STRONG CRITICISM
OF SLOW TRANSMISSION OF PRESS MESSAGES FROM LONDON TO OVERSEAS EMPIRE VIEWS OF BRITISH PAPERS (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, February 9. Criticism of the slow transmission of Press messages from Britain to Australia and New Zealand has stirred the English newspapers. The “Daily Sketch” says: “It seems incredible that, after the war has lasted for well over four years, there should be justification for legitimate complaints about a lack of adequate cabling facilities between London and, of all places, the countries of the Empire. This is an unforgivable state of affairs and there is no conceivable excuse for its existence or continuance.” The “Yorkshire Post” says: “This is a matter of serious importance. As its chairman, Lord Astor, reminded the Empire Press Union, there are plenty of other news sources besides Britain. Recent speeches of representative Empire statesmen on the possibility of forming a common foreign policy have shown how necessary it is for all members of the British Commonwealth to be able at all times to gain a correct impression of each other's viewpoints. This essential understanding might easily be hindered if news of British decisions and of the trend, of British public opinion reached the Dominion capitals, not from London but from New York.”
The “Glasgow Herald” says the Dominions are clearly entitled, especially in war time, to the best attainable news service from London. It is only too evident that the existing conditions are deplorable and that London is in grave danger of being displaced by New York as the centre upon which the Empire depends for its news. Australia and New Zealand are struggling against insuperable obstacles.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1944, Page 4
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