Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-20
No Atrocities But the
Horrors Are Plentiful

detectives and degeneTates- Ne nave
atrocities IL New York City, SO far as
thar is concerned. ] am Convinced thaE
there has been nothing unusual.
brutal about the conduct OF this NaT-
at least. in the way of atrocities War
itself is absolutely brutal There i no
oiesurasgIAsness abolt H.
y have ~ralega1ed the atToc5tE story
10 -he limbo that contains tle DaEonei
charge ECry. / SAW several hundred
Thousand German soldiers, many o.
them wounded. and thousands Of Eel
giaa. French, and English prisoners,
nanr OF them also wounded and De-
sides this ] talked TO doctors, who,
themselves. mad attended 10 thousands
Of wounded / did not see a single
fsyunet-weund, and did NOT hear o.
any men who HAD been wounded oy
bayoaeIs. While / was in England
early in the campaign. one soldier TaS
sent hack from France with 4 Dayalel
Wound but il came out that he h2d
baen hurt accidentally by falling OF 2
comrades haEonet. Neither did ] hear
of any lance wounds. Aside from the
early DAYS CT the EaI- there has been
Very little cavalry charging. / think.
Most Of the wounded We saw had been
hit by shrapnel.@
Limited Censorship Needed.
Tie talk turned 10 the censorship
I and its merits and defects.
IF one side OF other other ever gets
the jump-gels it decidedly and indis-
puLably." remarked Nj. Cobb. Il be
] liere you will see that side let up On
the censorship. They will issue a gen,
eral Invitation to the press TO come
On ever and watch US eat up this fell
low OF course, ] may oe wrong but
a shouldn't be surprised if this hap,
Pened. As for the censorship itself.
ann ready 10 concede the need for a
rigid supervision OF the news in these
days OF rapid Transmission of informa,
ton. But / can't see why the co-noa-
taats should be unwilling TO allow
newspaper Ele al the front TO send
back the descriptive stuff which is
what the public are for most. after
all ] believe that if more of this
stuff could DE written il would tend
10 increase patriotism and r~ecrui7iRe
Its q haek-leyed subject. to De
sure, but ] am glad 10 say that tha
War correspondent as he has been
known. the professional war care
spondelt- % understand has beer
knocked out There is a lot Of tail
about the glOries that used 10 he his.
how he consulted with generals. aad
had his tent pitched beside the field
maEshalis. and rode the best horse il
the army. and aiSay5 kneg what was
going to happen Personally | thinE
this Is all wrong He probably wa:
allowed TO come along on s~uferalce
and because the! had no wireless il
those days. and telegraph lines were
scarce, he had a great deal more lib
erty OF action that he came to have
later or But when ali is said aaS
done, the socalled war correspondent
hasn't any place in the work. Cover
aas a war is Just the same kind: O
work as coFering a big fire or an,
disaster 1t calls for reporting. am
ability TO DO the things that ~repor1in:
understanding of the concret,
facts and the writing of them in lucid
terse language. If / were a newspape
proprietor, and / had to cover a a
should simply call up my best re
porters and send them out. Aad the
Wosiid do the work a great deal bette