Nov. 10.
Wuere in days gone by one man had a clear conception of what was meant by the "reptile press,"" there are now ten thous. and who know from—experience what is meant by the "fiction factory."" From experience only, itin obser for even now the inner working of the m is hidden from the great majority. Journalists understand it, and the more restricted world offici and diplomats in general, but the ordinary news ner reader is to this day large. ly ignorant of the methods of thie now—world-wide conspiracy against trath Tt may, therefore, be interesting to quote some ts from the only handbook to the reptile press we know of, that—marvellous—produc. tion of Bismarck and Busch over which, for four the truthful world his r ceased to wonder, Wher seventies Dr. Busch's ume dealing with Bir marck appeared, there was un ble astonishment that hould or could have been permitted publication. For, as we shall by-and-bye show, there was never in all the histories of the world a more terrible example of the danger of writing a book thin is shown in this extraordinary production. Tu it are portrayed, as though there were nothing be ashamed of, all the trickery. the shamelessness, and the effrontery of men who declare things that are not, who descend to th supyressio veri and the suggesti¢ false, who stab behind the back. and attack, sometimes under the guise of a friend, all who venture to have an opinion at variance to that which officialdom, as then represented by the Tron Chance!- lor, considered it good for the German people to hold.
A word or two of explanation is necessary at the outset. The volumes to which these articles refer are entitled, in the English translation, "'Bismarck, Some Secret Pages of His History, ing a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch."" "There are three v0! umes with a total of 1,455 pp. very large number of which desi with journalistic matters as these are carried on by the official Press Bureau in Berlin. passing it should, however, be distinctly stated, in justice to no! a, few German journals, that there from
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