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WAR NEWS.

THREAT TO COUNT TISZA,

A message from Budapest, id Switzer land. states that Count Taza, the Hun garian Premier, has received a threaten- | ing letter from a Hungarian secret com -mittee, calling upon him not to allow the departure of illinen to the front. Many members of the Independent. Party are

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 18TH, 1915.

THE BRITISH CENSORSHIP. matter in folded-up newspapers, and i

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VAST WORK UNDERTAKEN.

people were allowed to receive packets directed to private individuals a large amount of correspondence might be carried Earl Bossell in the House of Lords on Mayon uncensorer. As a matter of fact, a con- siderable number of private persons had 4 asked in what circumstances a reporter was prosecuted for sending a report to a news- Permission to receive foreign newspapers.

The End of Selborne thought that the editne Was in reporter, he asked, to work of the Press Bureau was now being done imper, gr be prohibited from sending to his editor with less friction and inore convenience to news if it was of a character which a local the public than at first. But he strongly officer thought undesirable? The powers urge that news which the public should given were arbitrary, and they should be have had had been withheld, such as the entrusted with a little commonsense,

particular parts of the country were in- forested. What was more serious was too little emphasised, such as great but inevit. able losses. More had been told lately owing to criticism in the Press and Parliament. The censorship should not be used to prevent criticism of the Government or of members of it. He was sure that was the last thing the Government would desire.

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above the normal militarytåge.

At a tumultuous meeting held at the Royal Hotal several deputies declared that it was a crime to kill so many men without an object. One speaker said that neither Austria or Hangary had any quarrel with Russia.and if Germany was at loggerledds with the Russians it the Austro- no business" of

Was

Hungarians. Another depaty said that the war would only satisfy the ambitions

of certain persons,

WAR PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

INSUFFICIENT FOOD SUPPLY.

Herr Eugster, a member of the Red Evas Aarnciation, in reporting on his second visit to prisonere was camps in Germany, that the weak point is the food supply and that in this respret be

Lord Lucas desired, without saying any thing to prejudier the appeal pending in the case referred to, to point out that cases of this kind were undertaken as being in contrasention of Regulation 18 under the Defence of the Realm Act. If it were of importance that information should not get the best way was to the eary of the collected, and that was to prevent it being why the words "attempting to elicit were put in the regulation. It was perfectly well known what the forbidden classes of informa tion were, and the steps which had been, and which would be taken in the matter could

not be called arbitrary or uxcussive.

Viscount Bryen asked the Marquis of Crewe whether he could give further information regarding the organisation of the various branches of the censorship and the classes of persons employed. Also to what extent the tensors were directed to eliminate criticisms of the Government, and nows of a political chameter from foreign countries. In his view

pam the mor we admitted newspapers and

The Marquis of Crewe replied that he could assure the House that it would ha altogether contrary to the desire of the Government that criticism of them should be suppressed. He could inquire of Sir S Buckmaster if any case of the kini had occurred; but he was sure of the answer.

PEACE AT THE FOLLS.

THE LESSONS OF HISTORY:

Mr. Roland G. Usher, Professor of History. Washington University; Author

1,102, N. Hjorth, 15th June- Bangkok 7th June, Rise-Thoresen & Co. CHINOCHOW, British atr., 1,195, J. Doyle, 12th June--Karatsu 5th June, Coal. -Dodwell & Co. CHITUEN, Chinoso str., 1,177, Wm. Ross,

9th June-Shanghai 5th June, Gen.

oral.--Chiness.

FooLEZ, Chinese str., 1,76, B. Migaoka,

14th Jane-Wei-hai-wei 10th June,

General-Chinese. FoosuING, British atr., 1,143, 3. M. Hay

14th June-Hongay 11th June, Conl.

Jardine, Matheson & Co. FUKURA MARV; Japanese str., 1,920, T

Okagaki, 18th June-Moji 7th June, Coal-Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. HATTAN, British str., 1,183, J. W. Evans, 18th June-Swatow 15th June, Gon- eral-Douglas Lapraik & Co. HONOWAN I. British str., 2,060, J. Mason, 13th June-Penang 8th June, General..

