Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-28
PROF. WILLIAMS,
JOURNALIST,
TOUR OF world
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noon. a passenger In the I. h h. liner
Nippon Maru He has already visited
England. ireland. Scotland. France,
Germany. Russia. Holland Greece.
Australia, China and Japan
In the course Of an interview Prof.
Williams gives a graphic description
oi some OF his impressions OF the
Journalism Of the various places he
had visited He says that one Of the
finest newspaper offices he had seen
is that Of the Moscow Word
II suppose | have met more journal
lists and seen more newspaper Off
Ces," he continued. than any man in
the world and for having everything
up to date. for comfort for the writer's
employed. for salaries and indeed ev-
ervthing connected with the literary
and news side Of the paper. have
seen nothing finer than that Moscow
newspaper office. Thirty years ago
the proprietor told me. he walked into
Moscow with only ruble in his peck
ct. and today the paper he established
Las a circulation OF 300 ,0OO-the larg-
est circulation of any paper in Russia,
1t is one of the worlds greatest news
papers.
And which is the worlds greatest
newspaper, in your opinion"
That is a question" he said. which
it is very difficult to answer Most
men would say the Times of London.
no doubt; but what do We mean by
the greatness OF QewspaDer? You
have to Judge a paper by the part it
plays and the influence it yields in
the affairs Of the CITY, or country,
in which it is published The Times,
for instance. has but limited circu
latiOn among a certain class. 1t has
a powerful influence en- that class, but
On that class only.
while in London talked to Lord
Northcliffe. the proprietor OF one of
the chief proprietors of the Times,
ard the Mail, and he said he thought
they had made a mistake in reducing
the price Of the paper from Sd to I'd.
agreed with him. They bad not
brought the price down low enough
tC compete with the other papers, and
If 1t was more money they wanted
they could have got it by increasing
the price, even to Sd, for the people
who take the Times would take it at
any price. Since that time learn
the price has been reduced to Id,
which undoubtedly will make a great
difference
Nor are you to take it that the
papers that are most often quoted in
other countries are necessarily the
greatest in the countries in which
they are published. They may be
quoted simply because they make a
feature of international tolitics The
Cologne Gazette and the Neue Freie
Presse, of Vienna. however, are two of
the worlds great papers.
What is Journalism? Journalism in
Russia is a different thing from what
it is in Germany, different in France
from what it is In England. different
again in England from what it Is in
the States. German newspapers are
not at all particular about the sort
of matter they publish. nor do they
care much whether their news is
day, week or a month old They
are wanting in enterprise and energy.
II like the French journalism: /
like it for its cleverness, and for it's
lightness of touch. They have in
France what is known as cafe jour
ralism.' You see the people devour-
ing the Temps, the Figaro, and other
papers in the cafes and in the streets,
and discussing an article by this man
and another by that man. For in
France thew have signed journalism"
Prof. Williams will meet the mem
hers of the local newspaper frater-
nifty at the Y. NJ. c. A. this afternoon.
in order that he NAV study in detail
the newspaper question in the Hawai-
ian Islands. 1t has been the plan of
the Journalistic instructor of Mis-
souri, to get in close touch with the
men who write the news. especially.
the reporters, during his present
worlds tour.
During his visit in Honolulu Prof.
Williams will be the guest of the Mis-
souri, alumni of this city. of which
raul Super, general secretary of the
}. NJ. c. A. is a prominent member