New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-15
TIE RUSSIAN CENSOR.

= Ridiculous and E-asPeratirs FIact.oHary.
From tie Pal Mai Gazette.
However much an ErEllsh-r.z- resident n
Russia may he CDaUCre1 Of that fascinating
country u is not likely THAI be VIII wish &c
c-t himself OF from Western CIVILIZATION. and Il
p IS located 10 EuOL SIZED town lie U-- soon
ie--n 70 JOCK around 70 see what facilities he
Pas tl- obtaining foreign newspapers some he
may End 10 Gaze. others IL hotel, bLI Il he
wants -LaI- Tor ms private reading ne may not
-iEirCoa--y discover kiosk where French,
German and even English papers are sale.
A little experience. however VIII teach hin that
he cannot rely upon this source. for the supply
VII be irregular, and, worse SIN, the papers
VIII have passed through the hands Of THAI
justly dreaded individual the Russian censor.
As the news about Russia IL the journals CT
't1er countries IS often inCODslcerable L. guam
uy, the censor VIII not always use ms scissors,
OK VIII content himself with blCt-llS out tie
tending passages wiki printers Ink and as
sand r. used TO dry this. = reader can generally
guess 10 hat extent the censor has been At
work by the amount OF sand that comes tUEl-
hing cut from between the leaves as soon as be
l5e-s The paper. A1c UL-u- hly there is no way
70 removing the obnoxious patch q black, which
may some times cover IS much as = cc---t- -l1
a h-lG None The less, The Ingenious S-av has
s-r1eecec Il oUtWlt--1g even the censor. ana I
Is Eqt an uncommon hing II - petersburg So
.iety 20 % shown az album filed with ''pars'
hat have been erased. The method OF obtaining
tLe-- Is as follows The Russian p hC buys the
ale- a. home writes % q friend IL London uu-
ser cover Passage erased il column = page .,
~ such and such q paper, tor suc1 and such a
buys the pape-, cuts OF the page Indicated. and
posts Z under cover 10 s. Petersburg. where
he mar" ~ once becomes immortal. and obtains
.e1 tines Is many readers IS i would have had
Z j. ha5 keen LEFT untouched by the ceI-sors
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Ny q the things are blotted out Tor ridIcu-
sc-s reasons. Thus. for instance some time
=ro some q the English residents II Riga
rad thel- curiosity excited - observing that
week AFTER week an advertisement was OblIte-at-
90 b the sane ace i q certain London re VS.
PAPER one e t1em u last wrote lor me SIP,
when l. turned out that i was an advertisement
q some ones pills. made Cp q q picture OF the
r--- and q Eta-e-el- underneath 20 The effect
--- be took good care never 70 De- without
-..- CAV with such zeal Sometimes, too, thai
-a-..e- simply Cr--te-l-es z thing 10 show that
r. ls awake and or the watch. vel known
French writer. having TLl-lshe1 an aFll-le on
rr-e.a ~ e vel known French review, went
zt--- the cate q issue. 20 call on certain hlgh
f----fr-.z-Ies a. s. Petersburg, VINO over
-a-u-ec hin WIN cong a---ll-l-5 ll- - tel-
-a-a-e criticism What -1e- was hs astorlsh-
-.a-- n discovering thai every copy o. the re-
~.a- -Ezt was supplied e. the public n TIE or
--.-- way was minus his article, which had
n e-rla.- said -1a- The a-----e Contained moth
~ rI-e--.--af-e t-- thar be could not pass K
a-l ara So thought Il best 70 OK out the whole
r---as~- books are also subjected % another
,r--r- and ee the va--1-s -e-s--s DO not work
..ea--e- = may happen thar What is forbidden
= he original is allowed III "a Translation Thus,
instance. Zo-a's famous novel Mana
7.- --- -ss.-e5 ty the Official whose business L
..- % lock after books thar were icing import
q .-.r Russia whereas another censor allowed
. o.. --.ea- ID q translation IL newspaper
.1--- ne -0-E Of 2 fe----et-l-
There .s 20 be q new biography q Dickens
------ ty his 6augh-er. Mrs. Ee-uglIi. with
y ass.s-ance q her brother, Henry Fielding
-cEe.s. I is said THAI tie Dickens family