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Dunstan Times, Issue 3135, 18 September 1922, Page 8

All example of the unreasonable extent to which free speech and liberty ol the press can he carried in France was shown lately when Communist papers sent out thousands ol copies ol a photograph of the Verdun cemetery showing Premier Poincare there smiling Notwithstanding the fact that the Premier explained that the expression which seemed like a .smile was caused hy the sun shining into Ids eyes the camera men declared that the smile was natural, as just when lie passed the, cameras a cinemat reel dropped. releasing a dozen yards ol (dm. The explanation stirred Communist editors *o greater excesses than they have ever attempted. They probably were also angered hy the decision to prosecute a Ped Deputy on charges of inciting an army rebellion, and the outcome was a tirade in which Premier Poincare was referred to as “a lying assassin” and a renewal of the charges already reprimanded hy Parliament, that he was responsible for the war. The discovery hy the police ol 10.000 Army blankets in an unauthorised building in Hagdad is believed to indicate thefi of (lovernment stores on a large scale. The, Royal Army Ordnance Corps authorities refuse to own the blankets, and an examination of their hooks shows no trace of the blankets having been in their possession. The marks on the blankets, however, proclaim them (lovernmenl properly. An officer and .several non-commissioned officers have been placed under arrest, and further developments are expected.