| Show Why V h the Few newspapers have lived to the age of years The fact that the London Times has achieved th this distinction as recently announced announced announced an an- by the cables Is because that through every national vicissitude vicissitude each gathering cloud over England's progress it has held the confidence of ot its readers It earned the title o of because it generally has red against the wrongs that have threatened th the British social dal system While recording history the Times also has made it It was the first great European newspaper per to discover that it owed its allegiance allegiance al al- al to the public and not to prin princes es or politicians In this way it became one of th the great European authorities outranking outranking outranking out out- ranking kings and potentates and inspired Burkes Burke's famous phrase the fourth estate which in jn turn Carlyle c called the great greatest t of ot all social and political powers New New York Herald |