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SPIES' CABLE CODES

■ — ♦ '■• ■■ ;! LORD NORTHCLIFFE ON CENSORS' J DIFFICULTIES. j Lord NortUcliffe, in a statement to the •; Washington correspondent of the United ! Press, explained tho working cf me j British Censorship, and added:— . , Tho cable censorship of private and :ommercinl messages presents the creat•si difficulty. It would be easy lor a. ivell-iuformed spy to cable to a mutral •ountry a few domestic cr business - ■;■ jhrases conveying news of priceless-value ,-j o the enemy. Spies who have been , mught, tried, and sliot in England have ■;-, isually been found in possession ot What j ippear to be business codes. In one ;j ase I remember a spy and his nccom. ■■« )nco nosed as travelling salesmen, in ■ .., Dutch cigars. Various brands of cigars ! epresentcd certain Kinds of ships, 100- ■ , >le nro much too prono to consider the • i lcwspapcr leak, which is open t<, ell ,s ■yes, and not to consider the piivate able leak, which is tho really acidly j Inc Power to open all overseas man, uch as is possessed by the British Gov- _ | irmnent, is also essential. j Democracies ara entitled to the fullest ■] tews of their soldjers and sailors, lno rar correspondent is so longer regarded j s a nuisance, as in the early days of i he struggle; ho is looked upon as a 1 •aluablo ally and is trusted by the Jritish and Frencn armies. We luve , ound that the more news tho fewer the iclv rumours. Press comment is in- ! aluablo to democratic. Governments. 3 io recent struggle for tne rwataM,:.hlent of a free Press to Great Britain . as restored liberty of expression: to , •atriotic writers. The systematic; puV ication of news, good or bad, is a 11 cans fgiving; confidence to the Governments f democracies.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3184, 7 September 1917, Page 5

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290

SPIES' CABLE CODES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3184, 7 September 1917, Page 5

SPIES' CABLE CODES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3184, 7 September 1917, Page 5

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