THE CENSOR CONDEMNED.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12688, 5 November 1915, Page 5

THE CENSOR CONDEMNED.

LORD MORLEY'S VIEWS. Received November 4, at 9.40 p.m. London, November 4. In thc House of Lords, Viscount .M or ley asked the Government to prevent the censor interfering with news unless it was calculated to the naval and military operations. He deplored the effect upon neutrals _ cf the '"'ostrich-like activities and childiih insincerities 7 ' of the censorship. The Earl of Crewe, on behalf of the Government, pointed out that the Lord Chancellor had said that a strict and vigorous censorship was required for the safety and protection of the troops. The world at the present moment was a whispering gallery. Visconnt Morley said that the provocation caused by the interference with the publication of news was universal. Everything which _ made the enemy think we were afraid encouraged him. He referred to the Walcheren expedition of 1809, and the subsequent Committee of Inquiry. If the Dardanelles became as unfortunate as that, he believed Parliament would not hesitate to ask for the papers to take other steps.

The Earl of Crewe, replying, --aid that if Viscount Morley desired a full inquiry into the Dardanelles expedition and other features of the war, when the proper time came the Government would not shrink therefrom.