“DAWN” AROUSES FIERCE CONTROVERSY

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6542, 25 February 1928, Page 9

“DAWN” AROUSES FIERCE CONTROVERSY

SHOULD THE FILM BE SHOWN ? FAMOUS FRENCHMAN SAYS YES [By Electric Cable-Copyright.] f Aust ant. N.Z. Cable Association. I (Received Friday, 7.30 p.m ) LONDON, Feb. 23. The actual act of banning “ Dawn ” is responsible for a fierce controversy. A notable contributor is Professor J. 11. Morgan. In a letter to '■ tbo “Evening Standard” he says: “ The tone of Sir Austen Chamberlain’s letter leaevs a chilly impression that he regards Nurse Oavcll’s execution as a kind of unfortunate accident, no blame being attachable to anybody. I suggest to Sir Austen that a little gesture on the other side would do more to improve Anglo-German relations than public admission, namely to secure a pubic admission from the German Gov' eminent that it regrets its predecessors’ treatment of Nurse Cavell ” M. Clemcnceau has sent a message to the ‘‘Evening Standard,” saying: “ I cannot see why this or any other iilms dcabng with the actual facts of the war should be banned. If AngloGerman relations arc so delicate that a film based on reality or facts can strain them they arc not based on sincerity.” The whole question of the censorship is expected to be raised in the Commons. FRESH FUEL FROM ANOTHER WITHDRAWAL, LONDON, Feb. 23. Tho withdrawal of tho film “ Mare Nostrum :i (adapted from the book of Ibaner.j, also in deference to Gorman opinion, has added fresh fuel to tho controversy over the film “ Dawn.” TM« -w „ number of

iu the film “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," were deleted when the picture was first show'll iu America this action being i alien following representations by t-0 German ConsulGeneral at Washington. The Daily Mail describes these actions as knuckling under to Germany, and pertinently asks why the Board of Censors has just passed the German film, “The World War Through German Spectacles,” featuring a “Big Bertha” shelling Baris. The newspaper states: “Sir Austen Chamberlain has placed the Government in an untenable position over the film “Dawn.”