Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-28
PROF, WILLIAMS,
JOURNALIST,
TOUR OF WORLD
Continued from page oneJ

noon, a passenger III Tue l. n. N tilLeI
Nippon Maru He has already visited
England, Ireland. Scotland. France.
Germany. Russia. Hohand. Greece,
Australia, China and Japan.
In the course Of an interview Prof.
" ilHams gives a graphic description
OF 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
I'D to date. for comfort for the writer's
emplOyed, for salaries, and indeed ev-
erything 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 3OO,00O-the larg-
est circulation Of any paper in Russia.
II is one of the worlds greatest news
papers"
And which is the worlds greatest
newspaper. in your Opinion?"
That is 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 newspaper? 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 a limited circu
lation among certain class. 1t has
a powerful influence on that class, but
On that class only.
while in London I talked to Lord
Northcliffe, the proprietor, or one Of
the chief proprietors of the Times.
end the Mail. and he said he thought
they had made a mistake in reducing
the price of the paper from Sd to I'd
l agreed with him. They had not
brought the price down low enough
to compete with the other papers. and
if it was more money they wanted
they could have got it by increasing
the price, even to Cd, 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 politics. 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 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 month old. They
are wanting in enterprise and energy
81 like the French journalism: I
like it for its cleverness, and for its
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 men,
hers of the local newspaper frater-
nifty at the Y, NJ. c. A. this afternoon,
in order that he may. study in detail
the newspaper question: in the Hawai-
ian Islands. It 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. Prot.
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 prominent member.