CONTROVERSY OVER THE CENSORSHIP
TWO MINISTERS JOIN ISSUE. (Rec. January 14, .10.5 p.m.) Melbourne, January 13. Senator Pearce, evasively replying on the censorship comments, maintains that the particular message mentioned was never published in England, but was sent direct by the London, icprosentative, therefore- it was not a caso in point. The Sydney "Sun" states that Smiator (Pcarce's challenge contained no ieference to publication in London. "The fact remains that the British censer passed a cablegram which was interfered with here. No farcical military explanation can do nway with the. fact that wo bavo a political censorship.'— Press Assn.
It was mentioned yesterday that nn interesting controversy lias arisen between the Hon. J. D. Fitzgerald, New South Wales Minister of Public Health, and Senator Pearce, Federal Minister of Defence, respecting the opention of the censorship. Mr. Pearce challenged Mr. Fitzgerald to produce evidence of one single instance in which deletion had been made in the war news received from Britain. Mr. Fiwewald accepted the challenge and published expunged passagos of a recent mesRaeo referring solely to football mawhe.R among the Australian Forcos. Re said that, such a censorship was particularly poisonous because it was a pyliteil censorship for party purposes. Mr. Fitzgerald added: "If Mr. Pearce wants further instances lie can hare luoni, not singly, but in battalions. 1
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 95, 15 January 1918, Page 5
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