Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-10

~ y. terrible before one visited the
,yy rroye on closer inspection to
, :. no,bIng OF the kind. There are few
,a.,,p,tlons whose very name is so awe
rsoIrng and mysterious as the nus
pss s censorship OF the press but a
% WI, 70 the office where that function
y, ~, reformed is suficient to dispel the
NV" Tso censorship Is Of two kInds--that
Il, me local press and that OF the
" press. The former takes place
, ,.,ors the newspapers In question are
,,ushed but some specially favored
ps,,odlcols are exempted from the pre-
pnIoory censorship, although OF
.,,.o they are liable to conhscatlon'
.vssnonslon. or suppression, II they pun
usp,anything obnoxious TO the powers
NV b. the censorship Of the foreign
ula' which is under different de.
Garment. Is more complicated ana
.,eresting matter. A foreigner com
,ns "a russia for the first time VIII be
.nssorlsed at the state IN which the
,o.dlgn newspapers appear'-certain
s,,toles and paragraphs are piastered
W.. odth a thick coating OF some black
Instance An a criss-cross pattern, grit
..Sih powder rendering them quite
W.glble I'm some cases part OF a page,
Ven a whole one, Ia cut out bodily
~ Va manages to obtain that came
,,,hsr Of the paper which has not
nosc censored he will probably see that
ne erased matter contained either
sr,lclsn Of Russla's Internal policy, an
vrfavorable or even merely ilippant
snnsIon 10 the imperial family or an
a.Sonnt of some revolutionary move
,,o,t within the Russian empire. The
,"sy I'm which the foreign press 10 dealt
MIN by the censorship Is as follows,
Thsrc Ia M head censor's Office In ST.
pntersburg where all the newspapers
,Sressed 10 persons In the capital or It's
SIs,rlct are sent. These are then sub
;sctea 10 the censorship and the OBJ
royIous passages erased, sometimes
eyerv COPY OF the paper VIII be kept
mack or destroyed. In the case OF few
IN the more important papers the list or
cbnoxIous passages Is telegraphed to
mo local censors In other parts OF
Russia Tor eraslon. The other papers
sre dealt with locally During the pres.
,,t MAR there has been very little sup
rressIon OF war news I'm the foreign
rsners However unfayorable TO Rus
Eel mr. however devoid of foundation,
Nov are generally allowed to pass UNI
HACKED but all illusions to the inter-
nal situation, to disturbances strikes,
mr. pblltlcal crimes are ruthlessly OBJ
lltersted. IL Is the same with
news concerning the imperial fam
iv and I'm the illustrated pa
rers all portraits Of the car
are erased. for none save duly author
ile5 portraits OF his majesty are per-
mIttad In Russia. The most violent at
Jacks on Russlas foreign policy are un-
touched. and 20 are all criticisms OF her
generals strategy. On the other hand,
reflections on the morale OF her troops,
or any suggestion Of disaffection among
them, are erased. Sometimes curious
mistakes are made, such as the eras-
ing OF the wrong paragraph (the CEN
tQIt NdNlUh itdu Nut HdlNlt hVNto III
passages to be erased on the front page,
and hands II to a subordinate, who APP
plies the caviar, as the backing Ia
tlIed or the sclssors.l On one occasion,
for Instance. an account In a London
daily Of a certain race meeting was
BACKED out. whereas a violent attack
on the same page on the late NJ. de
Pehye's police system passed uncensor-
A
Il Is possible TO obtain ones papers
uncensored, but the permission Is only
granted TO Russians Of high position
who are known TO be untainted by rev.
dictionary Views and to foreign resi-
dents Of good standing and respectable
n.y. Even the latter sometimes find diff
hculty IN obtaining II, and have TO
make repeated petitions extending over
a considerable length OF time, When
permission Is obtained, the papers, In
stead OF being replaced in their original
Wrappers, as Is done In the case OF
Those subjected to the censorship, are
sent In closed envelopes bearing the
words 10 be given into the hands Of
lhe addrossee," Even these privileged
PERSONS, however, do not get their pa
le's regularly ana often have 20 COM
pain Of the loss Of a number.
one would naturally suppose that
sath an instrument OF moral oppres-
SION as the censorship would be per-
Iofmed In some mysterious spot, pre-.
ta0.y underground or, at all events.
WIN the windows heavily shattered, so
az 70 exclude every ray Of daylight,
guarded by q nt.looking gen.
BARNES armed to the teeth. The CEN
W himself ] imagined to be a tall. be-
WHISPERED and uniformed official with
%l9red spectacles. and an expression OF
uaooical cunning, a large stan OF
Competent assistants. all OF them mar
Vicious lingusts, would be carefully
.eadlhS every line OF every foreign
nuss,sspaper and marking all objection
soe passages with blue pencils, to be
s%IterWard "caylared' or cut out All
.'N ! believed, but never thought for
amoment that | should ever be admit.
wv INTO mat awful sanctum. Even TO
olpI odch such a spot would be risking
I,es llie or liberty. Imagine my as
WnSHinent when I was informed tina.
a Wlght quite easily be introduced to
als censor, and even visit him In his
Wu,e J ayailed myself OF the hrst op-
~, unity ~ doing so, through the good
gu'es OF a friend who knew the CEN
no. ne censorship OF the foreign
ppW's Is carried on In the Central post.
ya ,,1s oI me town OF X, a large, dirty.
nv, Itolng building, painted a yellowIsh
fgb, 'oio' outside At the head Of a
Wy, Oh stairs Is a door with the
fca i1enzura lnostrannikh Gazet"
censorship OF Foreign Newspapers)
,r,'lth over IT. We enter a sort OF
ss,,,',..nalnber, a long, dirty, untidy
KY lhent, with no furniture bur
:, "se kitchen table. on n IL
., co slao With some black shiny sub
y,an" This Was the famous Ca
Ca omclally known rs Dutch glue.
,,,me by was small SQUARE stamp
n ro,lt familiar pattern Of cross lines
Nsy Ihis method Is not, by the
o5,s vi much use for illustrated peri
hs. as the shiny paper on which
VIZ, pug printed does not take to the
49, so that n anything very OBJ
N, "~nable appears, recourse is had TO
~ were received by dinRy looking
,rtueInan In rusty black coat who
A., .lneo US politely that the censor
or,. sout My friend began making In
lsa concerning n paper OF his which
n, hut come for weeks, and eventually
M pahsed INTO the inner room. where
M papers were kept II was some
ls' more decent apartment, but dusty
NlQ uutidV furntsh.a nj t-s