Show 1 F Fr France r nce Left Holding SacK In n Ruhr As Berlin Pulls Out MENACE SEEN IN BR TISH PRESS TRUST I Lord Dictator tI In Newspaper Field Claim I I nv nY t a C G G EJ lH CJ nl l 1 s Cable to The Th Standard Standard- Standard K ier Copy COP rl right 1923 1923 23 LONDON mO Oct ct Lord 20 20 Loid d Roth Roth- noth capture c ot of th thu press Is arousing e c concern and Attorney Hogg made a public attack Wed Wed- Wednesday ed ne dY a on the e of tf a press monopoly The Hulton press pre s was as news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper the second most mot po powerful Its ab- ab absorption absorption au paper trust In fn the country sorption by Lal Lo Loid d makes maltes the po power er of oC o that Pres press i magnate o o er hadow the L nd more completely than did the power POH even een of his brother tho the Iota Lord Northcliffe It is 19 I now no indisputable that ho hohas hohas has as access to more households household than th II all II the ret rest of o the newspapers In Inthe Inthe Inthe the country countr Ills His papers are iro legIon rf of all nil kinds hinds and have hale ha e vast nt circulations circulations liona Users cannot dictate to A As Avci et el him He dictates dictate to them lIe He specially controls control the tir machinery of o and tho the thoy distribution newspapers q y profession of ot journalism is becom- becom inc becom-inc Ing enslave to one vast system of 0 RED COUP TO HEARS I IThe The Tir press preSA in America af- af affords affords at fords no parallel to this enormous trust The American public has discounted the Hearst pr press Dress s and Its political influence e Is small mall More lore Moreover 0 over o er Its relative e magnitude to the th is In- In Infinitely infinitely In Infinitely total press ot or the countr country finitely less Jess than in the taro caio of the press But the miln maln difference Is that the press is a cal l po power er of ot the first order It Its on affairs Is undenIable and Lord clearly alms aims at making parliament subordinate to mob opinion controlled by his press It Is notorious that his Poin- Poin Poincare care Poin-care care Dolley has bas been the chief stumbling block of three prime ministers in Llo succession succession Llo d dGeorge dG George Bonar Illand Law Ill and Baldwin BaldIn Bald In InIn In am informed on Indisputable authority that at the tho recent interview Inter Inter- Interview Interview view bel between beleen een Prime 1 Minister Bald Bald- Baldwin Baldwin win In and Premier Mr lIr BaldwIn was as largely occupied with l an attempt to com comin convince Inre e M 1 PoIn- PoIn PoIncare car care that the press did not represent British opinion It Is c certain that but for the th sup sup- support support sup port port of that powerful engine for manufacturIng mob opinion M would not hale hav hl dared lout flout the British government cov u so openly PARTIES r 1 D u With Ith the latest development de re- re responsible responsible re responsible opinion In all parties Is seriously alarmed at the magnitude of the menace to constItutional government It Is realised ed that parliaMent cannot function in the presence of an uncontrolled dic- dic dictatorshIp dictatorship dic dictatorship of one man who ho has loos ac ac- ac access ac cess ISS to nearly every esery household and or suppresses suppress Ss news according to the motive motle e he has lias us in mind The rhe speech of the th attorney gen gen- general general eral eral Indicates that the 10 government Is 19 to the conclusion that this challenge Is democratic go- go gott must be faced openly So far Lord Roth rm re like Lord Nor before has succeeded because of the and und timidity of lve governments to grapple boldly with him This impunity Ins has encouraged aged aged the pre press dictator to grow more Insolent In his methods until untila a situation ha has haa ben beer be ji reached In which it if the government refuses esto to accept dictation mob pinion pinon Is ja i cd It and Action IsI isi Is I i paral I anticipate that the question of what Is known n antle aa an tl e menace of I Itne I the Roth press prest vill come 1 before parliament pa in some form Corm I when it meets next net month My lly Myown own on opinion Is that Lord Rother Hother- mere will III find Cd the British public hot suitable material for Cor and that sharp disillusion awaits tl hire UIG lG r St lie He Is a n man of negligible In- In Int Intellectual In Intellectual t muc to Lord Northcliffe tad d a touch of genius m mixed d with th his hh madness 90 ll Is met mci f bp ue business lei dins Idias as an and without personality He simplY has l I devouring de desire lre to be b mas- mas mater master mis mister ter of oC the ship and to compel cor min min- minIsters ministers min ministers to obe obey him His may mav be gathered by the th fact tact that though he has been In the louse House of Lords 1 for ten years ears e ho has never neer ne er dared to raise his voice olce In that chamber When Premier Llo d George Georte made him adminis- adminis administration administration I member he resigned that position when hen It became necessary address addres the house In defense lor of Ito his administration I I expect to see a strong mo move move- movement move e- e ement ment ma made p to compel this shy Ehy bird to come out Into the tho open and ex- ex explain ex explain plain personally his grounds for pia playing Ing the trench French game against e eTY British minister With I public opinion swinging round steadily to the conclusion that the Poincare policy means Industrial ruin for this country as t tell well ell as the destruction destruction destruction tion of Germany Gernan German Lord Is nearing the discovery that he Ih has backed the wrong horse horte and must run to co cover corer er |