New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
london. July 20.

h.e and SPENDING the Nliitei '' -
o. lS ,os again sent abroad me loiio"lne
ofoT time under an agreement 10 REMAIN
yesr. ti's - =, so as the exponent OF n new
81 - - American Journalism IN EUioie
thsoTy o. ,- .,,t, belief that the cable had
- ali tne conditions OF ln'eIile' io.i'i Ne"S
-a'sTeo % and that a new system had 10 be Gre
had been long enough IN Aoi'"'.' az -.
-iea ....,t 70 DE convinced shat London must
sie Ool''-' ,;s+r.l.utirc centre Of European
r''' America ] talked il over with Mr.
aeNs l' -. rst,l-n Mr.. Young had a mind
loD's r,,- ideas and he was unusually quick
Gen - rut this suggestion struck him at
os-'-', ,-onosal 10 impair the authority OF
tT'' .. eaitorship. He thought natu-
ie -, ,,,rl,t 10 be but one executive head:
ia-, % r,rropean manager, no matter how
so -. .l,or5irated % his chief in New York.
So o.. s,rf n distance acquire too much in
b'-'- 80 The proposal moreover, WIS far
and had no precedent;-not that the
10" , ,,v,ga5ent troubled Mr. Young much.
.,.srt much Of his time as managing
-. Tho Tribune I'm disregaTding presidents
,-.f,o down laws of his own. But this
- Do rresgutly saw, would never have
.,.o,rft Of had not submarine telegraphy
- practicable shape. nor would such
s.. have been of much practical use so long
.srs went hy mail. Nor could il be tried till
- many details had been thought out
- the old system. each Tribune CORE
don, reported directly 10 New York. Had
-, svs-cm remained uualtered, the triumphs
]. American Journalism in Europe would have
-, i7possbIe THAT AN the European repre-
..-,atiyes Of this paper should report TO London
,ssa8 Of New York might seem no very great
natter but IN truth il was vital. When it had
,,s been decided o. establish a Tribune Office in
lo-sor. "A revolution had taken place. There
r,s 20 be a responsible agent in charge. He
as 10 organize "a new administration. He was
q, arpoint and dismiss other agents all over the
o,r-pent. He was subject Of course, 10 orders
ron New York, 10 transmit news 10 New York
He was 20 Doe The telephone between Europe
tBs tie managing editor IN New York But he
vss 10 relieve The New York office Of its super
vision over the European star. What s..
Petersburg and Vienna, Berlin and Paris. had
bsay TO New y1rl, was ~ be said through Lon
Con- There would 5e an economy of time or
ss-s cou'F 7- sent fram London and results re
cstvel ra.. more quickly than from New York.
IN az eme. gencv, rs was presently 10 be shown.
Tie difference was enormous. THE notion Of the
,suralty OF London. of It's unity as a news bu-
rsaa was perfectly simple
Bu, it took years f1r THAI one simple notion 10
Get Itself accepted and acted upon. ! viii give
o1a Illustration: when tte fateful days 81 July
$50 We're upon ms I thought ] saw q great op-
rlrurlry The Tribune alone had an organiza-
ZION ia Europe competent for the work OF sup
prug war news. but as I did not know how
much news New York wanted 1 cabled A Ques-
Ton TO The editor then temporarily in charge.
The answer came back that Z was 10 70 10 Ber-
'r i would have been q fatal step. should
base come under German military rule. and
cabling iron Berlin at that time and much later
was slow and uncertain business. Nor could
NE plans had lu mind have been carried out
Ton Berlin There would have been a censor
snip upon every dispatch and censors alp means
ii' merely muulauon 20 suit a bureaucratic
@-A but delay. Berlin. moreover, was remote
Vie London is on the road 10 New York. and
ff Of tie cable tho delay from that cause
IS would have been Injurious. In short, I dis
0tEea me New York order. 1 explained. OF
'-''e olt pointed out that an unfettered dis
as~oa was essential 10 success. and / asked To
, s-o"ea free hand or 70 be relieved. was
gwen Tie free hand
'-sse methods have since become so familiar
-A' here Is little need TO explain them. but AZ
* U-e uey were not merely novel. but We're
.-'-el p! journalists ~ great experience. Mr.
eng Goidon Bennett was one OF those who
meg az them, and presently was one Of those
' 'l'4o"ed them and made a large use OF
80 e'eeuy 10 his own profit and 10 that OF
=, 'Nsuer4oIe news organization he con-
Du' d hrst he said nothing would in
H"l 10 SET up IN London rival Office 10
r...- +O.~ NO" every important journal in the
So 80 Hlales has Offices in London. ana sub
- =. O'nees in Paris and often in other Euro
- capitals. But tile authority Of New yorl-
---Dsso remains what IL was
'uea once accepted somebody had then 10
Sfpo-lIed 10 London. Mr. Young asked me
-. declined. I liked leader writing much
,, nan news collecting ] thought M.
,,-., ~ influencing opinion through the edi-
- '-''ns q The Tribune the most euyiable
p'"eTs. The London scheme moreover.
ta9 = Experiment., and did not think I had
ma ign experience with news 10 Justify nv
,-.,.,, ing SD large business But Mr.. Young
o-gL. '@ Saying II was my scheme and
ctos.- ~ ~ I'D operation. He might, had lie
had ~ 49, ISSUED an order and should have
Vas ~. AUX 10 obey or resign; but that
nv -4s way % trusted 10 persuasion. ~.
ts 60, 7-''oi CLIMATES as for some purposes.
ssr1,s =, 'No lie Old not care for unwilling
ca,irr was past master in the art Of
So, case and ia TIE use Of r.ersoDal in
Ia, -. ,-e END he convinced me not only
La. ,-s't 20 90, but thar ] wanted to 20 ana
-, - M sun with rnisgiyiDrs b,,r no, ,,.i,,,l-,t
asa - '''-'ls.tsm ~ the prospect OF doing a
1-ig !n journalism II ,,,s in. - -
-. CO lie did az parting. ..Re,,,e--l.., -.
a. s''ol methods. You win use Won, GU,
"Aat want is results"
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