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INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISTS. He did not believe the Press was one whit worse than any other of national THE PRESS AND THE LAW,
institutions; in fact, he would say that, How much the increase of goodwill as regarde Press and Parliament, "ibe and understanding between the various Press compared very favourably. The old nations of the world depends upon the proverb taught them that they could only manter in which the Press discharges its advance the world in so far as they ad missions was emphasised by the French vanced themselves. His own opinion was Ambassador, the Comte de Saint-Aulaire, that neither Parliament or the Press did on December 15th, when he was the guest enough for the pacification of the world, of the Institute of Journalists at the So far as the diplomalle profession was London district annual dinner, which concerned, the Press, was never was held at the Hotel Cecil, under the better foosing thun at present. There chairmanship of Mr. Bernard Weller. was a time when diplomsey paironised There was a numerous and distinguished the Press. In these days the Press tried to patronise diplomacy, though he would company, present
not say they did it well or with dignity. Diplomacy had so far recognised the in- Huence of the Press that he did not be- lieve that was a well-organised Embassy or Legation which had not a good Press agent. (Cheers and laughter.) He be lieved it was Lord Riddell who said that if the Peace Conference had béen maaned by editor, instead of by skatesmen, they would have arrived at very much sounder conclusions. He was not altogether cur vinced as to that, but he did believe that if the Peace Conference had been managed by diplomatists, instead of by statesmen, with the assistance qf the Press, they would have got somewhat forrarder.
Hear, hear.)
Sir Charles Darling proposed The Profession of Journalism" Fifty years
used to ngo, he said, he
write for Some
115 newspapers such did not exist at the present time for ip atance, the h. Jones Gazette and the Anti-Jacobin. These days were long gone by, and he was not able now to say very much of the Press.
He was got proposing the health of Lord Burnham or anyone else, but the entirely abstract health of the profession of journalists, the health of the editor and of the sub-editors-though they were, on the whole, rather a pernicious class of person-[laughter)-a view in which no que was more likely to agree with him The Press did better work as an ausili ever did as a principal, chan the reporters. because it had come ary than to his knowledge that articles which he They were perhaps too fond of a good had regarded as deadly dull, had been story, and nothing was worth much that entirely spoiled by the sub-editor! So was not a good story. They loved per far as he could judge the sub-editorsonalities rather than principles, and this exercised to kind of intelligent supervi- love of personalities he thought prevent. sion. Furnished with a blue pencil, heed them being able. in the case of a sat at a deak with a measure, an inch world is uproar, to settle things on a tape, and a plan of the paper. There basis of general principles and generous arrived a most brilliant article-possibly ideas. However that might be, the Bri- a description of an earthquake in Tokyotish Press was always glad to acclaim and assist the representative of a friendly written by a gentleman in Fleet Street, (Laughter.) (Many people who were not nation who had made himself so weil at the Battle of Hastings bad written known and so well liked ns the French most brilliant accounts of that battle.) Anibassador, Having got this most brilliant article, the sub-editor measured it with his tape, and Iound six inches had got to come out: and out paine six unselected inches. It might be said, though that was hard on the reporter, that he would not mind; but it was hard on the man who came to read the article next day. The result of his inquiries among authors was that the "stodginess of articles was not due to those who wrote the articles, but to those who supervised them. (Laughter.)
A WORD TO REPORTER S.,
To the reporters he would like to say word; particaburly in regard to the im nortance of knowing the real and exact sense of a word. Reporters were most necessary persons, and, so far as he knew, they were a remarkable race. (Laughter.) They used to sit in his court and report there. He would not give them away They were an extremely intelligent, learn ud, and, above all, humorous body of men: they were full of imagination (Laughter.) But after all the level of Catri & did not fall below the level of Courts 5 or 6. o why should he bave interfered? Here was an example of the kind of thing that happened. In the lase cbservations he made in that court he happened to say, in wishing good-bye to the Bar, that one could not go away-
Leave the warm precincts of the cheer.
"fat day,"
Nor cast one longing, lingering look
behind.
WILK not
A reporter made him any that he could uot leave the warm precincts of this cheerful den (Laughter.) Some judges might have objected to their enur being described in that way. Personally, he was only too thankful described as a dismal dyn." Ob viously the reporter was suffering from great emotion, and had something in his mind about Daniel, not necessarily the incident about disappointing the lions, but the. Daniel come to judgment." (Laughter.) Never before had he reveal ed how grateful he was for that compli wont. (Laughter.)
