LITERARY CENSORSHIP
The Minister of Customs realises bhixi. the present system of censoring literature is causing some irritation, iind ho is submitting to (.'.'Urittpf- iivopojialn to mako thci oeußQi'ship wore acceptable to the
people. There certainly are anomalies in the system, and these at least should be removed as speedily as possible. There will always be books written which were best unread, and others of which the character is determined largely by the attitude of the reader. A censorship which is designed to save the uneducated from error will often deprive the educated of enlightenment. Discrimination between readers is impossible. The Government which maintains a censorship must therefore seek somehow to infringe the liberties of the minority as little as possible while safeguarding the welfare of the majority. It is no easy task. Those who know Mr. Downie Stewart will acknowledge that he is well equipped with knowledge and breadth of mind to accomplish the work if accomplishment is possible. If he can discover or frame principles upon which the censorship can be exercised, and make these principles widely understood, he will have made considerable progress with a difficult undertaking.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 42, 19 February 1923, Page 6
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190LITERARY CENSORSHIP Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 42, 19 February 1923, Page 6
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