The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-01

type of Japanese English:
Directions to the newspaper correspond
ents following the campaign:
Newspaper correspondents who received
the permission to follow the campaign
should strictly observe the following di-
rections:
81. The newspaper correspondents should
obey all the directions of some military
officers ordered by high staff of the eX-
peditionary forces for controlling him.
''2. The controlling officers shall direct
to the correspondent the place and the time
permitted to appear. He is not allowed 10
visit the places not permitted to do So
80. The correspondent should carefully
avoid disturbing the troops, even In the
places permitted to appear.
Il. Upon the arrival of the correspondent
at his destination he should notify to the
highest staff therein and receive his direc-
tons. In case he changes the place he Is
staying he must notify the above authority
and receive its directions too.
s. The correspondent should always carry
I'm his hand the ticket OF permission and
In case any military person requires 10
show il, he must comply with his demand
at once.
"As he may sometimes be required to
give up his photograph, he must be pro-
vided with some copies of it.
IS. IN case the ticket is lost the corre-
spondent must notify to the highest staff
of the eXpeditionary forces without delay
and await its direction. He may under
some circumstances be forbidden to follow
the campaign further.
~ In case the correspondent is found
to be injurious to our troops by the high
staff he may be refused to follow the cam
paign.
IS. In case the correspondent receives the
directions mentioned in 6 and Z the high
staff shall communicate it to the minister
or to the consul to which he belongs,
through the foreign office.
80. The correspondent should lay letters
to be sent by him before the controlling
officers for their examination at the time
fixed by them
10. The correspondent must especially
pay attention i'm writing the correspondent
ces to the following
To Limit the correspondence about the
movement of the troops to things past and
not 10 mention the matter concerning the
future.
Never TO mention the place and time of
sending out the letters.
ITO give careful attention not to mention
clearly the strength Of the troops or the
names of regiments. etc. of our army in
order to conceal our strength and distrbu-
ton OF troops, etc"
Jnps Are Great Readers.
Bound down by such instructions and
having to submit all his dispatches to a
censor. who edited them as he desired, the
war correspondent had but little chance.
Yet in times of war such things might be
necessary, but the Japanese government
has continued its guard over the press
since the war and has caused a great
clamor to arise among the people against
such methods.
The Japanese people are u newspaper
reading people. Education being compul-
sorry in Japan. everybody reads and every
body reads newspapers. Every little town
has its newspaper and the circulation of
some of the great newspapers of Japan
run into the hundred thousands. They sell
for ! ana , sen each and every one can
afford to buy at that price. When the
papers don't give news the people protest
and the protest is now against the present
government.
Such paragraphs as, Foreign compiled
tons Of a serious nature have arisen, but
the present government censorship of the
press VIII not permit the - % publish
the details or the names of the powers
with whom Japan is at enmity"
And SO 1t goes. Newspapers In Japan
would rapidly develop and would be gen
uine newspapers but for the street censor
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the Japanese papers, there are -four English
newspapers, edited by Englishmen and
one by an American, i'm the treaty port of
Yokohama which indulge in the most rab.d
form of criticism Of Japan. At times they
are abusive. Seldom, however do they get
any news, but they print long Wnded edi-
tOHals ana have the same freedom of
expression that I'm American editor pos
sesses. The government owing to treaty
agreements, cannot or does not interfere
with them.
That the Japanese people do not loot
the offices, because of some OF the vicious
criticisms of the japanese they indulge in.
Is IA credit 10 the forbeaTanCe Of the people
IL seems that an English editor of an
English paper in treaty port, a port of
which is set aside as a foreign settlement
in which foreigners can hold property can
do no wrong. But the poor Jap editor can
not print an ordinarily interesting para
graph without having his paper suppressed
by the government.
IS Count Okuma, the most advanced and
perhaps the ablest man in Japan, said TO
me few days ago: The rigid censorship
Of the press is relic of the old japan
which cannot live much longer. The people
are rapidly acquiring knowledge and have
begun to think for themselves. The press
in all countries should be free. 1t is best
Tor the good government of country and
1t Will soon come in japan, That the
people are in favor Of the freedom of the
press mas been demonstrated by the fact
that the house of representatives has five
times, by unanimous vote each time
passed a bill permitting a free press TIE
ministry has managed 10 throttle it in the
mouse OF peers each time, but / think at
the next session of parliament such a
measure VIII be adopted. BY that time"
he significantly remarked, there will be a
new ministry and under it Japan win ad-
vance as her resources ana the natural in
telligencs of her people entiue her to-"
Il. W. BARRETT.