Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11
Great Publisher, Who Is Storm
Center of Politics, Defends
Cause in Attacking ASQuith
Government
ENGLAND'S CRISIS TO
CHANGE WARS COURSE
Inability to Get Cabinet to
Vigorously Support Armies
in Field One Reason for
Constant Criticism,
fBy Charles III. Grastyo
Especial Gable to the New YORK
Tines


rondon Dec. IL have had an in
,eryiew at the London Times office, IN
printing House Square, with Lord
Nortbcliffe. who is the storm center
NJ the present political crisis. The
fall Of the Asquith government follows
IN the continued hammering of the
Northcliffe press, and Lord North
cliffo is blamed or praised according
to the point of view.
"The whole country has risen to the
leadership of Lloyd-George," said
Lord Northcliffe. "The English spirit
responds to his will and determina-
ton.
He has summoned to his council
the best business brains of the coun-
try-an element that has been entire
" neglected by the politicians OF the
late government.
"The English are not an emotional
people. but the crowds, which gath
cred in such numbers and with such
enthusiasm at the war office today,
showed that the English people want
ed a man, and they have got a man.
q think that Americans will well
come the Lloyd-George ministry
There are likely to be two men in the
new cabinet peculiarly acceptable to
the United States, one of them in the
foreign office, which has to deal with
all the questions arising Jetween the
two nations"
Confident of Success.
Lord Northcliffe was confident OF
the present crisis working in such
way as thoroughly to energize the
conduct of the war. When asked
whether he would enter the govern
ment or take any active personal part
in politics. Lord Northcliffe said:
ITO a newspaper like the New YORK
Times which puts into practice on
verv large scale and with marked sue
cess the doctrine of promoting its own
welfare by working along thoroughly
impersonal and independent lines Tor
the welfare of country and humanity
tho course of the newspapers under
my management needs no explanation
Throughout all these critical times, SO
called, the NOrthcliffe press has
sought nothing for its controlling
head, and for a reason that may be re-
ferred to selfish motives, if only those
who examine the motives do so with
an informed mind.
Newspapers can succeed only when
they are newspapers and nothing else,
that is to say, when they print the
news fully and fairly on one hand ana
on the other comment on it, having
only the public interest at heart. NO
purse would be equal to the strain of
owning and running a newspaper as
personal or political organ to pro-
mote the fortunes of its owner. Nor
could such a paper ever appeal to the
public in a way broad enough to form
base on which to build real news
paper success.
Arraigns Newspaper Critics.
For proof of the fatuity of jour
nalistic endeavor in the form of
party organ a glimpse at the London
field is quite sufficient. In nearly ev-
cry case the abuse of the Northcliffe
press comes from some pitiful failure
Of newspaper that is a personal or po-
litical affair and extra journalistic in
Its aims, Such journalism is fragile
mushroom and is bound to perish. To
the discriminating eye the criticism
indulged in by such newspapers, is an
unwarranted tribute to power that
does not exist or at least not in the
form that they apprehend. The
Northcliffe press gets no power from
and gives none to its director except
in so far as he directs it for the good
OF the nation and in accordance with
The demands of public opinion
1t is true that an intelligently con-
Quoted newspaper can inform and
guide public opinion, but this is done
more through publishing the news
lhan by the dictum of the editorial
ie shall know the truth and the
ruth shall make you free must be
eae underlying principles of journal
ism in democracy.
England inefficient.
10 go back to the truth telling
"nch set the face of England toward