The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-04-04
~ W. q. coNsr. Special Commits
slonsr Of the Newspaper Entsr.
prise Association In the Far East


TOXIC. March D.-The world need
not expect 60 know much for several
months about the war between Rus.
lions or al least one Of them makes
a radical change Of policy with 70
gard To correspondents.
Here IA Toxic ara nearly % mru
from England and the United States.
aud a number Of others representing
newspapers IN Germany, France. Italy,
etc. These men have been sent out
and are kept here at a very great eH-
penHe. aud atili the JAPANESE officials
see fl 20 treat them Ia a most re-
mafkahie way.
Russia very frankly ordered all cor
respondents out OF the cities and
towns under her control Ia the Par
East. and binntiy declared that ths
enly news from the Russian side would
be that officially Hiven cut al 81
fstntnbuFg.
The Japanese. on the contrary. an
pursd tho correspondents that they
ssfe welcome guests and that Japan
Nuuld be glad 10 have the hihtory VI
the war written on the field.
That Was two months ago and since
thea the
DoD0Es or THE GOVERNMENT
"a keep correspondents cut ~ tho
field have been without number.
To begin with. there vas Just plain
and unaduitsnAted dsia y-nothins do
Ina. Aftsf = Time the correspondence
made atleh a row that thsy wore ~,
10 work psffeetins complicated
scheme u fiald Organization md plan
lssaa - n =
ordered that even when TIE men were
allowed % 50 20 the front. they must
80 shsn. where and how the govern.
fslsnt ordered. For instance. n a mar
we're notified that 10 eoald 50 with
. division that was 20 guard a railroad
or garrison . fort d must - vita
these troops. OF not al all Re raiEh'
object and say that he was sent 0ut
Co write about battles snd not about
garrison life. but bis obieetiga would
be eveffaisd-
For = long time the government.
which controls ell tho telegraph sys-
TENS In he countrY.
HELD " NEWS AEHsAuEB
without notifying The scndsrs. Ths
lasn made such row about this tia,
tfaY are now notified within a few
DAYS whenever = message !. held W.
Thef ar. however. subjected % blind
csftAs siip. THAT Il. news messages
are eat ard changed BY the censor
hnd oftaa 50 thai thsy make no sense
at all
AZ though THE we're not enough. ms
nssn are specifically warned that thsy
must net toll ef injuries 10 Naruhirs
es transports. % fuel supply. % move
nasntn O.. EFeops. % the armament u
nhipa. Of the lee ation % camps or thf
whereabouts 81 ships In fact nothing
about the var - permitted until after
IL has been officially Published al
uxsr the usfla that IN. the JagansH NJ
ssesleH q ity-thFuush the JApanSat
ministers ard censaln.
Tho japanese payers are given auits
BIT tnsrs istttads. hut the newsra'
psra q Jspan which are pTintnd 10
Eugiish are suffering even Htr,ctsr
censorship than the var correspond.
sntH sufufe. IL often happens that
4n important item l. published m the
japanese papers three Or -Four dRyn
before the local English papers are al.
! lassa q print q.
Both Japanese and Engiish paperi
are
LOUD ~ THEIR PROTECTS
and warning that the outside world
vii lose interest and therefore sym.
pafhy IN the var. n they are only al.
ioued 70 read dry official rrpoVts %
tn. inaasininxs % Chscfoo and ahanE.
hzl esrfesp 9uaents. who are hundreds