The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
JAPAN!S RIGID RULES
FOR CORRESPONDENTS
Fourteen Articles for Writers Who
Follow the Army and Seven
for the Navy.
CENSORSHIP IS STRICT
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI Feb 1.-THE rigid censor
ship placed by the japanese authorities on
all teIegraphic dispatches. both press and
private. has caused many of the foreign
correspondents TO seek a field of news on
the main land. Correspondents who have
reached here from Toxic reDort that the
censorship is more perfect than they have
ever encountered and is exercised on inter
communication as well as on foreign mat
ter. Traffic on the wires has trebled and
their original carrying capacity has been
reduced because the War Department and
the Foreign Office have each taken one of
the main trunk lines that run south
/ through the empire.
The regulations for the government of
the foreign newspaper correspondents have
been promulgated and ironclad. One
I article provides that if a war correspond
/ ent violates the criminal law. military
criminal law, or law for the preservation
/ OF military secrets, he may be punished
according to military law by couTt-mar-
1 tial. The regulations in full follow.
Article IA newspaper correspondent
! who desires to accompany the army shall
make application to the War Office, in
/ closing a statement of his personal history
and the credentials furnished him by the
/ proprletors OF his paper Foreigners shall
make application through their respective
! legations or consulates to the Foreign
/ Office, to be forwarded to the War Depart
ment. In the case of the foregoing para
/ graph, J. e., Of foreigners. the applicant
may write only the name of the newspaper
I
/ application emitting the statement of bis
/ personal history and his credentials.
/ Art 2-An applicant must be person
/ VINO has been engaged In the newspaper
\ business for not less than one year.
Art "A foreigner who does not under
stand Japanese may be accompanied TO
\ the field by one Interpreter In such case
/ the interpreter shall be employed by the
/ correspondent on his own responsibility,
i and with the Application mentioned in
Article shall be Enclosed the testimonials
/ of the interpreter.
/ art. A foreigner may, when necessary,
/ be. accompanied by one servant besides the
/ interpreter. In that case he shall follow the
/ provisions of Article 3.
| Art. 5-If necessary a number of CORE
] spOndents may be caused to choose one who
shall follow the army as their representa-
/ tive.
Art. 6-When permission to accompany
/ the army is granted certificate of permits
| sion shall be given the applicant.
| Art. War correspondents shall be as
| signed to the higher-eommand officers
| Art. S-War correspondents shall always
| wear European clothing, and shall attach TO
! the left arm strip of white cloth two
| inches wide with the name of the paper he
/ represents written in red Japanese char
/ acters.
! art. "a war correspondent shall al
/ ways carry hid certificate and shall show
| 1T at once when requested by military Off
| GERS or officials in war offices.
Art; 10 war correspondent shall obey
| all orders of the military headquarters and
| be subject to all regulations issued by them.
| If a correspondent violates the said orders
| or regulations the commanding officer may
| refuse to allow him to accompany the
| Art. 11-Au communications, correspond
| ence, private letters or kilograms of a cor
respondent, shall not be sent until after
| they have been examined by officers APP
| pointed by the commanding officers for
| that purpose. No cipher or code shall be
used in such communications.
| Art. 12-Suitable treatment and every
| convenience, so far as circumstances will
| permit snal! be accorded to correspondents
| on the field. When practically necessary the
| authorities may supply him with food.
| Upon application transportation may be
| provided by carts or boats.
| Art. 13-If a war correspondent violates
| the criminal law, criminal military law, or
| law for the preservation of military secrets
he may be punished according to military
art. 14-Articles and 10 shall apply cor
| respondingly TO interpreters and servants -
| The regulations governing naval war cor
respondents follow:
article IA newspaper war correspond
ent DESTROYS to accompany the navy shall
| make applications to the naval staff, imper-
| ial headquarters, for permission.
Art PA newspaper war CORRESPONDENT
| shall obey all orders of the commanding
| officer of the fleet which he accompanies
Art. 3-No communications concerning
| war shall be sent until they have been ex-
amined by officers nominated for the pur-
| pose by the commanding officer of the fleet
| which he accompanies.
art. 1.-THE commanding officer of the
fleet may cancel the permission granted to
| newspaper war correspondent.
| Art. 6-NeceSSary regulations concerning
the treatment of a newspaper war CORE
spondent shall be fixed by the commanding
! officer of the fleet
| Art "a newspaper war correspondent
shall wear European dress and put on a
low, round-shaped cap with a vizer, and
| attach on his left a strip Zone sun
| wide) of white wooden cloth, with the char
| acterS Paper Correspondent on it.
| Art. IA newspaper correspondent shall
| always carry his permit, mentioned in Arti-
| Gle /. with him, and shall show it when
l asked by army and navy authorities