amiss here to allude
to some captious criticisms that have been
made with regard to the vague and unsatis-
factory rumors that have frequently been sent
over the cables during the progress of the
war between France and Prussia, and for
which the Associated Press reporters have
been blamed The experiences of our own
war, when news of the movements of the hos
tile armies was by no means as hard to obtain
as it is in Europe, demonstrated to the public
that large portion of the intelligence sent
from the seat of war must of necessity consist
of mere rumors. The reporters pick up in
formation wherever and whenever they can,
and if they were to stop to sift truth from
falsehood, and to wait until they had verified
the facts in their possession, the public would
frequently not receive news of the utmost
Importance and interest for days, and even
weeks, after the event had occurred. That
this is not the way to supply the public crav-
ing for the latest information is SO self-evi-
readers of newspapers can be relied upon to
dent that it needs no argument, and the
make for themselves the necessary allowances
in CASE of obscure or vague rumors. The
reporters only do their duty by sending at
the earliest possible moment every scrap
of news that comes into their possession, even
il one despatch contradicts the other.
Tho public of Philadelphia have shown
their appreciation of The EVENING TELE.
GRAPH as the only afternoon paper in the city
that publishes the Associated Press de.
spatohes, and therefore the only one that
contains full and reliable war news, in the
a, nner most gratifying to us-by eagerly
On! ing up the large editions which we issue
sy ry afternoon and in the future, as in the
1tat, our columns will be found to contain the
siest and fullest reports of the great events
l,t are transpiring in Europe.