Chinese

does not ice any improvement since phlets from abroad the better. There was of Pan-Germanism," "Pan-Amerionn. HSINCHANG, Chinese str., 1,428, Monro,

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his first visit. On the contrary, owing to the rise in the cost of previsions, the food of the prisoners has become worse. The German War Office allows only day per prisoner for food, but the pur- chasing power of this sure is much less than it was three months ago.

JAPA

All mes of prisorera Lushuda de tors, complained of the food, especially the quality of the bread. Considering that Herr Eugster's reports are largely apologies for Germany and might almost have been written by a German, this ad mission is significant.

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COMMERCE AND CENSORSHIP.

ante, contributes the following to the San Francisco Chronicle:

The new peace organizations now being established over the country have placed The Marquis of Crewe said he proposed to before the American people a distinct lay on the table a paper containing con.practical, immediate issue: the use of siderable part of the information asked for popular referendum as an immediate as well as permanent method of keuring A-feature-of-the-cership which had notece 1 been fully realised was its prevention of by the people of the nations concerned on peace in Europe. They demand a voto financial and commercial intelligence getting all treaties before they become anally to the enemy to our disadvantage. Avery operative and mean literally that a large part of the time of the Censors was

terms of peace are to be accepted which occupied in the examination of financial and

the people at large do not approve, commercial messages, both by letter and by

It wire. There were three branches of the is clear that, if war has been caused by censorship,

each administered independently, governments against the will of the people but all closely co-ordinated and under one who wish for peace, these proposals will eliminate the method by which war and supervision, namely: A cable censorship. A postal censorship... A Press censorship

CABLE CENSORSHIP.

The cable censorship was controlled by an An interesting situration has come officer of the General Staff. There were 20 light here. It has been made public that cable and wireless stations in different parts one of the largest life insurance com of the Empire, as well as those in this panies of this city has insured at its recountry. This censorship and proved a very guiar rates one entire regiment of Caun- difficult, one, hat he hoped those who had dian soldiers and half of another per been affected by it realised that they were Lions of the second Expeditionary Force suffering in a good cause. being sent to Europe.

Between 30,000 and 50,000 telegrams were

peace have been usually concluded. They

would destroy the machinery

The 1,150 men to whom policies are censored every day in the United Kingdom. in Europe are not at all willing to admit

issued are citizens of the city of Toronto, and the expense of the policies, which are twenty year endowments at 1,000 dollars (200) each, will be borne by the ety for three years. At the end of that time the policies can be allowed to lapse, or can be kept in force by having the men make their own payments.

This is believed to be the first time that an insurance company has written insur ance on an organised body of troops about to go into battle together.

(IEROISM IN THE FIELD.

TYPICAL FRENCH INSTANCES.

All called transactions which had reference to dealing with the enemy were liable to examination, whether sent or received by British subjects, Allies or neutrals.

There were about 150 cable censors in the United Kingdom and 3 or 410 in other parts of the Empire. A large part of them were retired military officers,

FOSTAL CENHORSKI!".

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When letters were sent to an enemy coun try they must be under cover addressed to neutral country. Apart from letters from enemy and British prisoners in enemy coun: tries, which were censered in the country of origin, the following categories of letters

were censored:

But is the democratic control of the terms of peace by popular vote feasible 1 Is the machinery proposed likely to produce the desired effect the direction of policy by popular opinion, the prevention of action by a part of the people contrary to the The nineteenth, will of the majority century has given us a certain amount of precedents regarding plebiscites and makes it possible to say, with some approxi mation of impartiality that the great bulk of honest men in this country and that a plebiscite affords a really accurate indication of popular opinion. It is per feetly clear that the present policies and the increase of armanent have been often approved at the polls; Napoleon Bona parte and his methods were more than once accorded overwhelming majorities; and most of the present Cabinets, who are so largely held responsible for the war, were put in office and are now supposedly maintained in it by men who claim to represent popular opinion expressed at the polls. If the present constituencies were to vote on the basis of the present franchise in European countries, whet ground have we to expect so diametrically different à result as that between war and pence? If the electors with the ballot in their hands were not capable of electing by the present machinery men who would

14th June-Tientsin 7th June, Gen- eral-ChizeN, IrOLA, British str., 3,462, R. 8. B. Bulter, 16th June-Calcutta 9th June, Gen oral-David Sassoon & Co. KUMAKATA MARU, Japanese str., 1,343, M. Tadokoro 12th June-Karats 5th June, Coal. Dodwell & Co. KWANGTAH, Chinese str., Stewart, 12th |

June-Shanghai 8th June, General- Chinese, KwONGBANG, British str., 1,428. W. F.

