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THE IDEAL CENSORSHIP.

HOW I BOMBED ESSEN. FRENCH AIRMAN'S STORY OF HIS BAID

Sergeant-Aviator Maxque Gallois, de seribing his recent bombardment of the Krupp factory at Essent, saya---

THE CENSORSHIP.

BY NORMAN NEITH

WORKING UNTOLD HARM The cloud of Controllers, Directors and Mr. Ernest C. Gill, of the publicity Censors which has darkened our days, Department of the Canadian Pacific Rail ting up our liberties like locusts, wity Co writes to the Daily Telegraph:

The thanks of all are due, you for the diverse in the scope, of their tyrannies,

We started, at 0,20 in the evening are alike in this-that one and all they | most ødmirable tender in your paper to- are so ozger to tell us the things we may day, 'entitled "The Censorship" It is There were four of us bound for Essen, not do that they are unconcerned to shindeed apparent, as you so truly state, but the night was foggy, and I soon lost phasise those things which are still per-that the time has come when the control sight of the others, My course lay over exercised over the issue of news should be Metz and Thionville and down the irritated

hy the subject of investigation, for the Moselle to Coblenz. I was lived at cross Censorship is at present exercised is ing the line by French vatteries. Over working untold harm upon the honour Mesz searclilights were playing, bat 1 and glory of Great Britain. Nothing is passed undetected. I continued steering gained in the long rus by hiding the by compass to Treves, where I heard my truth. You state that the publication own comrades bombing the town, and of the report of the Mesopotamin Com knew was keeping my direction."

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BLAZE OF LIGHT.

to meritorious oficials upon quite another and a higher plane than the

of a Government. system by which honours tre grand no the political supporters of a

IN THE DAYS OF OLD VENICE. We have heard that Venice, în her

Over Westphalia the blaze of light how we grow wistently brighter and approached Essen there was a broad band u light on the horizon, which seened to be several mites long, while southward of

the nantes of those who had done signal the town was another great belt of light paimy days had a Golden Book, in which. trom the iron and steel foundrinām

1 arrived over Essen at a height of service to the Republic were recorded. It was an iden beth berutiini and magn 6,000 feet. This altitude was necessary in order to avoid the air defences. I chose animous, and at first was a great suocess. the spot where the blaze of light from the But, the cairies grew with astonishing factories seemed brightest, and there rapidity, and the reasons for thein became threw my cargo of bouls, counting ten correspondingly vagite and grandil boten each bumb and the next. Itaquent, while, at the same time, certain impossible to say what effect the bombs officials or parties of the State of Venice bad among the blazing factory chimneys grew unaccountably rich, and the State below. I then started homewards, and herself declined. We do not suggest that cidence; but it is at least certain that the reached home just as my petrol was run this was anything more than a cul- ning out."

inevitable happened, and in the last ten years of the Republic not a single entry honoured or sullied its pages.

TOWN PANIC-STRICKEN,

Dusseldort. Looking down on the fier-cipate its laurels Consider the mellifluous effect--in bine can possibly depress it. May mggest an towns was Itke. looking down on thinks that the Board of Admiralty was. various steps in these ladders of dignity. leade sometimes letters on a silver ground-of the follow that the terrible suffering and loss of life great glare Dusaldorf was abize with right, the more so as the scramble for the to unpleasant little ing exquisite invitation to lunch: Why in these campaigns would largely have coloured fights-red, blue, and waite. I to send over their despatches? As an old charm of a giant poster in Aldwych tell ournalist, I know it would have been ing as in green on a white ground that apparent to any correspondent on the To buy Asparagus is to be patriotic spot that the conditions of our callaut Contrast its influence with the abrupt in wounded in Mesopotamin was terrible in the extreme, and, had their despatches Co without Potatoes. Pineapples are plentiful is amore come to the papers here and been publish tactful statement than the bald assertioned, the public would have insisted upon an instant reorganization of the medical that Sugar Users are War Losers,"

