Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-18
Russian Newspapers and Their Editors.
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Since the War the Men Who
ment Mouihpiece and Other Newspaper

New Time, as Its name signifies II
Is a daily, usually consisting Of ten or
twelve pages slightly larger than those
Of American newspapers and sells In
ST Petersburg for Ave kopeks, which
is bit over two cents. II Is published
I'm ErtelyeX street, Just of the Neyskl
Prospect, and its policy can be summed
up In few words"stand in with the
government Il Is, In fact to large
extent officially Inspired, and is read by
all who have government situations.
1t is anti.Engligh, antl-SemItlc, ana
hostile to the Films and Poles.
The editor OF the Novoe Vremya,
Alexe SergeYltch SuyoHn, has been
for years the greatest figure I'm the Rus
sian journalistic world a position he
atll holds In spite of the fact that he
Is seventy The possessor Of great
wealth as well as vast Influence NJ.
Suyorin Is entirely Gelf-made. Incl
dontally he ~ one Of the smoothest
proportions In the Russian empire.
lie started out as a school teacher, In
Noronesh, but coon began contributing
TO one OF the chief newspapers OF Mos
COW, a Liberal sheet by the way, which
was then edited by the Countess Salias.
I'm 1851 he camefto st. Petersburg and
began writing for an official journal
called the petersburg NEWS.
An this time he was saving money
and when the Russo-Turklsh war came
along, had just enough to buy a small
Newspaper, which, at that time, was
edited by the man who is now suvo-
rims greatest rival Osslp Natoytch
The paper was to be had cheap-at tina
cost OF only few hundred Ioubes--
but that was about the extent Of Suvo.
rims capital, so at the start he had TO
sail pretty close to the wind. He was
bHmful of ideas, however, and showed
great Judgment IN picking his war cor
respondents. and his paper soon caught
on. He changed It's name to the Mo-
voye Nremya, and the newspaper went
on prospecting until It became what II is
today-the most valuable journalistic
property In Russia and the mouth
piece Of the autocracy
WHAT RIVALS CHARGE.
His rivals declare that NJ, Suvorin
Is absolutely INSCRIPTIONS, that his po-
Titles change whenever the policy of
the government is altered and that he
uses his powerful influence with off,
cialdom TO get any newspaper sup
pressed that becomes dangerous. He
has the satisfaction, however, of know
ing that he is 1T His intimate friends
littlbAt no tilsl u COOnStlofh ana MINIS
ters, many Of whom contribute to his
journal, and he was recently received
by the car as representative of the
Russian press and named member OF
the imQerlal committee for the reor-
gani2ation OF the Russian fleet.
That Suvorin, in spite Of his years, Is
exceptionally wide-awake and quite
aware Of what the future may bring
forth Is shown by the way in which he
recently set his son up In the newspaper
business Seven months ago, aided by
his father, the younger Suvorin pro-
duced the 81. Petersburg Russ, which
now has quite a large circulation. Its
policy Is Numerically opposed to
that Of the Novoye Vremya; II is
Progressive TO the backbone and
on It's STAFF. which includes
some Of the cleverest of Russian
Journalists Is writer who returned
only recently from Siberia, where he
was sent for writing an anti-czar ar
ticle. Supposedly, of course, the Russ
Is fighting the Nremya tooth and nail,
but 1t IL probable that NJ Suvorin,
ST., believing that there Ia going to
be a great split OF Russians into two
political factions, intended that the
paper which he has edited for 30 long
shall be the leading organ Of one side,