(Cheers.) They believed that his Excellency was the right man in the right place. Diplomatists were. striving to inhuence opinion, just as journaliste did: in fact, the whole value of the Press was measured by the extent to which it expressed and influenced public opinion. He did not think they influenced it quite as much as they some tinies imagined, but he did believe they expressed it better than it could, he ex prcased in any other way. Therefore the diplomatist, who was daily striving to keep his touch on the pulse of public opinion, must turn to the newspaper body politic, to find out what was the Press more than to any other part of our" ca tendency of things, and how history was being shape.
The FRENCH AMBASSADOR. replying, said that he was extremely touched by the cordial terms in which Lord Burnham had The international proposed the toast. Press sometimes furnished storms and reefs. but it also cleared away fog. To judge the Fress one must know not only the good it did. but the incalculable barra which it prevented. (Ifear, hear.) Those who feared the Press, were those who were afraid of being torn from their inertit, of being corrected in their errors, or detected in their misdeeds. The Press was the inspiration of the people and ther conscience of their leaders. While diplo matists were merely the intermediaries of
Governments, the Press was the inter- mediary of nations, in helping them to understand each other, to love each other, to co-operate as much as possible, and, failing all else, to tolerate each other;
When conficts
and in discharging this
this task it had pre- rented many did occur, embittered sometimes by the. fault of the Press, it was most often toe instrument to solve the trouble peacefully. Thus, like the spear of Achilles, it healed the wound it caused.
AN ARDUOUS „TASE The amazing rapidity of modern com- munications by telegraph and telephone made these conflicts more terrible, be cause the popular passions of national life were now introduced into the interna- tional sphere and exercised "their in- fluence before there was time for relee- Sir Charles alluded to a speech by Sir tion. (Cheers. There was no politistau, Alfred Robbins-a mo experienced and who before taking a critical ster. did not capable journalist (cheers)pon Parlia ask himself, "What will the Press say f ment and the Press. Sir Alfred said that The truth of this was proved by the fact they had soon newspapers of vast circu- that the countries which had unchained lation advising renders one day to vote the world war were the very countries in one direction, on the second day to which bad not a, free Press-indeed, no think well before they decided. and on Press worthy of the name. (Hear, hear.) the third day to vote in precisely the The task of the international Press was npasite direction to that advised forty-as arduous as its mission was noble. It ht hours previously. Fortunately, was a task which became every day more added Sir Alfred, the influence which vast, because no question escaped inter- remained was with the newspaper which national consideration, and more com- had olidarity, sterling honesty, and plex, by reason of the growing inter- tiled policy. He hoped that was true, dependener of all countries and all ques- | because he had spent twenty-six years in tions. He, marvelled at the qualities re- trying to prove to people and some quired to discharge such a task. The he had satisfied-(laughter)-that honesty journalist must be able to seize the essen- was the best policy. When be read those tial point quickly, and to communicate remarks of Sir Alfred, Robbins heit briefly and in a living manner. Those felt that the variability of the Press out did anything he ever saw attributed to woman. It might be well to alter a line in the Duke's song in Rigoletto" to "La stampa è mobile come piume a
[Cheers.)
"vento;
CLEAN JOURNALIST:
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were gilts which marked a superiority over diplomacy but, thanks to the Press, those gifts were unnecessary to the diplo matist, for why should diplomatists harry? Were they not certain that the newe paper would always be before them with their news? For the diplomatist to he brief would be imprudent, since neither The tony was acknowledged by Mr time nor space was United. Better was F. PEAKED, president of the Institute, who it for the diplomatist to be lengthy, for said that during his term of office he in that case the chances of anyone read- had tried to induce journalists to looking him were aninimised, and therein lay upon, Journalism is a profession rather his greatest guarantee el prestige. than a trade. He had tried to imbue (Cheers and laughter.) them with a professional ideal rather than As for making a despatch live and, a trade union label. There was something while going to the very heart of a ques- in a name, and in the institute they tion, appearing to play on the surface, spurned the idea of trade unionism. Ho that was the great art of the journalist. hoped the instituts would never play and the diplomatist would refrain from down to the elementary pasejons of the encroaching, even were he capable, for people. They had already started a cam- the diplomatic despatch, unlike that of paign for clean journalism, and it was the journalist's, must remain on the sur- ne of the articles of the Institute now face, while giving the falun air of going at no memler should supply, aid. "or to the depths of the question. The Press ssist in the publication of anything of Great Britain posscased the great char- calculated to do harm to public morality. ncteristic of the country- sense of the Viscount BenXHAM past president of relation of realities und ideals, and if one tho instituta, proposing the toast of "The day there came to fruition the hopes of Pros and the Nations, recalled that it a reign of peace, and if eghemes were to! Was sometimes said that the chief pur- crystallise and change the face of this pers of the Presa seemed to be to inflame national hatred and to reopen old sores, (Cheers.)
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