THAT KITCHENER INTERVIEW.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2369, 27 January 1915, Page 5

THAT KITCHENER INTERVIEW.

COMMENT■ ON-.THE-'DENIAL, i The Press Bureau recently issued a? statement denying the report that Lord V Kitchener had ; been in France,-and_fur-ther commenting,. ,ott7 'intemoir"-' with Lord Kitchener, which was pub-j lished in an newspaper and ; quoted through'tle' English'-PreSs. The 1 ,, facts, as stated by tbo'Press Bureatt.j are that, "although Lord Kitchener saw' ' Mr; Cobb for a'few minutes "on October, ; 21, nothing in the nature of a special : interview- was granted;- and I tho re- . ~ marks attributed to the Secretary -ofi ; State are imaginary." , "To this, statement,.,in justification' of the/Pross -of this country (says - the ..... "Times") it is necessary "to "add the following comment: Both messages ro-; lating to Lord Kitchener pissed in the ordinary course through tho Press Bu-' - reau, and were, also, it is ■submitted',to the Ww Office, in accordance with the usual practice in matters, ■ affecting tho-Secretary of State. It' would have been an easy matter for the Press Bureau to liave stopped or--postponed their publication, as is done', • •in' the case of other "messages day. Yet, though, certain y escisiohs 1 < were made by tlio censors, t'he main;., ! faots,- have been perfectly familiar to the' Press Bureau,and of which, complaint is now made, were d<v' lihorat-ely allowed to pass. The Bureau does not ,6f course, profess to correct the newspapers ilCjjeneral matters of ' fact, but , if correction' is necessary, it should clearly be made at onca and not after 24 hours' reflection."*'" \