So, for the want of a Press while, had Lord Devonport urged us 10 services. consider the perfection of the peach correspondent, thousands of our gallant stead of commanding un to stew the leavesmen died or went through untold suffer of the rhubarb, the digestions of many ing. No more damming instance of the suffering, inhabitants of our leas remote folly of hiding the truth could he suburbs, would at this moment be in adduced. The. Censorship at the present more settled, not to say stare, condition time bides from a waiting and expectant The samt holds good of other depart Empire the glorious dreds and deathless ments. The Railway Controller, with a sacrifices of her gallant ons and modicum of tact, could have turned our daughters, Throughout the Empire and thoughts from trains to caravans, and the world at large the holding up and the have posted Londen with inviting sketches surpression of information with regard to

Gallos is an ex-cavalryman of thirty of simple life on our larger commons; England is having a sinister effect. It stead of emphasising what there is yet is not realized, for instance, that in pro eight. Soon after the outbreak of war bu left for us to do, he tells us that 30 per portion to her population England has was ditaelice, on account of his age, for cent, increase in our fates is the penalty sent more men to the colours.and suffered service as an assistant in one of the camps we must pay for unregenerate longing more grievous losses than any other part for the treatment of sick horses, but of the Empire. Why? Because of the pestered the authorities with applications for green fields.

If only controllers had imagination Censorship English men and women for more dangers uployment, until Think of the exquisite persuasiveness of throughout our vast and far-flung Empire at the 6fth time of asking, he was accept- an ideal Drink Censor. In place of the who subscribe in thousands to Old Cound for aviation service. curb notices thrust upon a thirsty public try papers look and look in vain for any

The raid on Essen was described to the accounts of English tiravory or English as to why they may not drink. n man who knew his job, would fill the Press with

Duice actors cures where too sparkling paragraphs, inviting headlines

the factory foremen who arrived from Perrier on draught at all hours at The

that town late to-night.

We were fast asleep, last night, they Bull and Bush, Lemons as served in

said, but were only half-undressed, for Ancient Greece, with or without nectar,

can assure you, as one with some when the English began to talk of re on tajs at all Licensed Premises from 6 am, till after midnight." "A Rousing slight knowledge of publicity, that the prisals we were warned by the local Glass of Ginger Beer is the Englishman's doings of our gallant American cousing police that night attacks were really Birthright, Refuse to give it up. Down and Aliens--soldiers, sailors, and aismen possible, and that we must always be pre

the Huns, up with the Soda Water will be published throughout the worldared to seek infety,

must have been about three in the suandates which And why should they not be American- peremptory darkened our streets and our homes at unewspapers

not stand for the policy of our beds by violend bomb reports from should have done all that was requir of secrecy in force in Great Britain with outside the own, near one of Krupp's ed of us had we been kindly treated. } regard to news, and it is, indeed, high feanza factories Poole rushed half for themselves, just as no one will rat

are at it.. They are bombing Why did not the Light Controller issue time that the Press of Great Britain tok dressed inte the strats, crying,

You Krupp's. God help us." proclamations like the followingLoua firm staud and insisted upon the swine

The finest Pictorial immediate inquiry you suggest.

People threw themselves on the ground We are credibly informed that there dou n Shadow. Effects of the Age. Draw your blinds at have the British Empire behind you in nina sharp and which out for Whistler your legitimate demand for the abolition in the streets, shouting. Oh, these swine exists, or existed, a regular tariff-s

Police, mounted and, on foot, and much for a Knighthood, so much for The chance or reorganization of the Censorship. dogs.

soldiers and firemen in motor-cas rushed Baronetcy, and so much for a Peerage. effects in the moonshine. of a Life Time, seu Piccadilly in solitude

through the crowded streets shouting Not only so, but this scale varied accend- at midnight and go home happyZ

through megaphones, "There is no danger.ing to supply and demand. At the end of Go to bed," hus, the people could not be an Administration, when the Party Whip calmed.

