The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
He REAL. REASON FOR THE ENGLISH CENSORSHIP
Frank English Author Declares British Government Hates Tell
English French Generals Are
Allies Criticism War Correspondents

both with ludicrously insufficient forces;
they were both whipped immediately
and beaten back: hey couldn't even
put up a decent fight or hold the Ger
mans for a day anywhere. They were
driven like sheep back and back almost
to Paris.
Then, IL Is true, came a German
check, which hasn't yet been explained,
| or rather, which has been explained,
thanks to the censorship, altogether
! wrongly. and turned to praise of Joffre.
French and company, who certainly
never deserved the honor. II you doubt
| that, consider what they have done in
the last two months. What has become
OF Joffre- French's celebrated offensive
| movement which was to take place
early in December?
Now Kitchener talks of the war as
about to begin in Hay? That Is, he
hopes that in May the Rus. ians will
| take the offensive in overwhelming
| numbers. But he is doomed to disap-
pointment in May as IN December; he
knows nothing about the Russians or
their army.
The first Russian armies are far
| the best, the hordes that can be brought
up next May will be incredibly stupid
and only half trained, whereas the Ger
mans will maintain their high standard
of efficiency. The Germans will prob
ably beat the Russians next summer
even more completely than this autumn /;
they will certainly hold them with a
carefully chosen line OF intrenchments
as they now hold the French and
English.
! What then is to be done? The only
hope for the Allies is 10 get rid at once
Of the censorship which is needed to
protect English commercial graft" and
the English ohgarchy who only want to
live without work on other mems labor.
with the. advent OF real war corre-
spondents a breath OF fresh air would
come into the whole conduct Of the war.
Genius welcomes criticism; the more
the merrler, the higher the better
"Come look what I'm doing" 1t cries
fearlessly, knowing that truth must help
it and that in an open struggle between
truth and falsehood truth has nothing
to fear.
Efficiency longs for criticism; the
more competent the better: II is only
inefficiency that breads and avoids ii;
dishonesty that seeks TO stifie 1t.
The English, as is their modern wont
are playing OStrlcn WIN tnelr neaus II
, the bush they hope everything from
!, time and the chapter Of accidents
Meanwhile war is not being waged Ia
England and they can regard the SUI
fermgs of the French and Belgian
|, with that comparative equanimit.
which La Rochefoucauld describes.
. But France should tear Off the blink
ers; war is no game of blind mans bum
one-sixth of their country is in tn
hands Of the invaders, and a very ric
sixth. Already It Is calculated that oh
=, devastation Of these northern depart
u ments has cost France fifty milliards {
francs, or ten times as much as tn
war indemnity levied by the German
In 1871. Ten billions Of dollars the
have already had to pay for their wal
OF efiicient organization anu their nJo.is
trust in the promised help OF Englan
and the silly censorship. If they folio
the evil example Of England and kee
out the frank criticism OF war CORE
spondents their Joffres and Paus ma