Evening star., 1933-06-20
\ ATRIA, San Salvador.-A strict
veracity in periodicals is not
universally expected. and much
less generally realized. News. to

i less generally realized. News, to
be interesting. must have some
color and vivacity, and most local events.
though not essentially lacking in either
OF these features. reflect. nevertheless. a
uniformity which If not mitigated in
some respect or other pals upon the
reader.
Some people complain. after reading
an issue of a newspaper-even, occa-
sionally, after reading a copy of Patria
that there is no news 1t Is certainly
q little too much to expect of periodicals
that they not only publish the news.
but make it, too. There have been
cases when editors and their subOr
dinates have made news, involuntarily
in most cases, out Of their own actions
and affairs, and the time is not so re-
mote when to be good editor and
essayist required further accomplish
ments in the matters Of Swordplay and
craftsmanship. Those days are happily
gone, but there remain duties and
responsibilities equally obligatory, and
far more essential to the defense of
editorial honor and integrity.
A newspaper can be veracious in the
active and passive sense. 1t can be sure
that all the information it prints is true,
or 1t can take the truth OF the reports
1t gathers for granted, and by some
process of mental reservation Of
legerdemain neglect to denote as doubt
full some fact or statement not wholly
demonstrable. A newspaper may, for
instance, mildly rebuke misleading ad
vertising In its editorial columns, and
at the same time print whole pages OF
blatant and ridiculous advertising, or
political propaganda. knowing full well
that the pretenSions and promises
blatantly enunciated therein must in
the very nature Of things fall short OF
stipulated fulfillment. In this way. per-
hapS. journalistic conscience Is appeaSed
and veracity nominally and. as 1t were,
passively supported, though the period
ical, in final accounting Of the result,
has shown itself detriment and
obstacle, rather than an auxiliary to
morality and progress.
In fact one newspaper destitute OF
worthy principles and humanitarian
motives, does far more to retard a
national virtue and advance than all
the evil proclivties OF the populace
summed up in one conjunction. Thou
sands of people are thus dominated and
exploited by the press, first to their own
injury and degradation, and then, con-
sequently to that OF the entire nation.
We make claim ourselves to no i'm
maculacy Of title. We, too, have erred,
but certainly not with any calculated
insincerity Of motive. We know that
we enjoy the trust and confidence OF
all our readers, and 1t Is our firm In
tention henceforth to be even more
widely recognized for our probity and
candor. Our clientele has long been
convinced that Isl Patria 10 dice, es
verdadl" eff Patria says SO. 1t is
true!) Much better were 1t ever to be
asserted Of us henceforth, Isl es verdad,
Patria 10 dice!' eff it's the truth,
Patria tells itl'D In our future efforts
we shall keep this new maxim con-
stantly in the forefront of our care and
purpose.
Unemployment Slight
In Rumanian Capital.
Irish Independent, Dublin.-DeSpite
recent reports from the city that has
been described as the shabbiest capital
in Europe, we are assured by special
correspondent that there is practically
no unemployment in Rumania today
and nobody is i'll extreme want.
This happy condition of things is in
pleasant contrast to the experience of
visitors to such centers Of tourist traffic
as Vienna, Prague, Paris and Berlin,
where almsseekers are encountered at
every turn. Proofs are in plenty that
the inevitable consequence Of poverty
Is dependence. There was time when
the beauty spots and regions of tourist
traffic in Ireland were the haunts of
those who whimpered forth their long
complaints in self-aflicted woe. The
days Of those importuning pests are
slowly but surely passing away.
The time Will, no doubt, come when