CENSORED IN BRITAIN
ARTICLE BV HORE-BELISHA ON QUESTION OF SUPPORT FOR FINLAND. PROTEST MADE BY LABOUR MEMBERS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, February 19. The Labour members of Parliament. Li on ten ant-Com-mander Fjetehor and Mr Geoffrey Mander, state that they will raise in Parliament the question of the censoring' of an article by the former Secretary of AV nr. Air lloreP.elisha in the “New World” yesterday in. which al Iwo points in an appeal for inimediate substantial armed » support for Finland were the insertions “Here 24 lines are omitted” and “Here'2o lines are omitted.” This is the first time - an English newspaper has indicated the censor's deletions. Lieut.-Comrhander Fletcher says. "The question at issue is whether the article was censored because it contained facts valuable to the enemy or contrary to the policy of- the Government. If Mr Hore-Belisha was censored because his views were inconvenient we are confronted with the first principles of totalitarianism.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1940, Page 6
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156CENSORED IN BRITAIN Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1940, Page 6
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