Evening star., 1928-02-25
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL J.. COLLINS.

There is ore respect IN which Sec
retary of State Kellogg and the French
Ambassa dor. NJ, Claudel. resemble the
plantation "rlasSa" ard his devoted coll
ored man. That is why the press yes
terday contained extensive quotations
OF their dicta.
My ole masSa say sweet pertatoeS
grow bes' on sandy soil an say sweet
pertatoes grow bes' on sandy Soii-an'
so We 'sputeS and 'sputes.
Secretary kellogg was reported yes
terday as having rebused and criticized
the European press IN lis diStort!lg
news OF the Pan-American Conference
at Havana while at the same hour AM
bassador Claudel-aIthough hundreds
of miles distant from Washington. and
entirely unconscious Of Mr.. kelioggs
rebuse Of the press Of France--declared
in speech In New York before the Ad-
yertiSing Club that he learned more OF
French politics ard economics from
American newspapers than from French
ones
II would be fun TO hear MeSs-s. kel-
hog and Claudel "'Sputs" over the Su-
periority of the American press.
There is. indeed, a radical difference
In the ideals Of journalism in America,
and IN France particularly: the same
difference prevails 20 q greater or less
degree. as compared with The press
OF all countries OF the Continent. but
not quite so strongly with the British
dailieS. A French paper is essentially
the organ Of the opinions % It's
editor or political proprietor. and Il Is
conducted more along lines of our III
erarv maga2lnes than rs news
~ /
news story out os It's forms a. any
time for a sparkling review Q. new
opera or book by famous author.
An American journalist o1ce Submit
ted an article 10 all established nI-
erayy magazine, whose editor returned
IL with the objection. This IS cas-
in newspaper rather than - uasa-
zine mold" The jourUaa>. IeTorIsd
crassiy that he had not realized The
difference. except that one was nto.Cler
than the other. Ills confusion would
have been obviously natural II he had
been \ Par,Sian newspaper Writer.
The French diplomat who = 4 :eccS-
nixcd ,N>et, was sNercl>Iue his tsattcTE
when he told the adytc;lSi,S men tGSt
poetry and advertising have rGany
things in common ol>S = iaf Use u
fine words And that oetrayS tile sac(
ths, the sneaker was thinking IL French
and taking with poetic scc.l>s, foI how
ever II may be IL the AG.eGiASl,S co.,
utnns the ONE thing that nj AMERICAN
journalist t,ecrieS above everything else
is "nne writini" Pine words SStray
the literary frlicr slo, the newspaper
slave" Even SuccTS>1ul novelist.
speaking before the League ot American
NfkNxN
losg- Ciauacl "'SpGtc." uttered n wurd
az caution asa,n<, too much polishing
cf "!inc words" lest they hSeogt,e "W<Nad-
en-" III place Of expressing ideas aIta
>pontancity and lie and convincing Sln~
cerIty,
There VAS time. Within the eNl,ryi
enCe of Journalists still active, when
the modern ideal cS American Journal
i>in had not taken foria, as Il hNlVlS To-
day through the standard SCI ev ENe
Associated Press ANA It's member papers
throughout the country, II has eNea
the plot,uct " evolution ~ dsflerSntiale
news from editorial op.n!o0 - ScsNa~
rate facts from argument or bias Now
the ftrSt lesson impressed uysNn \ news
gatherer for the Associated Press and
its member papers is that he has neth-
Ing to do with drawing differences cr
giving twist" TO tNe news facts
whether ~ conform with the editorial
policy ~ the paper or otherwise,
There gtue> hot exist IN EQs<,ss any |
newSeathrring organization built uiN,n |
mutual ro-Nperation os all the papers i
served, as Is the case II the Associated |
Press NJ the Cn,ted States, All CSgant- |
satluns III E.rNpe are private enter |
priseS. cnntsollei by their owners for |
prnlits and dividends, A similar StssA- |
tton prevailed here prior 70 1898. when |
IL became evident that the monopoly |
of news tas set forth by MIR Frank Ii |
Moves IN u speech eetcsc u recent meet |
Ing III the members W the Associated |
i'yeSS, ~ which MIR, NoyeS Is president, |
Was "cantrolied by three men. only Cu,e |
" whom could by any possibility he /
elaSSed AS u newspaper man
lne 4 telegraph operator and third \
banker III Chicago who owned y tsager,
The Associated Press. organised IN
1923, has always neen mutual and /
nan -t,l,,flt making aSSnciAtkn NJ It's /
member pAl,esS. each vi which sends e.
central headquarters the lssas news nj |
general interest, Quoting rseSideM
Nevrs'
The iSsue MAS this, shah the ueWS~
PAPERS cs the United States ee al the |
metcy NJ privately owned neWS~eo,ievts
ing anu distributing ofsAatsatieaASs~ al Its |
metcy not tnsx A. eSAaeerns nsSslsev 0tas
.tta, ha', et much mare tnysagtAnee. at
~ mercy "a ~ the news rveessei.
whether f" 1a b As"'"' or s's's'''