The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-06

is supposed Co have a great deal to do with the making of war and peace, J have no doubt 1t ls true that newa- papers can do more than merely voice the thoughts and passions of the peo- ples, and now that newspaper work Is beginning 10 rank with tho older pro- lesslons, with arms, the law, com merce, tho arts, and sciences, there Is a growing restraint on tho part of the Writers and editors that must make for tho worlds peace.
 "Yet the world, as seen through the newspaper is c rather strange place, When ] come here as I am happy to say that I do very often, ] read pages of cablegrams, and especially Sunday cablegrams from London, and l see that England IS chiefly pcopled by sufragottes, impeounious arlstocrats and four or nye amazing society la- dies, fashionable beauties" whose names and antics are recorded, and whose photographs, taken often twen- ty-Ave years ago, do steady service yory regularly
 "f wonder if it ever occurred to tho gentlemen who send these Sunday cables that there must be some other people over there to conduct the gi- gantic export trade of Great Britain, to manage her cotton mills, to main- tain her mercantile fleet, carrying seyen-tenths of the worlds goods, her shipping yards, and c navy that has been heard of at times,
 "On tho other hand, when I am at home, see what an amazing fellow Uncle Sam is Apparently nature hero is engaged In nothing but torna- does. B'inanciers are always in pan les; the politicians are all engaged in grafting each other; there is only ono law, and that the unwrtten one, But when I come here all the Americans meet are of an extremely normal type. and find a steady growth and prosperity uneXampled in my per sonal observation. The cable, unfor- tunately, tells too little of the su- perb public spirit of the United States, or of it's strainlng after such Ideals as are expressed by the Metro politan Museum of Arts; the new H. brary, the Museum of Natural History MT. Mills hotels, the Bronx geological gardens-the finest, I believe. in tho world-and your splendidly equipped hospitals.
 Tn the rush of modern journalism there is often not sufficient time to give pause for the consideration of any, thing excepting immediate and urgent news But there are on both sides of the Atlantic newspapers of less speed and greater spaciousness which ac- quaint the people with other things than politics, stock markets, and what the French call faits divers. And since your chairman has referred to my as- socatIon with the London Times I may mention that 1t Is my highest ann bition to maintain the traditions that newspaper has held for ono hundred and twenty years traditions of great Iaim and breadth of view with regard to literary, scientific and artistic mat ters, and the higher progress of na- tions outside of England.
 NO foreign news paper maintains such . staff in this country as the Times does and that staff will be in- creased rather than decreased.
 'Tn my humble judgment the more the newspapers tel! the better side of the other peoples tho quicker becomes the international understanding.
 Beyond question: therefore, a news paper can serve m immense purpose, and especially in times of crises, by remembering that e drop of ink makes millions think and that 'smartly' written article may do vast damage to | foreign relations"