The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-28
The Associated Press WORLDS Greatest Cga1

was alleged to be Impressed with the
English bias-in any event. It was
copccdcdly not collected from ar
/ American viewpoint.
TO meet this criticism, Tho Associate
cd Press has established regular
bureaus of its own in all the great
news centres. and now maintains Of
fees and STATS in London. Paris. Ber-
I lin. Rome, st. Petersburg. Vienna
/ Tokyo, Picking. Mexico City. anu
| Havana. in addition 10 hundreds OF in
! dividual correspondents scattered
! through the world.
Ii is probable that in the foreign
| news field the extraordinary genius OF
Melville l.. stone. the general mana ger
OF The Associated Press, has been
most strikinSly exhibited. Just prior
To the Russo-J Japanese War, NJ. Stone
secured from the Gar of Russia the
abolition of the censorship, and news
paper men still remember the remark
able frankncss with which tho Russian
soycrnment gave out the news of Rus
sias rcvcrses in that conflict.
orders cXpcditing the messages OF
The Associated Press were issued at
his instance by the German, French
Italian. and Russian governments, and
as Il result it has come 10 be common
for European capitals to get the first
news OF Continental events through
Associated Press reports cablcd back
from New York
one beneficial result coming from
this more direct relationship Is TO be
found in the minimizing OF the i'll
effect OF tho occasional outbreak of
some utterly inconseGucntial German.
French. English or Japanese ''ycllow''
spvradically abusing the United States
and it's people.
Formerly profound Significance of a
Widespread hostility WAS attached TO
such outpourinss. With the closer
understanding that comes from more
Intimate knowledge, we now under.
stand tho relative Importance OF the
newspapers of other countries as wc
arc able TO weigh and grade our own.
The disadvantage of lack OF news
touch is strikingly apparent in the re-
la tons OF the United States with tile
Central and South American nations
These countries secure their news OF
the United states by way of Europe,
and ii consists mainly of murders.
lynchinss, and entertainments. The
antipathy To tho United States by tho
people of these countries is undoubt
cdly largely due TO the false perspcc-
tive given by their newspapers If. in
truth We were the kind OF people they
arc led TO believe VIC arc. they would
be fully justified in their attitude
cd with the management of The AS
Sociated Press TO secure as its repre-
seniativcS. both at home and abroad,
men Of high character and attain
mcnts. and il may. think, be fairly
assumed that the reputation for accu-
racy and fairness that its service en-
loys. is largely TO be attributed to an
unusual measure OF success in this
endeavor.
While The Associated Press is gen
orally held In good esteem would
not h" understood as Indicating that
1t has been exempt from criticism and
attack.
" In campaign all the candidates
or their managers or press agents did /
not accuse The Associated Press Of the /
Erossest partisanship as against the
particular candidacy i'm which they
were interested. those bearing the re-
sponsibilitics OF the service would feel |!
convinced that something was radical |