The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01

chise holders would be unnecessarily
aroused and the controversy deepen
ed.
The name of the car aud members
of the imperial family must never be
mentioned, except in arttcl IS and i:eDc
reprinted from the Imperial Gazette.
Under ordinary circumstances there
ton from this rule, which, also.
in a measure, applies to the an
cestors of their majesties. Edi-
tors must particular refrain from
printing or alluding 10 expressions as
crlbed to either Of lh,lr majesties. If
an editor wants to print an item con-
corning these august personages that
has not previously appeared in the
ofrClal Gazette he shalt submit it 20
the minister of the imperial house, who
VIII grant permission or Withiol1 1t,
as he sees fit. Typographt1al errors in
the imperial name or in names of mem
bers of the imperial family will make
the editor, publ sncr, foreman Of thu
composing room and the tynssetter IL
able to severe punishment.
when the car or C2aTine is i'll news
papers are allowed only to print such
bulletins and news that appears in the
Official Gazette. They are also forbid
den to print articles concerning the
nature of the illness from which the
stance, If the ear has a cold the news
papers must not print articles concern
ing cataarh, pneumonia or similar dis
eases If public prayers are ordered
for the benefit of sick member of the
imperial family editors are not allowed
to comment on the fact and if mem
Der of the imperial family dies the
newspapers must not indulge in bound
less grief, as otherwise the respect and
love due to the successor may be lost
sight Of
Those artistic institutions which
come under the Administration of the
minister of the imperial house are
above criticism by the press, as such
criticism would necessarily reflect upon
the high official mentioned. He alone
has the right to judga the managers
of these institutions, whom he APP
points and directs.
The st. Petersburg press recently
commented upon the quarrel between
the director of the imperial opera and
musician engaged by him. That was
indecent interference on the part of the
press and the wronsdoers have been
punished. If injustice IS done to any
employee of an imperial institution the
minister of the imperial house will hear
of it, and the matter will be rectfied
in the ordinary course Of business. The
press has nothing to do with it.
seven kinds of them.
An editor may be forbidden to sell
copies of his paper to anyone save year
ly subscribers.
He may be "asked" to omit all ad-
vertising matter from his columns.
He may be fined from 1000 to 5000
rubles, or sent to prison, or may be de-
ported.
His newspaper may he suppressed by
a stroke of the pen.
He may be ''otheTwisc severely pun
ished according to the gravity of the
charge" Otherwise means a living
grave in SchlusselsbuTg, or the gal
lows. There is a general uncertainty
about the punishments. They are not
made to fit certain crimes, as outlined
by the new laws, but seem to be
thrown utogether in basket, from
which the court extracts one or an
other, according ITO its pleasure.
Was public opinion ever more effect
ually suppressed? Was lesc majestic
ever carried further? Perhaps once.
under Empress Anne WIN it was a
floor, for that coin was adorned by her
majesty's picture. But, generally
speaking, more draconic measures of
the kind were never enacted.
The world at large is directly inter
ested in these press laws, because they
Will aIeCt foreign dIaNS. Inc war
lords of Austria, Italy and Germany,
and the governments of France and
England cannot add a single man to
their armies without the consent of
their parliaments; Russia has no par
lament. and the organs or publicity
there are permitted to print only things
that the administration wants to have
published, while the telegraph censor
ship and the "blacl cabinet Keep the
foreign cOrrespOndenCe in check-NpW
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