THE CENSORSHIP.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15446, 8 September 1914, Page 7

THE CENSORSHIP.

"INCREDIBLY FOOLISH." SAYS "THE TIMES." "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Servtoe*, Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. Received 5.15 p.m., Sept. 7tli. LONDON, Sept. 6.

" Tho Times/'' in a- leading article on "Tlie Press in War" says: '"lt is important that the people of England should receive a steady Hood of information of a definite nature, and the more important Dominions, on whom so much depends, should be promptly tokl all that is permissible. The facts, about the foolish censorship over the Press telegrams to the Dominions are almost incredible. .W-o are convinced that the Cabinet is unaware of them. One glaring example was this: It was overwhelmingly imperative that the Dominions should be told immediately, and fully, why the Empire has gone to war. Tho censorship cable offices held up for four days reports of the momentous speeches of Mr Asquith and Sir E. Grey, and then censored them before despatch." Commenting on the general dearth of; news "The Times" says: "In a month they had only one statement of any value. They had received infinitely more from Petrograd than from tho British War Office."