The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-13
A GREAT NEWSPAPER
THE LONDON TIMES AND SOME or
THE THINGS IT HAS DONE.
Why "Thc Thundercr" Ii such n
Power In Enropc-The History OF
the Times Ii the History OF the

| WOrlu siuce the PEper started,
The London Times is the most com
plete and thorough news record pub
lished In any language. Its law re
ports, written by baiTlsters OF stand
ing, are essential to all English law
yers. Its accounts Of parliament form
a convenient reference for public an(
private libraries throughout the world
In every department it gives u full re
port of what has happened.
The paper was started in 1885 undel
the name OF the Daily Universal Reg
lister, which was changed TO the Lon
don Times in 1883. In 1903 1t began iii
great development under John Wal
| ter.
1t Is no vain compliment to say thai
the Times Is part of British civilian
ton. For over n hundred years 1t has
belonged, with the Established church
and the British constitution, to the his
torlc greatness of the race.
You cannot buy the Times Its ed
itor proudly said when q powerful
man sought to silence its thunder. and
the words might well be written in let
| tiers OF gold across the portal of Print
ing House square. You cannot buy the
Times.
| Lord Randolph CHURCHILL in that dra-
matic moment when. locking up the
wonderful budget which nobody has
ever seen, he stepped for the last time
out of the treasury in Whitehall, hailed
a hanson and drove to the office OF the
Times. In ten minutes he was in the
editors room telling the editor the
news which was next morning to star
tie the political world.
"Of course you viii support me-"
Lord Randolph said In his own way.
NO. said the editor, while Lord
Randolph stood aghast
But there is not another paper I'm
England which would not be grateful
for such a piece of information" ex-
claimed the wondering statesman, and
the editor agreed. But would Lord
Randolph take the news to any other
paper? He might do SO, and not
word should appear in the Times the
next day. Lord Randolph left his Sc
cret with the Times and left the office.
we may be sure, rejecting ON the won
derful character of the one thing In the
world which no man could buy. The
Times the next morning reproyed him
severely for deserving his colleagues.
1t has been 80 from the beginning.
The Times was child of four when
Its founder, the first John Walter, was
put into jail for censuring the Duke of
York. But they could not imprison the
Times, and even while John Walter
was In Newgate he was sentenced
again for severely criticlsing the
Prince Of Wales and accusing the Duke
of Clarence OF leaving his ship without
leave.
The government withdrew Its adver-
tisements and its printing contracts,
but the Times went on its incompatible |
way. 1T made cabinets and broke |
them. exposed plots and averted them. |
At least once, at a cost of $1,000, the |
Times nipped in the bud an interna-
tional conspiracy which might have
ruined half the banks in Europe, and |
there are two scholarships in London
schools endowed by a thanksgiving
fund then raised to the Times.
When the railway mania was at Its
highest the Times sacrificed n fortune
n advertisements by denouncing the
spirit of reeklessness which was abroad,
md neither the penalties Of the law,
he enmitles of statesmen nor the loss
II revenue has awaited against the
earless determination of the Times to
ny the thing 1t thinks.
There were dramatic spectacles at
lines, when the great newspaper
ought not only its own but foreign
Napoleon himself, who
cared an editor more than an army, is
aid 10 have wanted TO bring an action
or libel against the Times, and Gul-
OF, the French minister Of later day,
i'd more To punish the Times for its
he detained its co,irier
n Paris, delaying its dispatches. But
he ingenuity Of John Walter II. was
DO much for him
The situation In India was grave.
nd the Times established an overland
Dute TO England without touching
rance. The Indian. mail was handed
, q messenger at Suez, the messenger
odc on a dromedary 200 miles TO Alex
ndria and there handed his packet TO
passenger ON an Austrian steamer
ouhd for Trlest. Thence the pre-
ous packet was dispatched via Os-
nd TO Dover, where special train
'aited TO bring it up to London.
The French minister was angry and
ade another move. Special trains
nd steamers were places at the dis
osal Of the English rivals OF the hated
iper. and for once the genius Of the
lines failed. But a'storm stopped the
rench vessel In the Mediterranean.
hile the Times steamer sailed quietly
, the Adriatic. and the triumph OF Q
e paper coincided with the advent OF c
) famous editor. Mr. Delane. who !
came editor OF the Times when he d
as twenty three a
The history of the Times is the his e
~ Of the world since the paper began ,
No historian, writing Of