COUNTRY PRESS CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1915, Page 2

COUNTRY PRESS CONFERENCE.

AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISTS' VIEWS.

By Gable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, Oct. 28,

The annual conference of .the Country Press Association adopted a series of patriotic resolutions, one declaring that there could be no talk of peace till the German policy of force was irretrievably smashed and the highly-placed criminals responsible for the war punished. Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, referring to Japan, said, speaking with a full sense of responsibility, that the attitude of Australia towards. .Japan in future would have to be changed. If it were changed there must be a complete understanding between the two countries. What Japan did for Australia in these seas in the time of trial placed her under an obligation no honorable Australian would ever forget. Referring to the censorship of the press, lie said they were not getting a square deal. The censorship seemed based on the idea that the people of the Empire were children who could be deluded by false stories of futile victories, while disasters were concealed. The press ought to be allowed to tell the truth. The authorities, whether British or Australian, had no right to muzzle the press.