Abstract

The London Times in Trouble

England excels all other countries in a rigid adherence to custom simply as custom. It is an unwritten law of English daily journalism that every editorial should occupy not less than one nor more than one column and a half, and should consist of three paragraphs, and three paragraphs only. From time to time a newspaper makes a bold effort to break through the tradition, but somehow or other the innovators get astounded at their own audacity and relapse into the old prescribed form. "London Times" newspaper has made the gratifying discovery that, "though the numbers of the Northern army were out of all proportion to its exploits, the troops which were, from time to time, actually engaged displayed creditable discipline and remarkable valor."