"According to their own account, war doesn't pay them." "I don't suppose it does: not directly," answered Mrs.Denton.

"But it helps them to establish their position and get a tighter hold upon the public.

War does pay the newspaper in the long run.

The daily newspaper lives on commotion, crime, lawlessness in general.

If people no longer enjoyed reading about violence and bloodshed half their occupation, and that the most profitable half would be gone.