The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
British Airman Dropped
 Bomb on Holland Terri tory by Mistake-Kaiser's Photograph in Dust Bin

IT oNDoN, october 1o.-Cspeclal.)
 Even the prime minister is not
 - exempt from the censorship
 which Lord Kitchener has established
 to prevent the leakage Tn or from this
 country of any news which conceiv-
 ably might be of use to the enemy.
 There was a striking instance of this
 on the night of Mir Asquith's speech in
 Dublin when he announced, five days
 before the news was supposed to be
 released, that the Indian troops had
 disembarked that day at Marseilles. AS
 the report of his speech came by inland.
 telegram 1t escaped the cable censorship
 and as it was a speech by tho head of
 the government it never occurred to
 anyone in any of the London news
 paper offices that 1t ought to be sub
 mitted to the censors at the press bu-
 reau. At 1 a. m.. however, on the morn-
 ing after the speech, the chief censor
 at the press bureau obtained copies of
 the first editions of the London papers with the prime minister's speech, and
 he at once got busy. He called up
 every paper in London and first ordered
 and then implored them to Kill" the reference to the Indian troops. Some of the papers were able to do so in part of their editions, but others had
 completed printing and the news had to go out to the country. I understand, however. that the cable censors man. aged to prevent it going abroad.
 The leader of the opposition, Bonar
 Law, has also felt the heavy hand of the censor. who in this case was F. E. Smith. M. F., one of his chief hench men. Laws attack on Asquith In the final debate on the home rule bill was not allowed to leave the country.
 The latest ruling of the press bu- reau is that the wise of the cable censor for publication. After it has been held up for an hour or two by the censors at the central telegraph office, it must be submitted to the press bureau to be recensored before publication.
 So far no correspondents have been permitted to join the British and French troops at the front. It was an
 nounced last week that they would be allowed to start this week, and every paper which had received permission warned its chief war correspondent to be ready These men bought their horses engaged their servants, and got
 their kit in order, but they are still kicking their heels in London. At the
 last moment word came that Lord Kitchener did not think it advisable for them to go at present, but hoped
 that the embargo would soon be raised. British Airman Drops Bomb There was considerable mystery about the identity of an airman who dropped bomb in Maastricht, in Dutch territory, couple of weeks ago, doing considerable damage The airman, who
 was British, had lost his way in a fog and thought he was passing over a German position. The British govern ment has apologized to Holland and has undertaken to pay for all the dam age done.
 Gruesome Holiday
 A Scotch lawyer of my acquaintance tells me good story of sergeant in the Black Watch, a famous Highland regiment, who returned home last week slightly wounded. He traveied from Lon don to Edinburgh with my friend. and much liquid hospitality loosened his tongue He told of an incident on the transport on which he returned to Eng land There were Il number of German prisoners as well as British wounded on the ship, and one of these. "ot noticing that the sergeant was wounded, asked him why he was returning.
 ''Weel ye ken," said the sergeant. i've have a rule in GOT airmy, that when a man has killed two toosau Gairmans he gets a three months holiday. I'm just starting on my wee vacation and I'm