PEACE PROPAGANDA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 123, 11 February 1918, Page 8

PEACE PROPAGANDA

NEW DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATION. The London "Gazette" recently published tlio terms of the new regulation made under the Defence of the Realm Act strengthening the hands of the Government in dealing with the Pacifist propaganda. Every leaflet relating to the war or to the making of peace must bear the names and addresses of the authtfr and printer, and it is further required that the contents of the leaflet shall bed submitted to the Press Bureau , for approval. The new regulation is as follows:— "27c. It shall not be lawful for any person to print, publish, or distribute any leaflet relating to the present war or to the making of peace unless— "(a) There is printed on every *■ copy of the leaflet the true name and address of the author and of the printer thereof; and "(b) The contents thereof have previously been submitted to and passed by the Directors of the Of■ficial Press Bureau, or some other person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State; and if any person contravenes the foregoing provisions he shall be guilty of a summary offence against these regulations, and if any person without lawful authority or excuse has in his possession or on premises in his occupation, or under his control any leaflet the pub-' lication of which would be a contravention of the foregoing provisions 'he shall bo r.ui'ty of a summary offence against these regulations, unless he proves that he did notilcnow and had < no reason to suspect that the leaflet Tolated to such matters as aforesaid or

that lie had no intention of transmittim;; or circulating the leaflet or distributing copies thereof to or amongst other persons: "Provided that a person shall not he deemed tn have contravened this regulation by reason on]y that proofs of leaflot have been printed for submission to the Directors of the <~>ffiei<il Ptss Bureau or other, person authorised .■"? .aforesaid. "For the mirpiws of this thn ■expression 'lonfiVt' includes a pamphlet or circular, but does not iriehirle ai>v newspaper or other Periodical whifh wfis in existence on the sixteenth day of November, 1f11.7, or any leaflet is«niocl by or under the authority of His Majesty's Oovpr.nT'ipiit."