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VIII.
“The Russian press! I am provoked at this
everlasting talk about the Russian press,” broke out the
editor of the Russian paper having the widest
circulation. “There is simply no press in Russia. There are
printing-presses and paper, of course, and black marks
on a white surface; there are editors and journalists, but
a press is not and cannot be found.”
From the nature of the case, the Russian press cannot
have any political importance, entirely without regard to
the question whether, like the newspapers in the departments
and some periodicals in the capitals, it has to pass
under the supervision of the censor or not.
The best known newspaper, in a foreign language, is
a French official journal (the Journal de St. Petersbourg);
next the two larger German papers in St.
Petersburg (St. Petersburg Zeitung and the “St.
Petersburg Herald”); and a small German sheet in Moscow
(the Moscow Zeitung), the last being extremely
moderate, and at every opportunity only defends and
demonstrates the excellent, admirable relations which prevail
between Germany and Russia. Besides the official
government paper, and a little sheet written in a light
and entertaining, and sometimes rather frivolous style,
but which has a very large circulation, there are in
St. Petersburg two newspapers which are generally
read: Nóvosti (News), a so-called liberal paper,
dignified in its tone, edited by Notóvitch, whose best
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