BRITAIN'S LIST OF "VERBOTEN" THINGS

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 29 June 1917, Page 1

BRITAIN'S LIST OF "VERBOTEN" THINGS

Not all \ the " vcrbot-eu *' signs have been mopped up by Prussia, because since the war began so many measures safetydesigned under the wide provisions of the Defences of the Realm Act—have been enacted by the authorities that the average British citizen must these days be as careful not to offend against the Regulations as any burgher in a brickhouse or the Hofstrasso in Berlin or any other German city. For the purpose of showing the colonial what a freer and happier life he enjo3'3 over the people of Great Britniu, a writer in the. Montreal 'Star' reproduces the following list of what the average Britisher may not do. He must not, e.g., ■ ' " Talk about naval or military operationa in ft restaurant, Tailway carnage, or any other place. Repeat any official report of battle, incidents, and projects you may hear. Say anything to make any person believo you aro connected with any Government department. Say anything which might cast aspersions upon the forces of tho Allies or prejudice their good relations with neutral Powers. Spread any report of a Zeppelin scare. Ask either soldiers or sailors anything about the disposition of units or ships. Ask, especially if you are a woman, anv officer to tell you something about t£o war •' which the public does not know.*' Write to people living in special military areas asking questions about military or naval matters, or send information from such areas about thorn.

Use a cypher code iu seding letters to ; leutral country. Possess any cypher code which could 1* so used. Send a letter abroad containing matter written in invisible ink. Receive letters and telegrams for a fee unless you acquaint the police. Attempt to give letters to members o the crew of a vessel about to sail for a neu tral country, or to any country. Receive any letter from outside tht United Kingdom without notifying the au thorities. Write to anyone, either in this or iu ; neutral country giving information abou enemy submarines or airships. Post any newspaper to a netitral coiuitn except through an authorised agent. Walk about camps, defensive works controlled factory, ship, or office used fo the. service of the country. Then, supposing on some" late winter o; bright spring day, you wish to take a strol through the open country, you must not. bi accident or design, enter a military are! without the express, permission of the com inandan*.. Sheerness,. Dover, Newhaven, ant Scotland north of the' Caledonian Canal an mentioned as typically military areas Again, should you come to ;i railway, yoi must scuttle away from it with all speed, a; there is a Wforbidding anyone from loitering near railroads, trespassing upon them, 01 lingering near railway arches. Moreover, you must not — Collect any information as to the condition of any of the ships. Enter any Government works without a permit. Walk over or in trenches constructed bv the military. • Wear a war-work badge when not. authorised to' do so by official permit, or wear it after it has been recalled. Wear any naval or military uniform when nob entitled to do so. Purchase any clothing or equipment from any soldier or sailor. Show films, still pictures, or produce stage plays prejudicing discipline in any army. Photograph, draw, or paint any picture of tile coast, or within so many miles o it as specified locally. - Buy auy drawings, photographs, 01 silhouettes of ships of the navy. Send any postcard upon which arc pic tures of the ships. " Buy prismatic binoculars, -portable ler restrial telescopes, and prismatic compasses unless you obtain an official permit. Use a flashlight as a. 'signal. Fly a kite which is capable of beine used as a means of signalling. Give a display of h'reworks except by permission of the naval or military authorities. Send up a tire-balloon. Allow a bonfire, even of garden refuse, after 5 p.m. Ride on or drive any vehicle after dark that, has not a rear red light, as well as a front white light. Perambulators are vehicles.' Raise blinds or remove shades from lights. Alloy.- any ray of light to escape from any window of your house after 5 p.m. Procure intoxicants other than between 12 and 2.30 and 6.30 and 9.30 on week days, or from 1 to 3 and from 6 to 9 on Sundays.

Buy intoxicants or take them away after 8.30 p.m. on week days, and after 8 p.m. ou Sundays. _ Buy spirits on Saturdays or Sundays for home-drinking. On other days cnly from 12 to 12.30. Buy quarters, half-quarters, half-pints, or pints of spirits at tny time for consumption off the premises. Buy leas than a bottle of any spirits. Buy a. flask of spirits at any railway refreshment room. Give or-Offer any soldier or sailor in or going to a port of embarkation any intoxicant. Sell or give alcoholic liquors to soldiers and sailors in hospital garb. Pay for auy intoxicating liquor for another on licensed premises. Shop after. 8 p.hi. on all days except Saturdays, when the limit is extended xo 9 p.m. Buy refreshments at a railway station buffet after 8 p.m., ■ uuless you consume them then and there. If selling sugar, make it a condition that the purchaser shall buy tea. Act in a man'ier prejudicial to the public safety or the defence of the realm. ' Shoot or capture any carriers or homing pigeons. Neglect to report the finding of a bomb dropped from enemy aircraft. Sell firearms of any kind without a proper permit to do so. Sell, buy, or give cocaine ov opium. Melt down bronze, silver, or 'gold coins. Refuse to show your registration card to any person authorised to ""look at it. Ring bells, or allow outside clocks to strike after 5 p.m. Have possession of any document Hie publication of winch would be forbidden. Attempt to leave as a member of a crew of a neutral ship.