El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-30

nails devoted to news bulletins and
book reviews, which are not TO be
found outside of the fashionable West
End. There are miserable rags 10 be
seen only in the slum districts The
Times is read at home or in the office,
and is rarely TO be seen at all IN
buses or trains The most universal
appeal is made by the pink sheets hde-
voted either to pictures or sports.
vast majority of the women are seen
with one of the picture papers in their
hands These picture papers publish
the news OF the day in brief bulletins
and give the greater part OF their space
TO photographs The weekly illus
trated journals of London are by far
the best in the world, and the cheap
daily picture papers are the equals OF
the best weeklies in America or in other
countries But, in vew OF their large
circulation. ii is amusing TO hear a
London journalist critic4se American
newspapers because they devote so
much space to illustrations.
Legal Suppression.
The real difference betw cen Amer
lean and English newspapers is diff
ference imposed by law, and is not the
result Of superior morality on the part
of English publishers The libel laws
in Great Britain are so very strict that
America is excluded from English
newspaper columns Then also, the
British law prevents comment yfDon
matters sub judice', that is. the papers
may not discuss a case in court until
after it has been finally determined.
They may print concerning such cases
only what is a mater Of public court
record This gives them the right To
publish the testimony taken In open
court, and exercising this right the
most Staid and respectable British
journal sometimes will print things
which could not appear under any cir
cumctances in the yellowest American
newspaper. But at the same time. the
law prevents journalistic interference
with legal procedure, and such a thing
as trial by new spaper.'' in a criminal
case is impossible In this respect
British Journalism, or rather British
law, Is immeasurably superior.
Questionable Advertisements.
In the mater OF advertisements. the
LONDON press is more liberal than that
OF the majority Of American cities.
personals" of doubtful character ara
printed even in high class iournaIs
quite as freely as they used TO be in
New York Even the most respectable
newspapers carry the advertising an
HouhcemehtS of divorce spies and pri-
Vate detectives, gentleman or LADY
Loan sharks and usurers also are ad-
: iHitteo 10 the advertising columns OF
! even the best papers
W hen IT comes TO politics British
newspapers are both better ana worse
than those in America Because the
Engl1Sh journals continue to report
pubic speeches verbatim, there IS no
| temptation TO garble or color the utter
ances Of political men. The interview
! mas rot made any appreciabIe advance
there IS little complaint of incorrect
, quotations So far as the news COL
umns are concerned, the British press
/ IS on the whole superior to the American
IN ITS treatment of political affairs
Partisan Editorials
But in editorial expression the British
newspapers are much more partisan
and much more inclined to be unfair.
Nearly every newspaper is an out-and-
our partisan, and is as Jealous in it's
: support of IFS particular faction as were
the Republican and Democratic news
papers Of the United States forty wears
ago. The editorial writer always is
serious and the spirit Of Ievity has not
yet invaded the editarial sanctum as
1t has done in the United states A
British pert paragrapher is unthink-
able
In the matter of headlines the Brit
ish newspaper differs from the Amer