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LORD CHANCELLOR ON THE PRESS IN War-time, THE RATIONAL BASIS OF CENSORSHIP.

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GENERAL IRONSIDE. BRITAIN'S LATEST MILITARY IDOL

(HY, PERCY M. BAL.! London Ironside of Archangel,” is

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YOUNGEST GENERAL "Ironside

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As an Eliza hundred year too late.

or a Cromwellian bethan sea-captain warrior be would have left his stamp on history, but even with the limitations of present day life he has done things and one can imagine with what gusto he undertook the perilous forlorn hope in the Arctic circle.

The Lord Chancellor, responding to the toast of the Press at the Britain's Intent wilitary idol, and the nual dinner of the Newspaper Society question ane hears whenever some new tale an May 8th, faid:-1 specially welcome is told of the British commander in the the appportunity of being present at the frozen nortif is Why have we first dinner of the society which has taken beard of him before?"

I say It is doubtful if in the whole British place since the war broke out. quite boldly and without the slightest note army there is a more picturesque figura of apology, that I was the first director than the jolly, daredevil almost boyish of the first Press Bureau that this coun- Hercules who commands the icebound try ever had. 1 am not sure that a care Allied force at Archangel. In a certain military errie, Brig. General ful analysis will not satisfy you that the select part that was played by those who estab William Edmund Ironside was known fished the Press Bureau, and those who before the war, but, the red tabs and cap

himi baud of the general staff have kept carried it on was the most diflint, the the most unwelcome, and almost the most out of the public eye, and routine that was undertaken by specialist work has prevented him from respondividuals in the course of the war. performing the more spectacular feats, in any I remember well the day on which I was which, as a regimental officer, he would for by Lord Kitchener, the then War certainly have indulged and delighted. Secretary, the Admiralty. It came

Mr. Churchill, the First all in moment, when is was quite cer tain that war was to come. They asked me if I would undertake to establish and crganise 2

Press Burent in this country, Whatever other qualities. I possessed was not so foolish as to suppose that any man living could discharge those func a manner which would be accept- in able not merely to the Press but to the general body of his countrymen. It was necessary for the first time to assert con

it had to trol over a free Press, and be done at once.

Lord Burnham, who a loyal and helpful friend-1 relied on no one more than I did upon him -(cheers) will bear me out in this, that on the frst day I went there I realised that there could not be a Press Bureau head of which should be a man who, the vis-a-vis with the beads of other great Government departments, should say

This is my decision, and if it is chal- lenged go to the Cabinet and argus out with the heads of other departments."!! That never was and never could be the position of the Press Bureau. From the first 1 realised that in those grave and critical days, in which the fortunes of the Empire might be decided in ve daya you must be the mouthpiece of the War Office on the one hand and of the Adformation be collected way of the utmost miralty on the other.

not think value to the British war office.

A HERCULEAN WARRIOR. single day I was there when

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Africa

He was

He is one of the youngest generals in the British army, and only celebrated his thirty-ninth year on May 8th, barely 18 when the South African war broke out, and he went to the front, with the Royal Artillery. So promising was the young artilleryman thought that he was appointed staff captain in 1908 and he devoted considerable study to native questions in. South

When the German campaign against the Hereros began in Africa, Ironside was on the intelligence

વન staff, proceeded to obtain most valuable information by join

Dis- sused

the German transport service.

23 a Boer, be took charge of a native ox-train convoy, and actually won the iron cross, a distinction which few An accom- Allied soldiers can claim. plished linguist, he was never suspected

employers, and

a

and

It was to his linguistic skill that Iron- side owed his employment on the less showy side of staff work, for this Her culean warrior-he is over 6 feet 4 inches in his stockings-has picked up an extra- ordinary number of languages in his On one ocasion during the roamings.

I did not spend pearly an hour with Lord Kitchener and nearly an hon with Mr. Churchill and some day may per

history

of those days and haps write a those conversation.

(Hear, hear.) recall with great pleasure a memorandum I circulated to the Cabinet, in which ventured to lay down the principle that we were not entitled to refuse publica-war he lectured on machine gunnery-on tin of any news unless, first, that news which he is an expert-to an Allied squad gave information that was valuable to of officers representing all nations, and the enemy, or, second, unless it had the dispensing with an interpreter, he spoke effect of terrifying the British people, to each party in their own language, even and I never ceased to prese upon those to the Serbians.

that the only with whom I was dealing real point that mattered was that you must not give information that assists because I was certain in those the memy, days, as am still certain, that you never need fear frightening this great and proud people, and that you only had to tell them the worst to get out of them the best. (Cheers.):

RATIONAL BASIS OF CENSORSHIP.

Therefore I come back to this, that the only rational basis upon which censo ship ought to have been conducted was that nothing should be published

For determination, fertility in devis ing expedients to meet new and difficult situations, he is without superior," declar

side of Archangel high officer who had formerly had under his com- mand.

be When fighting troops could not sash War Office decided to risk an from the western front, and the Archangel expedition with low cate gory men-men not considered it for trench warfare a good healthy general bad to be found, and Irnaside, lover of forlorn hopes, master of the Russian

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would give information that was 2 language, was the obvious man."

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What the North Russian force owe to his energy, determination, unlailing humour cannot be wise available to him. (Hear, hear.) No cheerfulness, and

Thrughout the winter, be ever say that the work of the estimated. one will Press Bureau was in one sense satisfactoured the whole front in sleighs and on everything and torily done. But it is

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He won the Distinguished Service Order on the western front, and with ordinary lick, is marked for rapid advancement.

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my divide the Government so that a quarter am told that in the days successors-Sir Edward Cook could tell or balf is in London and the rest in you all kinds of things were suppressed, Paris, and if the gravest decisions have including Scriptural texts. (Laughter) to be taken both in London and in Paris, Those stories may be true or not, but if there is a dissipation of energy which

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of the events of the last five years stupid, and very often indefensible. The

who in only defence that can be made for the they will see that the men soldiers who often imposed these rules different capacities, stood for England upon us is that quite suddenly this Em may have made mistakes, but they rever pire

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Tho after all, were Chatham, said they

till primarily гезродні віе, formed those new greatness and honour of England in the Armies which saved us, and had a thou was

was lost. (Cheers.) When sand decisions to take in the shortest Ministry I never heard one Minister eny, (Cheers.) No one period, and were not taking any chances. The ga (Cheers.).

has had responsibility in these days The pride of a parent of a who has up." progeny which has been little praised and

ment owes not only to the London Press, much abused has led me at undue length aware of the debt which the Govern to deal with the subject of the Press but in a very large measure to the pro- Some people (Cheers.) vincial Press. Bureau. ("No," and cheers.)

Dealing specifically with the toast, the make the mistake of exaggerating the im- of the London Press. I never Lord Chancellor referred to recent by-portance

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