The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-15

each newspaper, and to these officers every
item for print must be submitted. They
remain in the Office from the time the
Journal is put into type until the edition
Tor that day has appeared. aud may OBJ
Ject 70 anything, either in the shape of
news or comment, which they consider
improper. One might SUI Jose that this
responsibility, but it is not so. Should
the director Of the bureau of the press
consider an item Objectionable, the editor
shares with the censor the responsibility
and the punishment. The censor's duties
as overseer do not cease with the review
ing OF the matter intended for publication.
de must see to it also that each sheet of
paper upon which it is proposed to print
the days issue is properly stamped with q
stamp OF I'VE paras, q sum equal in value
to about half cent. The government
must ind considerable source of revenue
IN the sale OF stamps Of this small demon
NATION, fol every printed document de-
signed as means of advertisement must
have this evidence upon it of having paid
tax.
There is series of press laws for which
every editor must have regard, but they
make no demands which cannot easily be
complied with. Any person, be he Otto
man subject or not, provided he has passed
the age OF 80 and is of good repute, may
receive permission to publish q paper;
foreigner, however, subjects himself TO
trial before the Turkish tribunals, with no
recourse to the representatives from
ton of the law occur, or anything
unwholeso ne be published under his
authority: No journal may be pub
lished without the authority of the
imperial government, obtained through
written application to the minister of pub
lie instruction, if the applicant be an OF
n m N 49, - - .s.Fa ~ &ar-
eign affairs if he be the subject of for
eign power. Violation of this regulation
is punishable with fine of ten Turkish
pounds and suspension. A signed declar-
alton giving in detail the title of the jour
nal, the frequency of its appearance, and
this application. These formalities hav-
ing been complied with and the permits
SION to publish granted, the success
full applicant must daily continue
to send signed copies of his
journal to the bureau of the press
and to the palace, or else fine of ten
Turkish pounds will be imposed. Should
there at any time be change of title,
frequency of publication or ownership,
such fact must be made known to the
minister, for otherwise the editor could
not be held responsible for what appears.
At the risk of undergoing fine of from
two to twenty-five Turkish pounds for it's
In one of its next two succeeding issues all
official communications sent by the di-
rector of the bureau of the press. In
Turkey at least a private citizen has
rights which newspaper is bound to re-
spect, for every paper is bound to insert
any communication in the nature of re-
plies, provided the communication does
not exceed twice the length of the notice
which occasioned it. Another law pre-
vents the circulation of any paper treating
of administrative and political subjects
which might run the chance of being pub
lished abroad during conflict between
the government and outside nationalities.
Religious sects and public morals must
be respected and not outraged or else
punishment of from one week to three
months imprisonment or fine of twenty
five Turkish pounds will be imposed.
The personalities of the sultan, his fam
lily and his ministers and other govern
ment officials may not be adversely criti-
cised unless an editor is anxious to under
60 an imprisonment from one to three
years or to pay fine of one hundred and
fifty Turkish pounds. Sovereigns Of for
eign countries, their governments and
their ambassadors and other accredited
agents at this capital must receive the
same respectful treatment accorded Turk
| ish officials. Any such reference as was
made, by the American papers, to the
| Sackville- Murchison incident or the late
| Persian minister would not be toler-
| ated for an instant. Courts and tribunals
must also be handled with kid gloves, and
it is not allowed to cast imputations upon
| the honor or conduct of any of the officers
| of state, else a fine of ESQ or imprisonment
for year might be the result. Unless the
| editor is particularly daring individual
| he will perforce refrain from any in
| diligence In the use of what is commonly
termed the 'fake;" for the publication OF
| false news brings down on the head OF the
| transgressor punishment of from fl0 TO
ESQ tine, or imprisonment for q period OF
not exceeding one year.
Extra editions which appear independ-
| emit of the regular publication OF journal
| can only contain notices Of appointments
| and official bulletins. Use of language
| calculated to produce public concern is
| punishable by a suspension for period OF
| from one to three months in addition TO
the other punishment to which the pro-
| prietor is liable. Unless new application
to the authorities for permission to pub
| iish has been made, the paper Is under
suspension during the time of incarcera-
ton of the owner, and if any journal
should be so unfortunate as to undergo
three suspensions within two years it can
be forced out OF existence by administra-
| tive order. Except IN cases OF offences
| against the sovereign and against religious
| sects, trial is before court or tribunal,
| which, when any government ONCE or Of
| fetal shall have been attacked, is COM
| posed of seventy-five persons, who sit in
| Judgment at the sublime porte, and whose
report is acted upon by the grand council
| of state. Such are the press laws whose
action is modified by the unlimited au-
| thority of the director of the press.
NEwsBoYs.
| If the papers OF Constantinople were de-
| pendent upon the enterprise of their news
| dealers for their success it is safe to say
that thew would exc out miserable exist
| ence. The energetic boy jumping on car
and off is practically unknown. 1t Is true
| one finds here and there the counterpart
| of the newsboy of the STREETS of New
| York or Philadelphia, but, in the main,
| his place is taken by staid and
grown men, who in very deliberate man.
| ner call out Ne-o-to-gos, Corastantt-nopot's,
| Tepont Herald, TdriE. StdmboUl. To cry
| the more important items of information
| contained in the issues of the day would
REQUIRE an exertion on the part OF the
| Turkish newsman or boy quite beyond his
| canabiIities. since the Turkish editor,
| utterly unaware of the advantages OF the
aIliterative headline telling of some blood
| thirsty crime or other foul deed, makes no
nse Of them. The regulation French
obituary notice, through which the wife,
sisters cousins and aunts enlist the SYM
nathv of their friends in the ''cruel loss"
which they have sustained, and In which
an earnest prayer is expressed that they
will assist at the obsequles, IS not uncom-
mon. Soon thereafter the aunts. cousins
and sisters again make known their iden-
tity by an expression OF gratitude Tor
attention shown.