was getting together funds to fight a general election, honours became as hack- neyed as leaves of Vallom hross, and there was a consequent slump. When, on well settled in office, and there was no necessity to sell at a merifice, prices were firm and buoyant. A Peerage might cost you, perhaps, five thousand pounds more when Peerages were, so to say, in season.. well- There were even, according to founded report, brokers in honours, who.. studied the political barometer as fish mongers study the weather, and would

heroism, or English victories on land, on sea, or, in the air, and if they reside in thien lands is it any wonder they are depressed when asked, What are the English doing?"

"There is a real danger that this fate may also overtake, the honours now granted--or supposed by a constitutional fiction to be granted--by His Majesty the King The British people are slower witted than the Venetians; but they are beginning to discover that those ancient and noble titles which were held in so much esteem hy our ancestors are now being given, or rather sold, not to merit but to opulence, and not for public service, but for political support. It worth noting that those who may fairly refused these honours, for example, be said to have been in the know have Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Balfour, and Mr. Asquith. All these gentlemen, having been Prime Ministers themselves, had the best means of knowing to what depths of

toward hours were, annecessarily rade. I that they we emphatically declare then we were almost thrown out degradation the 'system had reached, and.

We

The Luggage Controller snaps out in structions as to pounds and hundred- weights, leaving us hopeless and helpless

and a carry between a hold-all

ideal censor would have ap none: proached the matter with intuition and

THE INDAN CENSORSHIP.

The

From our window we could seis 'a large fire break-out somewhere near Krupp's.

it may be presumed that this knowledge restrained them from accepting honours macaroni who has seen it being made.

A TARIFS RATE.

appealed to our sporting.instincts on the Mail) that no accounts of the sinking:of Bombs were dropped in many parts the other hand, an Administration was

of Western Germany. There were more than 200 casualties and great military damage was caused."

**RESULT~~NIL?"

TIRED OF BEING BADGERED." We have decided (says the Madrus torpedoed or mined vessels, execpt the following lines: Columbus discovered messages sent by Reuter, will henceforth

Britos,

appear in this paper. We are driven to America without a Collar, Bes give up socks and conserve space.

The lack of the ideal censor, however, this decision by the extraordinary per When the Jongolia Borship at Simia. is perhaps must scutele feit in relation to formunces of the censorship or super cen the Press.

All day long imperial man was sunk, certain accounts of the experi- dates come from one or other of the in- numerable departments which exist toes of passenders were telegraphed, harts unfortunate, pressmen: You are with the Bombay censor's sanction, to the

mention that "Lord thief papers in India by the Associated strong forces, was nil. No works of the sell a parcel of Baronetcies forward, as the Press in armament industry nor any other milia speculation, if they scented a crisis in. Some time bed in general tary works were hit.

the affairs of the State. Alarfoodle is on a visit to the Hebrides this country had been

requested not

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Press.

numerous

A Berlin official telegram says:--- Enemy airmen undertook attacks on the German homeland on the night of July 7th. The result of the attacks, which were undertaken with

as any reference to his movements way in terms not to publish alarming accounts Near Essen, in spite of an assiduous part information to the enemy." permitted to state that the Duke of Dold: /of disasters at seu In view of that.. search during the day, only two bomb-

of lows, but you are warned not to men- tion the fact that he has a prize herd of shorthorns on his estate.

the

window-panes in twenty-five tiles from Essen.

village

IS LORD KITCHENER ALIVE? HINTS CONVEYED IN LETTERS

mensages had been passed by the Bombay smashed. censor and had not been interfered with by the Madras censor, we suppressed it. Instead of these cruel repressions of Next day, however, we saw that papera in other parts of India had published journalistic activity the ideal censorit, showing that it was allowed by censors should furnish up-to-date biographies of elsewhere and was being generally cir the various controllers. Their political