Bicherd, 15th June Shangliai 9th June, General.--Jardine, Matheson & Co. LODORER, British str., 2,053, B. I

Coate, 8th June Dalny 1st Jane, Bean Oil-Dodwell & Co-

LONGSANG, British str. 1,053,

Leask, 16th June-Manila 12th June, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co. MITSUEL MARU, Japanese str., 2,703, T. Nakamura, 6th June-Penang 313 May, General.-Dodwell & Co.

A. MANCHURIA. American str., 1,363

Dison, 10th Jung-San Francisco 15th May, General-Pacific Mail S.S. Co. Nissão MARU, Japanese str., 842, Y.

Nakano, 14th June Bangkok 5th June, Rice and Timber.-Chinese. PYRRHUS, Hritish str., 4,818, G. Rodway,

13th June Singapore 7th June, Gen- eral Butterfield & Swire. TAIKEI MARU, Japanese etr.. 9,120, T

Mozouchi, 13th June-Dairen Coal and General-Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. TAIWAN MARD, Japanese str., 1,145, H.

Sakai, 13th June-Tourane 10th June, General-Dodwell & Co. TEAK, British str., 1,581, Trowbridge, 11th

June-Manila 8th June, Sugar and General, Butterfield & Swire. TJIKINI, Dutch str., Lap, 13rd

May-Bateria and Saigon 19th May, General-Jara-China-Japan Lájn. TSITARDEM, Dutch str., 8,000, J. N. Bou- men, 13th June-Muntok-Java 20th June, General, Java-China-Japun Lijn. TONGLEE, Chinese str., 882, M. Honda, 13th June Bangkok 4th June, Gen- eral-Chinese. TUNOSMAN, British str., 2,500, G. W

Letters from those not only farming purt of the Expeditionary Force, but within the The citations F ordre du jour publish area of military operations, All letters from ed in the Journal Officiel provide a con- and to certain foreign countries. Commercial keep the peace, is there much probability tinuous record of courage and self-sacri- correspondence. Press messages not sent by that the same ctectors will be better able fer. Sometimes even the nets of comedy cable. Newspapers. The following were to judge the actual difficulties of an URKAI MARU, Japanese str., 999, J. Kama- is no lacking. Thus we find the followed from Censorship Letters to eer

ing mention. Bounaicus (Jean), chasseur of the 1st class, 6th Battalion of Chas seurs, has displayed conspicuous bravery

of both Houses of Parliament

extraordinarily

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A further claim, widely believed to be

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squadron when he saw a German loaded nauseating, and there was a temptation to let

to the with hand-grenades only a few yards from letters which ought to be read pass without commercial interests, devoted

Were He blinded the man by close examination. Complaint had been manufacture of munitions of war. the trench. throwing the pot of soup into his face.made that a large number of letters from it not for them the war might have been The Bulletin des] enemy countries had been allowed to pass the control of war and peses was in the The assumption is plain that if The Censor did not hold the view that the and then killed him." Armces, which quotes this mention, re-

mere reception of a hostile and possibly hands of the electorate, these mon would be

tetter was likely to ondemning the Res Do we find go ground for DIRECTORY loyalty of the recipient; therefor a large such assumption in the experiences of number were allowed to go by.

nearly all conntrice with the exercise of undue influence upon the electorate hy corporations and political rings? The present influence of wealth upon the German Government is suppos: dly due to

marks: What a reception his comrades must have given hini when he arrived

without their soup!"

Among the many stories of pur heroism the following ineidant, reenante! by the Jainpsigenat, deserves a place of honour: "It was during one of our at tucks.

A young sergeant of the chesseurs pied jell mortally wounded. His major. who was at his side, caught him as he fell, and, rising, the first wirds that care into his mind at such a tragic moment, asked him if he was suffering much. The sergeant opened his eyes and saw his officer. "How lucky," he said." that it was not you, non commandant. These were his last werds,

"GOTT MIT. UNS."

