The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22

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journalist. who is on his first trip to Cali
, fornis and San Francisco.
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WORTH, who thinks. acquires news
papers. travels and gives vigorous in
terviews, all with the vividness and
swiftness that characterizes the hero
Of the motion picture series, arrived
Yesterday in San Francisco. saw the
city for the first time, met many of
the citizens and viii be of again to-
morrow. homeward bound by way of
Newfoundland.
Lord Northcliffe has the distinction
Of owning and publishing more news
papers than any other man in the
world. and his versatility in that realm
is indicated by the fact that he pub
fishes both the London Mail, thought
by British minds to be somewhat vel
low" and the London Times. the most
conservative newspaper printed in the
English language, and which, recently
acquired. is probabls the greatest pride
q the proprietor. Other newspapers
owned by Northclife are the Daily
Mirror. the Evening News and any
number Of periodicals and publications.
TIMES EDITOR IN PARTY
The editor is accompanied on his
tour by Lady Northcliffe, Moberly Bell,
managing editor of the London Times
and a brilliant journalist of many
news gathering achievements and edi-
toriaI accomplishments. Mrs. Charles
Furse. widow of an artist. and Evelyn
Wrench a young man who is editor
Of the over Seas Daily Mail, the week
" edition Of that paper. prepared espe-
cially for foreign consumption The
party is travelling in the private car
independence. and will occupy apart
snents at the Fairmont while here.
With Lord Northcliffe the possibility
Of trouble between England and Ger
many is a vital issue. He speaks most
intensely on the subject.
There is no war scare in England"
lie said yesterday afternoon. I wish
there were. The situation is serious
The people of England, however, do
not anticipate war any more than the
people of the north in the United
States anticipated in 1859 that war
would come with the south"
But do you think that war is as
imminent now between England and
Germany as il was then between the
north and south2" he was asked.
What would you think" he re-
piled significantly, If, within II days
wagon journey from you, 10000 men
were working night and day and Sun
days to manufacture armament? Here
you Americans had q war scare over
a question with small nation
lJapan). Today I saw cannon out
there by the Golden gate which, they
tell me. can hit q ship ID miles out at
sea-though I don't know whether or
not to believe that-but why have you
those cannon
ORIENTAL EXCLUSION
Then the swift motion picture mind
of the publisher turned TO the Asiatic
problem. You viii exclude the Jap
anese and Chinese until they exclude
YOU" he said. What will you do when
China refuses to permit Americans to
travel there? But we have had the
same problems. The question came up
over Chinese immigration into South
Africa. 1t caused an overthrow OF the
government. The conservatives lost
on the issue"
Discussing the Payne tariff bill Lord
Northcliffe said briskly: 1T is a bin
that viii lead US to have a tariff Eng
land had protectionist policy up to
1870 when free trade was adopted
He spoke as if Britain would go back
TO protection, or TO a tariff. TO some
extent at least.
NEWSPAPERS DECREASING
The longest section of the shifting in
terNiew. which the editor directed more
than the interviewer. was devoted to
discussing the newspaper question. 1T
is a curious thing" he said that the
number OF newspapers is not increasing
anywhere but in China In London
there are fewer papers now than there
were when 7 entered the field. and
think there are fewer in New York
That is due 10 some extent to the in
creased cost Of publication. The news
papers,, he continued. dominate and
direct public opinion. The newspapers.
while they have not taken sides, have
developed this Cook-Peary controversy.
What have the scientific bodies of the
world had TO say on the merits of the
Two explorers2 Nothing But the
newspapers have generated conflict
of sentiment The newspapers. through
the advertisements, direct what people
shall wear, and people follow their
suggestions. There is not now the old
school of editorial writers, with their
fourth OF July style, but still there
Is the newspaper influence, strong in
this country"
He regretted that the American
Il newspapers of today did not. in his
onfnion. seem to show the same intel
l;gent interest in foreign news that
:;lev did at one time. Lord Northcliffe
rad read the American newspapers
xerv closely on his travels through
..anada and this country. He said that
he had come TO the conclusion that
The tour of President Taft was not