Papers the Russians Read.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8036, 25 January 1906, Page 4

Papers the Russians Read.

The Principal Newspapers that Circulate in Russia. | The Press in Russia is not as the British! Press, In the land of the Tsar newspaper editors have to be very careful as to what articles they print, else they run the risk of finding their paper suppressed and themselves; en route for Siberia. It is advisable, they find, to support the policy of the Government. This the " Novoe Vremya " consistently doe:. It is the " Times " of ltussia, insomuch as it is the most influential newspaper in existence there, but it is to ft great extent oflicially inspired. The means it employs to gain its own ends are often unscrupulous in the extreme. Should a rival paper become too formidable the controllers of the " Novoe Vremya " use their powerful influence in hi»h political circles to have it suppressed. Consequently contemporaries both fear and hate the paper which can, when necessary, do theiuso much harm.

The " Novoe Vremya " is read by all who have Government situations. It is their organ, and they believe everything it prints. Its policy is the very keynote of th'o Russian Government policy: Jews are trampled down by it; Poles and Finns they are hostile to. It also suffers from Anglophobia. It is edited by M. Souvorinc, who changes his politics whenever the policy of Ihe Government is altered. Ho is progressive and reactionary by turns, the latter, of course, at the present moment. 51. Souvorine's son seven months ago produced the " Russ " which is run on diametrically opposite political lines to Ihose of the paper controlled by his father. It is a Progressive paper to the backbone. On its staff, which contains some of the most able Russian journalists is a man who has but recently been allowed to return from Siberia, where lie had been sent for writing an anti-Tsar article.

The " largest circulation " of all Muscovite newspapers is held by the"Birdcheviya Viedomosti." The paper with Ibis simple name is published twice a day, and has the advanvantage of being extremely cheap, no the annual subscription is only four roubles—that is/something like half-a-soverelgn. The Russkiya Viedomosli "is the principal newspaper with a regressive policy, it is printed in Moscow, and has a very large circulation, being read by all professional men. St. Petersburg lias now but one Liberal paper. That is the " Novosli." On behalf of the Jews it takes up the cudgels, and is therefore antagonistic to the " Novo«s Vremya. n It is, however, of such flight circulation that it has practically no influence whatever. The " Novosti " believes that had there been an Anglo-Russian treaty, there would have been no Russo-Japanese war. The " Grashdanin " is run by Prince Mestchfccnsky, who was a personal friend of Alexander 111., the late Tsar. The " Grashdanin " 13 a bi-weekly publication, and is reactionary to the backbone. Its articles arc very cleverly written, but they arc too extreme to be taken seriously. It is read mainly by the fallen Russian nobility. In St. Petersburg two " jingo " papers are published. These are the "Gazette" and the " Lostok." The ' • Snamiya " is a paper whose one and only policy is u Down with the Jews." As an indication of the prosperity of such a journal it may be said that occasionally publication is postponed owing to lack of the necessary funds. The Siberian and Manchurian policy of Uncsia was strongly condemned by the Kieff Kievlianin," uiml the outbreak of hostilities between Russia and Japan. Had it not been for the fact thatM. Tikhno the editor, was personally connected with various officials in high positions, the " Kievlianin " would have assuredly been suppressed, for it attacked Admiral AlexeielY unmercifully, as well as the financial policy of M. Witte. It issocialistically inclined. Since the war commenced the " Kieviianin "has supported it strenuously. In every Russian newspaper the same foreign news appears, as it is all obtained from the same sources—that is, agencies in London and Berlin.

How We got the Motor-Cai A hundred years have now elapsed since the first road locomotive made its maiden trip. The inventor was Richard Trevithiek a young Cornish engineer. Engineers said the thing wag impossible, but Trcvithiok conducted a simple experiment with a onehorse shay, and proved the assumption to be purely imaginary. After two years spent in numerous working experiments, under very trying circumstances from the want o! money Trevithick produced his first steam-engine. On Christmas Eve, 1801, this locomotive which was the father of the motor car, emerged from the smith's shop in Camborne, and conveyed the first load of passengers ever moved by the force of steam. It was a rude country lane, in the worst possibleorder, with a sharp curve at the commencement, and steep gradients to follow. " When we see'd that Cap'un Diclt was going to turn on steam," runs this account, •' wc jumped up, as many as could, mebbeseven or eight of us. 'Twas a stilTish bill going from Weilh up to Camborne Beacon, but she went off like a little bird." On his way, with a companion, to siiow the car to an iniluential man, tlicy had a mishap which had disastrous results: After going three miles something broke, so the motor-car was shoved under shelter, and the parties adjourned to an inn, preparatory to carrying out the necessary repairs. Wliilg regaling themselves with roast goose and Cornish punch, they forgot the engine, whose boiler boiled away, the iron became red-hot and then, a loud report—Bang! The car had blown up 1 Its ultimate fate was an undignified one, but not more so than many a modern engine's. It was sold as old iron. A patent has been granted for bleaching Hour by electricity.