JAPAN.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. REMOVAL OF CENSORSHIP DEMANDED. By Telegraph- Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cab!* Association. (Received March 3. 8.45 a.m.) TOKIO, March 1. The representatives of seventeen Tojuo newspapers met and drafted a strong resolution protesting against the official suppression of news. They demanded the freedom of the Press and speech. The resolutions will be sent to the Home Minister. Thirty-one items are under the censor’s ban. and the newspapers plan a series of mass meetings at which the public will appeal unless given assurances that the censorship will cease.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16366, 3 March 1921, Page 7
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