A HARVARD PRIZE POEM AND ITS SEQUET..

XEWSPAPERS AND PAMPHLETS,

No restriction whatever was placed upon the transmission in newsagents and dealers

the franchise itself. Do we see in the of newspapers in bulk from any country.

Newspapers sent to individuals were liable United States, where manhood suffrage. To soure extent there was prevails, the interests helpless and incap- to be tead. restriction on the distribution of pamphlets,able of furthering their ends?

After all, it seems reasonably car that liut not such as to interfere with the con renience of those who desired to import into the real difficulty is not one of machinery. this country such pamphlets as were not of a It is the people themselves who are at

They have now in many countries. character which at ordinary times would not fault.

KESS HUREAU.

The Press Bureau was under the contro, Professor Kuna Meyer of the University of the Solicitor General, who had two princi- of Berlin has resigned his candidacy asal assistants-Sir F. Swettenham and Sir E. Exchange Professor at Harvard Univer. Cook-and about fifty assistants, naval, sity, an internationally distinguished cholastic position which he was to have ecupied at the American university next season, because of an anti-German poem printed in one of the student publications of the institution about two weeks ago. The poem, which Professor Meyer core siders the crowning incident of a series of us froin Harvard University offensive to Germans, is as folkws:

Ilona,

GOTT NIE. UNS."

No doubt ye are the people: Wisdom's flame Springs from your cannon -- you from yours God. needs your dripping lance to prop His Your gleeful torch His glory to proclaim. No doubt ye are the people: far from shame Your Captains why defare the sculptured

throne:

stone

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be objectionable. There were 500 Censors of all the machinery necessary to take con letters and newspapers, mainly civilians trol of the government and its policy, or selected under the direction of the Fress to have taken control if they had wished, Bureau, after careful inquiry as to their when the war broke out. If they could character and integrity.

be coerced into war against their wills by a small minority which influenced them to vote at the polls in affirmation of the present policies, can they not also be coerced at the pelts by this same minority on the treaty of peace? If they were incapable of judging correctly the situa military, and civilinn. All Press cable mes: tion before the war, will they be more sages passed through the Bureau and were capable of voting upon it intelligently censored in accordance with instructions when presented to them in the shape of

the War Ofice, the Admiralty, the a treaty of peace! from

If money was used Foreign Office, and other public departments, to create war, who received the money? Articles and illustrations were sent by edi-Was it not the electorate! The real tors as a voluntary act. Those who published difficulty seems to be again that which we articles or illustrations without submitting And so common in political and soil. them diu xo at their peril, and were liable to reform: the belief that the community is penalties under the Defence of the Realm Act. already intelligent enough and well Confidential notices were issued by the enough organized literally to take directi liflerent departments, and not by the Bareas. contred of its own affairs. The experience and the power of enforcing them rested with of the nineteenth century as rot demo- the departments.

Very few cases had occurred of the deli.strated to students of politics the truth of this proposition. If it is not true erat publication of news to which objection in simple questions of administration i would be taken by the censors, while in a which ambition, hatred and prejud large number of cases editors had honourably refrained from publishing information which play a small part compered to their influence upon foreign affrirs and war, it might be regarded as dangerous. (Cheers)

The Earl of Portsmouth asked whether, if will be relatively less true of the more complicated issues upon which the public

Which by Bo Inbour and the blood and the stopping of newspapers was to prevent mind is less amenable to ringon and mora spies communicating in sipher, it was not rasile swayed by prejudi.atred and easy for them to get their copies from news.

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"The Marquis of Crewe agmed that the we test this precise proneal for the a ttle- reason was that suggested, but pointed out ment of the difficulties of the nations by that it was not easy to carry on a cipher popular vote, does not the experience of correspondence through copies of newspapers the nations with the plebiiteford u- bought from newsagents. The common comparatively small exptions of its cipher was by some system of marking the success as a remedy for the sedation of actual copy. It was easy to conceal written their most difficult and most complicted

Problems

Of pious millions cells upen His name No doubt we are the folk; and tis to prove Your wardenship af Virtue and of Lore Te sacrifice the Truth in reeking gara Upon your altar to the Prince of Inge.

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