Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-25
| CENSORSHIP IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
Correspondents Characterize t as
"'.' DBungIs and BIunder'
,,e.ISGLY NO CAUSE FOR IT
.,o,ed That British Have
~ '''r Vast Drastic Measures
'' Agains, the Beers

sac York, July s5.-The war CORE. CORE,
ws a. south Africa have united
q'nosn|,o d revolt against the military
hs Osr saws the London CORE
cD'gs nt 81 the Tribune. Mr. Bennet
s'nu'" yeteran Of many campaigns
SuI s.s the censorship as "bungle
F' h,under." and declares that the
80 tbe whole matter of unofficial
sv- ..oondence is put upon a definite
VII .ooformable to free institutions
y, nj better 1t will he for everybody,
y. Edgar Wallace asserts that there
ao,bIne so far as the military posi-
~ \ concerned to justify the main
p.S anca Of censorship, and that 1t Is
'Tng bad precedent, since the only
asa ,,aa which il can render Is politl-
$50 nv savoring somewhat or RUSSIA
ca u" IS krugerian." Mr. Howell
l .,.,ra who has remained In the ield
uss,lnnousy since the outbreak ot the
,'ar holds his peace.
va ad5iron 10 the general restrictions
hssed on military reasons estaplished
y an me opening OF the war the follow
90 regulation enables any censor TO
w ~, or condense every dispatch sub
,,';,,sd 10 him. in future the length
" ', respondents wires will be In pro-
,,,,ion 10 the Importance of the news
snnlned therein
Tho correspondents consequently are
as,hled and unable to justify by cable
Tork the expenses Of their service. The
'antry which is heavily taxed for
,oslly war. does not know what Is go
ss on and Is forced TO be content Wlh
@snalty lists and Lord Kitchener's in
ysrtories OF Beers killed. wounded and
grr,.dered. and of stock rifles and am
~pnlion captured. Ii must be stated
n mstlce to the war Office that the
iosdon journals were warned In adj
s.nce that their correspondents would
M be left at liberty TO write and TO go
4 they pleased, and were asked to
,Sopt practical measures for reducing
h, number of men In service and for
-slIeylng the wires from the pressure
n newspaper work. These consulta-
inns al the outbreak Of the war were
fultless and scores OF correspondents
vare sent 70 South Africa without any
attempt on the part of the newspapers
70 regulate the business OF reporting
campaign news. With long lines Of
communication and with the wires
elogged with routine messages required
for The movement of troops and the
provisioning of great army. the press
dispatches were neglected, held back,
condensed and mutilated.
Ills not easy TO understand what are
IN. political motives for the suppress
sion Of news from the seat of war.
The government has well drilled,
dtedIsnt majority in the commons, and
+ supported by the great mass OF opin-
Ion IN the country. There Is no revolt
smlas! It either on the ministerial side
o. IN the constituencies where bye
elections are held The opposition Is
aaIon.rent and demoralized and quite
Incapable Of Offering strenuous resist
am to government policies; and the
g0B0tr agitators have made no inn
preston upon public opinion. There
4 no alternate government possible
While the campaign remains in progress
md ministers have no conceivable rea-
so for dreadng possible revelations
iNn the seat Of war. Some Of the in
dttris which have been suppressed
would bear heavily against the advo-
oiss Of the Dutch cause. both here and
% he continent. The Vlakfontein at
ndues for example, fully confirmed in
t,isl, would tend TO ALLEVIATE the SYM
hty Of irreconcilable radicals aud adj
ming foreigners for the Beers. The
iid that the horrible story Of the
saNtng Of the wounded has been sup
Pressed for over month and left to
cone out little by little in soldiers let
lsfs to their friends at home, excites
suspicion that there may have been
drastic measures on the British side In
eiectihg the clearance OF various dis
lilets and In establishing concentration
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