New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-23
London. November 4

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modern ideas and modern Improvements In ,ou,
nalism. When speak of improvements in ION,
nalism I certainly dc not mean what Is calloa
by some professors Of Il the New Journalism ,
mean, first Of all, improvements in the metboa,
of collecting news He was not quick to ado,,
those. and he was not quick to detect the na.
currents in Journalism which to make a.
great a change in the conditions Of journalism,
| life.
| II Is forty-seven years sInc~, upon the de.,h
| Of his father he assumed control OF The Tina.
| AT that date and for long afterward, the pana.
was supreme in a sense in which II Is no lonya.
and never will be again. II was prior to the a.
velopment Of the penny press. The growth a,
that amazing phenomenon In England was M,
rand its origin not sudden: there was no s,
nrise BEFORE It's day the leading journal Va.
| something more than leader; it had hardy
compettor II certainly had none in the prov
| inccs There came. moreover, period Of great
good fortune 10 Mr.. Walter and his paper; the
Crimean War. Mr.. w. H. RusselFs correspond
ence from the Crimea brought the paper great
accession of fame and influence. At the end Of
that war It had distancei everybody, perhaps
more completely than ever before. Its position
was its own to maintain or u lose. It's author.
ity in commerce and finance was greater than
! o,.ar and much greater than II IS now A mer.
chant at Manchester or Liverpool never dreamed
IF making an important bargain till he had had
tho market news Of THE Times" II he did no,
actually wait for the paper he waited for
| disratch from London with a summary Of Id
reys The local press gave him little, and that
rttIa he did not trust All over England II was
tho same The news Of politics, Of diplomacy, Of
arance If all the great transactions Of the world
wa. given fully and well in The Times and
II was hardly given in any other Journal
Rut the pace Increased. The conductors Of the
provincial press. and in Mcncnester soonest Of
! all began 70 perceive how lrksome II was 10 de-
I'D ON London. London Itself began TO struggle
IN It's bonds and 10 consider whether a monopoly
If news and influence was any better than any
! other monopoly. The stir In Doth PAGES occurred
about the same time. Neither the penny papers
# London nor the provincial papers gre" 70
their present stature over night. But there wa
a new birth. and the growth was u ioAo".
Mr. Walter had. | think. ample opportunity to
rro,ect himself against competition. He had
energy. but ne had not in any marked degree
alertness II mind He allowed himself not TO De
,.assea but t. be approached in the race. He
would not admit that there was race he
.iedainad the idea OF competition. The position
I
hts mind 4 part of the order Of the universe
II was astronomical. and revolyed In Obedience 70
nxed laws. once ne was asked whether ne was
aware hox much The Daily Telegraph was
Gaining in circulation and popularity SIT was
NJ Walters answer. f 10 not know OF the e1'
istence Of The Daily Telegraph II was 'H@e
ni6cent. but il was not journalism
! ia might have said a very different thins he
| might we'll at that time have said 70 ninseit l
will allow no paper but The Times to PRINT me
/ nous" He could almost have made that goa'u
No. outte In prestige, in resources. in weaAA
| T., onn,rtunities in the good will ana IN 'he NJ
,erss, ~ those who had news - give. ne s'Ooa
/ alone To this day correspondent u Inv
ri,,os'' has an advantage 1t j. worth tar more
n , statesman or financier that the intehgeh0e
~ which he wishes the public 70 Or IN p'ss'T
slon should appear in the leadlns J'u'hd' '"
in all others put together
This IS true all ove' the Continent "a''
seen something Of IT in the great cap''a's' e~pF
| ciallv in Berlin and In Paris. The r no"reu ''r
resentative Of The Times in FaT's' VI Nv
Rlowitz. ranks with Anlbassaior-he = an
Ambassador. and there are few dip.oh'a's's ~
able as ne in the business Of diplomacy anu u"
,,o ,ul,ifarious affairs with which an Amoss'
sador has 10 concern himself His supremag!
g. due nartlv t. his extraordinary abilities anu
exnerience. partly 70 the prestige N the J'u''.
ne serves He has done immense service u '"''
journal and he at least is modern ana uoes NV
shrink from the methods II the New Jou''aF
ism In Berlin the whole arrangements Io' ~.
ron-German press 81 the whole word were Wv
in the hands Of The Times r,pres'"'@'''N
In neither capital could either man nave W
and done what he was and what n az exc - ~
The Times. s,.
Judge. then. by what survives oi VIVA ~.
gone and what Mr. Walter alo"c' " -,
,hrorch his fingers II he had started the cary
newspaper train 70 the provinces III "" -.
u.,,.,I have retarded II he had not paralyzei Inv
growth Of the provincial press. Ihe MAN"
Guardian" as il il to-day might never ha''
come into being.-and II is the aoles' penn l J.,
T., ENGLAND NOT excepting any one II those ~
London The one nearest To II Is Inc sauna ~.
am NOT saving that il would have been 10Y '"'
interest Of the public and especially OF ''e ' ,,..
inces that this and the half-dozen other lea''"'
provincial journals should have peeh S'. :.
overshadowed. 1t is the interest OF The l'n','
only that | am considering 80 ~ 'ne -" '..n.
pennv papers 1t might be a public misfortune
were they less powerful than they are 49,,
remain one and all inferior - THE Times ,.,,.
,hev have been allowed to improve oppor'un," $.
which their great predecessor negIe''e" "a.
present themselves as competitors ""0''
, ttion there was afOretme none. ,,n
probablv the very completeness Of the 'l''",
In tho Crimea brought disaster IN Inc -,
in the Franco-German war OF 1870 MI ~,
se,rs success had been won not 50 much ~ ''
uv i'm Transmitting news as by his mastery
ding Of the questions growing out OF the To-
,,i,istr.tinn nf tho, British army in the ''' =,
and at the war Office and the Horse """'
London. Mr. Russell and his CHEERS ' ,,s
them reformed not to say revolu'o"" ,s
uuartermaster department ana "'ne' E
ments also. Nor was there any nar'" M.
military movements and OF battles 'o''P No
tn Mr. Russelrs. In 1870 all was 'h""e ga,