KITCHENER AND WAR CORRESPONDENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12955, 26 August 1905, Page 1 (Supplement)

KITCHENER AND WAR CORRESPONDENTS.

Some of the written judgments upon, the present Commander-in-Chief in India are— 1 cannot say influenced, but not unaffected by the fact that Kitchener, anticipating the desirableness of preserving silence in war time, which has since been proved by the Japanese, hesitated before allowing correspondents to follow his Soudan campaign; and then left them behind when he had a delicate little matter to settle with Major Mare-hand at Fashoda. Kitchener knew that he had created for himself some unpopularity. After the Zand River fight the correspondents attached to headquarters column were prevented from crossing with their charts, and had to join in the pursuit of the, Boers without food or even a blanket to roll round themselves when they lay down on the grass at night. Complaints were made to Lord Kitchener personally. His reply was to this effect— know 1 am unpopular' with you, and I certainly should not add to that unpopularity by putting obstacles in the way of your doing your work. In order that you may not be inconvenienced again permits will be given to you to enable you to cross any drifts we come to without delay or hindrance."-— Ernest W. Smith, war correspondent, in London Opinion.