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supporter the Berlin cabinet. In the years 1888,
1889 aud lSlG, this paper had reached tic zenith
OF ia popularity amongst the liberals and Fra.
trs,ants ot GERMANY The contact with court
f.vn bad. however, gradually undermined 'hc
lnd.p, adcnce of its principles. it began to warcr
and in the hnpa of regairing admlttance IN Hun
over and pav.,ia it gave insertion 30 articles OF
highly cunvocal na,urc. Forgetting that It had.
from the outset, acted as partisan, II no" s9nght
TO assume the character of a neutral The at
tempt proved abortlve A strong and growing
disgust T.; this ,crgiversation sprang up; and The
cauious language which the lHurnel nov held
seemed dUub!y tame and mawkisb, compared
with the bGld sentiments put forth by the Rhenish
GaZette' which, from liz foundation. In lolO.
down to its suppression in 1913, was gradnely
supplaniing the Leipsic Gazftiee In blind
effort TO recover the ground he had lost, ,Brockhaus
allowed himself to DC made the tool Of Pnissan
ministerial in,rieues. The indiscrcet publication
Of certain official secrers respecting the prnj.ced
Divorce Bill, and thc insertion OF Herwrgn's of
f.nsivc litter to the king of Prussia aff,Tded the
Berlin cabinet hut too plausible pretexts for inter
dicting the circulation Of a Journal OF whose "d
vOcacy 1t no longer stood III need. On the 29th
December. 1912, the bolt was shot, and the
Lepsic Gdzctlc' fell, without even the halo OF
martyrdOm.


During the period of its success, this gazette
was conducted with very considerable ability.
and was the first German journal which devoted
considerable space to the debates of tho Eng
lsh Parliament and the French Chambers, be.
size reporting the proceedings of the constliu.
tonal chambers of Germany ct considerable
lcagta. Aud though the spirit of commercia!
rivalry which, within the last few years, he's
awakened an extreme jealousy of England
throughout the manufacturing States Of Ger
many, strongly tinged its general complexion,
still It's anti English tendency never degonerated
into a rabid mania, or vapld defamation, charge
to which, We regret to say, some OF It's colleagues
are highly amenabe. But, perhaps, one of lis
most valuable characteristics was It's consistent
opposition to the aggrandising policy of Russia
and It's correspondents in the East were generally
both intelligent and well informed.


This paper had the further merit Of having in
fused degree Of life and vigor into the waole
body Of the German press by the rivalry it awa-
kened and thus squirting on the Augsburg CD
zettc' in particular to the full development Of lis
yast resources. Up to the period of its exclusion
from Prussia, its many editors, who followed each
uthcr in rapid succession, were mere clphcIs;
their Influence extending little beyond the mere
internal arrangeuents.; IN order, however, TO
effect its rejdmission, it was found advi-
sable to select an editor, whose name might
serve in a measure AS guarantee for its
future good behavior and with this view
The edirorshlp was entrusted 10 Professor Bill
lau, of the Leipsic University, vino had till
then acted as Government censor. This seicc
GoI !, tha d,.SiIpd buf
has of course proved fatal to the prospects of the
sGozetlc' as an opposition journal, notwi,hstand-
iug the conf sscdiy high literary station and 20
ulc1l discernmcnt Of the learned Professor The
circulation mas declined from between 1900 and
5000 to probably about 900.


1t now becomes our uuty to speak OF the Prus
sian Universal Gazette,' and in connection wi'h
it, Of the Prusslan press generally. This va
zelte has undergone greater number 81 meta
morphoscs, since its commencement in 1919,
than perhaps any journal i'll ox xsience 1t is IN
this respect highly s'mboIcal OF the osciliating
;rincipies on which PfussIan press legislation Ii
hased The 'Prussian Universal Gazette was
commenced in 1919 "a year ever memorable in
the annals of the German Press, as III II the first
restrictive measures were adopted by the Diet -,
Carlsb4d) and was proessedy Instituted 10 elu
cida,e, rather than discuss, Tie domestic policy
of Prussia The first editor and proprietor was
C.. Heyen, who. under ihc name OF Clanren, was
the author of several works of fiction, which from
thc meretricious and vuluptuous sly lie OF the con-
position, enjoyed for some time certt kind oil
popularlty Alter the lapse OF abmut SIX years,
the Government purchased the journal, which
then bore the title of Prussian State Gazett',
and took the entire management into It's own
hands. With every new b ,se of Pfussian pc
lit Cal life new editor was pointed; and 1t 8
high probable that the paper would have been
long since discontinued, as merely embarrassing
its patron, il any plausible prctcxt for lis dscon-
tinnancc could have been discovered. Wlihln
the last twelve months the itstini!oductory steps
to a total abandonment Of tho concern have been
taken, by the instaIment of several qnandam
liberals in the cdi,orship. Ostenslb'y with view
to give more scope for the expression OF popular
sentiments, the Government procla med the IN
dependence ofIhe editors and therefore discla'm-
ed all responsibility for all future communlca-
ii ms not distinctly stated to be Official; and IN
C ,ninrmity with this declaration, the ntlc state
Gaz, tic was abandoned, and the present heading
substituted. 1t is by no means dlihcuit 10 lore
ste what the next change Will he, The more
especially as recent edict compels all editors


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TO insert without note or comment In their scv.
cra journals, all such Government commumca-
tions as ,hcy NAV receive from time to time.


Since its most recent metamorphosls this Jour
nal has assumed truly anomalous position, and
seems 10 have lost materially in every point. lis
professions of liberaty, and its repudaton of'he
idea of ministerial control, can hardly hope iur
crrdcnce as long as the editors receive their Sd
l.ries from the State It's readers can see norhDg
in II beyond its former self turned inside out
The pcr,inacity wilh'whlch it avoids all subjects
of general controversy, and The clulnslness ui It's
advocacy, render it diiicu; to saywhcther ii CON-
promises the Government more by its silence or
its loquac,ty. a particular incident has also
much fenced TO bring the Gazette into general
discredit Certain avcrments had been made IN
the opposition journals as to the intention of the
king 10 revive tho old order OF The Swan. on'he
20.h of September, lS43, the Gazette took upon
;,oir n i.cI.rn Itat " could state on the hest aU-