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In accordance with your instructions, I sent for

23 15 Megars Rale and Cartwright of the Hongkong Daily Press with

reference to the attached letter which appeared in their paper.

I informed them that this was a direct hit at the

Military and Civil Authorities and that it had been taken

exception to by both the General Officer Commanding and the

Honourable Colonial Secretary.

The two gentlemen in question stated to me that this

letter was in no way intended as such, but was inserted merely

as a matter of public interest. I asked then why they had

put in no Editorial comment on the subject, when they stated

that this was not necessary as it was an understood fact, that

they did not necessarily agree with their correspondents.

I informed them both that should such a letter be put

in again, they would have to bring the whole of their paper

to General Staff 3 for censorship and that this particular

letter should have been laid before him being a matter

connected with the war.

On this Mr. Cartwright asked me by what authority we

could insist on a paper being completely censored; I informed

him, Military Law. He then said, "Are we to make no comments

against the authorities, because if so, it is Autocratic

Government. He stated that the Solicitor General in England

had taken a newspaper to task for criticising the home govern-

ment and that in the House of Commons he had been forced to

"climb down. He said that should he be obliged to bring the

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paper for censorship, he would, of course, obey, but would

report the matter home.

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