THE NEW CENSORSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 5

THE NEW CENSORSHIP.

-DENOUNCED IN THE HOUSETOP, " • . COMMONS. ■ , ' By. Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. ■ '• .London, July 1. . In tho Houso of Commons, Sir A.- , b.. Markham denounced- the policy of '' .withholding .news already,well,known* to ; the ohemy.' He, had learned that Lord V"-. Buckmastcr -. and-tho censors - hatl ' striven throughout tlio war to givemore news fo the public, but Lord Kitchener had. blocked. them.,,. Tho present industrial difficulties would never have arisen had tho Government taken the*country,.into its-confidence; ■ < ■ ■■ /. Sir : John Simon; .(Secretaryj!of.. State ' r,I for Homo:.Affaits):,: said ..that;\viiite;:tlh4'..' .-' ' Government- was anxious"'-to-givo as - much-vinformation as ''it musi 'defer to experts' .opinion im Tkooping back information helpful to -the eneiiy. / (Rec. July 3, 1.45 a.m.) ' ■,■ ' r- London, July 2. v , 1 Sir 'A!' B. Markham asked' why Britain had to get tho truth about the ,\var, from /American; newspapers;. Would v the Government affirm that .Lord; Kit- • V chenor'was afraid to trust the publio "with , the ;factsP .-Hd-demanded to- be; specificallyinformed whether'.-' German.;"' official reports . were, consored in Eng-' , land. •• ' Sir Jolm Simon replied that the re- .' ports ;-wero 'only censored'"when"*.the j; contained obviously-false news, ', '' : .