"FROM BISONERS. Retivities, their services on behalf of the ruinted. We then decided to publish it, particnlar ministers who have interested together with subsequent messages, also The ideal passed by the censor at Bombay; but

American papers publish an Associated themselves in their careers. nunorable Dewspaper, men if he were to ulted the Press Adviser in Madras, who Prass despatch dated London, July 27th, censor would earn the gratitude of in before doing so we ultra-scrupulously con give us spicy details concerning the no objection, as the fact of being as follows

The statement by Mrs. Parker, sister of passed by the consorship showed that the gentlemen appointed to regulate our lives

matter did not come under the general Lord Kitchener, that she believes her I suggest the following as model: The rule. To our astonishment. Siula now brother to be alive and that he did not Appointment of the Earl of Margarine a considers we did wrong. We conless we go down with the cruiser Hempshire, has Butter Controller gives us every assur ance that this important department is have had enough of being badgered in revived a rumour which has recurred in last in the hands of an expert. From this subject. Like every other reputable England during the past year. Asked by his earliest youth the Earl of Margarine Paper, we pride ourselves on in an interviewer to-day on what grounde from anything in the slightest degree conate based her belief, Mrx Parker has been associated with the butter trade trary to the national interest. If the

replied: and there is no form of mercantile adal censorship is going to rebuke us for ac- I cannot tell you on what grounds. I teration

in relation to this commodity.

He pacepting its own imprimatur as authority with which he is not familiar, chased his title some ten years back for to publish, we refuse to touch the subject believe it. In fact, I do not want to go The original rumour was that a letter sum of £50,000 from the Government of disasters at sea at all. The Press has into any details whatever."

had been received from a British prisoner. then in power, and the money shus devot some shred of dignity still attaching to it.

in Germany saying that Lord Kitchener to the replenishment of the Party

The letter was Funds has played a considerable. in

part

was a prisoner there. never traced and the rumour was con- altered a canard

at

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is selection for the present post. The wardness of innumerable baronetcies, and Earl of Margarine is the Managing every paper would gladly publish details Director of Butter Shops, Ltd., the firm like the following: Sir Pepper Castor, which has just lately secured the Govern- one of our new Baronets, has received his ment Contract for the supply of butter to title as a reward for his excellent advice. our shops. Lord Margarine will thus be to the Prime Minister in regard to Casso able to exercise his commercial gifts on

Pepper drew the Premier's attention behalf of his shareholders and at the games Ltd. It will be remembered that time secure the public the benefit of his to the fact that Cassowarys were foria subsidiary company in the Fiji advice in relation to the amount of buttering a which can in safely be released for sale. Islands, and suggested that if he purchas It is estimated that his Lordship willed shares at the then market price of 10s. make for bis arm a matter of £200,000 each there was reasonable expectation profit on the Army Butter Contract, and that, once the parent Cassowary had ab that his function as controller will secure the bankruptcy of a number of rivals in the business. We may confidently expect to find his name appearing in the next Honours List as the Duke of Dripping."

The ideal censor could give us many nithy paragraphs in regard to the Bon- ours List. He could give us the true in- (Continued at foot of next column.)

In printing the foregoing the New York Times added the following letter

To the Editor of the New York Times "In regard to the belief of the sister of Lord Kitchener that he, is still alive, when recently in Australia I was shown letters from Australian veldiers, impri. soned in Germany There were vague references to some big British personage being held by the Germans, such as K. is here!" and "The world will be astound sorbed its Fiji offspring, the shares would when it is known who is a prisoner fetch four times as much It will be here." remembered that this prophecy came true and that the Premier netted a consider able sum as a result of Sir cial magacity

The ideal censor opens a vista rich in possibilities; I have endeavoured faintly to suggest a few Everyman.

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Therefore, the idea has taken holl in Australia and is growing stronger that Kitchener was not drowned with the

DE KATE ROONEY sinking of the Hampshire.

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