Reuter's who has lately returned from a trip round the world, was the guest of the London District of the Institute of Journalists, at the monthly house luncheon on uly 22, and In responding to his health saids—
Reuter's was not an individual but rather a combination of the spirit and effort of a fine body of men, Of the multitude of impressions hich he brought back from the Far East, one of the most predominant was the influence of the English standard of journalism there. The newspapers everywhere, not_ only the English ones, but those of Japan and Chins and equally so those of ited in the vernacular of were taking: more and more the English newspapers of the best type as their standard. In Japan and China there was a sincere desire, while making their papers extremely bright, to keep, away from what was called' Yellow Journalism." The disposition was that while making their newspapers extremely bright, and this was very noticeable among. the Chinese, at the same time more and more to attain to a higher standard of journalism than the one from which they had started. Im Peking they had scores of news-Papers, which was perfectly absurd Every politician who had any money started a newspaper. (Laughter.) He had told a party of Chinese jour-rialists in Peking that they wanted but a fraction of the newspapers they had, so that they would got much stronger newspapers, for the result of having so many was that none of them was really a strong newspaper, either financially or from the point of view of independence. He believed they were going to get away from that.
They had to go to Jupan to find what he might call the best jour-rialism as distinct from English newspapers. He corffessed he had never realised before the importanct of newspapers. like the "Asahi and the "Mainichi," of Osuka, which had circulations in the neighbourhood of 1,000,000 1 day, and had splendid offices, plant, and general equipment. Their staffs were on highest level. The Chinese Journalists looked primarily to. the English press of the Far East as ding example to. the rising Journalists of China. "He was sure that in the course of the next 20 years they would fee enormous developments in. the young" jour-rialism of China, which was not more than 20 or 30 years old. ""North-China Daily News " and t "Peking and Tientsin Times," and other English papers were standing. examples of good papers, arum portant thing from the point of view of our national pride.
Another strong impression was made on his mind by Hongkong. Eighty years ago it was a barren rock off the mainland, When. re-fagees from Canton made it their sanctuary. It was now the second largest port, in. the Empire, and from the point of ship tonnage the greatest port in the world. Tt w most wonderful example of Brit ish trade development," and ponetration, and the citadel of British trade in the Far East. One could rot sce what had been done there without a feeling of extraordinary pride, and the conviction that. whol ever ts detractors might say the British Empire was responsible for very great achievement. It was a monument to British enterprise and also. to British idealism, for its establishment and peaceful progress were primarily the result of trade. In the course of the next 20 years, when China had beeyme more settled, British manufacturers, traders, and financiers must. keen an eve en Hongkong and the Far East, That was his advie to them, and if it was a free advertiveniont for Hemgomg he gave it without the sifghtest hesitation. {Applause.)
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