THE PLACE OF WAR CORRESPONDENT.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 13 May 1913, Page 4

THE PLACE OF WAR CORRESPONDENT.

The days when -a Russell, a. Forbes, oi U'-'M'.ncGa'hatx could: go, tp: the fraat in tJnvo of war. V;onld wander about prelt> much «s' ho pleased;- arid- could send homo his t€legrams and letters with .little or no hindrance fi;om"tli6,censor,: are «t an chd. Orid of tiic problems of modorn warfare, is.-the place of tho war cor-i-esporident; and the subject is dealt ■-with intc-restin>ly byV.'f A Journalist " :n an article on "Tho Press int.Wai--Tj^v'-i-^PP^'^S-in-. the cummt numbpr of: the " I?ortnightly." " After ;th©; of tho R-iisso-Japanese to; «"d of tlio struggle inUheßalfcaris," ho v.-rite'sT""" the war correspondent feels himself a member of «'i. dying pr^ofessioti, or. : iibAea/}i of a profession''that- is d<&lined to ••be txy\ manacled .by officinldom tb.afc-it will lose its independence: and Vbyror'' of initiative, anil will era^o-to fe?rvc any useful end:": But h(v'ploaiK fo.- the;; retotition; $;, the, war corresv l>ciident, with proper regulations gov..

; e^uing his^^Qtivities., r% " I Kke i&... between titel/Bf^s tho Admiralty and the Wa.r'omce, witli a view to regularising the position or war.oorre^poriden^^giving, .them a more, aissured status, and encouraging news- : .papers to employ none but the best :meri. The'main- thing^is to have it re* • cogitised ''-that you cannot np^iadayfe, w.itli' the 'political constitution /we possess, conduct waf on a big sbalo unlee* you can also carry pliblic opinion with you. War -corresivandents, • therefom, ?.fc likely to/contiiiuoto flourish; inv.4ill countries that are, ruled ,by public opinN 'ion."' -■;-■•■■_■'•'-•■ .- -' • ■ ■-'••■•■; "■;