THE HUMAN INTEREST OF THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2502, 1 July 1915, Page 5

THE HUMAN INTEREST OF THE WAR

CHILLED BY THE HAND OF THE ■ ' CENSOR. By Telegraph—Press Ateooiation-Copyrlght London, June 29. Miss Mary Roberts Rinehart, the American.writer, interviewed Sir John French, who gave her au unexpected impression. "His unemotional reports had suggested au austere personage, but I found a man with a fighting jaw, and sensitive mouth, a man greatly beloved by those closest to him. After .talking with him I am convinced that it is not his policy which dictates, the silence about the Army at the front.' He is proud of his men, of each heroic regiment, and of every brave deed. I am jure he would like to shout to the world the names of the heroes of the .British Army, and publish Rolls of Honour, but comparative silence has been the decree. „ "America has known more of the great human interest of this war than England. Few in England get the news which the great American dailies are publishing. It' is an unprecedented situation, which-the English have borue in silence with the progress of months, receiving bare official dispatches. There is a. tendency to protest They want a true picture of the conditions, to know what the Army is doing, what their sons are doing, and they have the right to know."—'"Kmes" And Sydney "Sun" Services. . , '