Public Wants Facts

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 100, 29 April 1941, Page 8

Public Wants Facts

LONDON, April 27. - Major-General Sir in a letter to the Sunday Dispatch, complains that tho news from the Greek front is tardy and meagre. “I am sure that neither the commanders in the field nor the censor would deliberately withhold bad news, knowing that that is no way to treat the British public,” he said, “but in view of what has happened recently, l doubt whether tho great importance of giving the public the facts promptly, particularly when they are unpleasant, is fully realised at the front. “I am also worried by the fact that in all the recent fighting in Libya, Greece and Abyssinia we hear only of the deeds of the Anzacs and the South African and Indian troops. We all know that the Anzacs and the others are the stoutest fighters, but are there no British troops fighting? The casualty lists tell that they have been doing their bit, so why not say so?”