The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-03

"o GERMAN atrocities were fresh they
couiu publish them. while later on
aI.er the battle Of the Marine. when
.uL mao ceased to be news. they were
TO print them freely. The
publication of these "details was nro-
nlplted a hat was IN
DC what the Germans wanted and be-
cause the wider circulation given 70
tnem. the more would be the chances
or intimidation. After the battle of
the Marne these reasons disappeared
me were also aston
lsned that the censor should order
them to publishing the state Of
the barometer. 1t hadn't occurred to
them that knowledge of the weather
INDICATIONS would be of great service
to the pilots Of German aeroplanes
and Zeppelins.
People seeking in the
the sailing dates of French trans
Atlantic iners found them missing
one morning. and few Of them had
the thoughtfulness to connect this
measure with the presence of ubmar-
ines in h English Channel. At one
time the papers published freely ex-
pedients used by French prisoners in
Germany to inform their families how
they were treated in spite of the Ger
man censorship. This was interest
ing, but the exposure of their subter-
fuges rendered them useless for the
future. Pathetic recitals of the es-
cape of prisoners from their guardi-
ans, how they got back to the French
lines through invaded regions, with
names of the villages through which
they passed. sometimes even the
houses where they were sheltered
were extremely dangerous. They ex-
posed the families who sheltered the
soldiers to the punishment by the Ger
man occupying troops.
Offices of the Bureau.
The Offices of the Bureau de Il
Presse' resemble somewhat the proof
reading room of a great newspaper
The staff is mixed, part military ant
part civilian, including many retired
officers who have resumed service
many others who have been wounded
at the front and incapacitated for fur
Their active service.
The chief is a well known lawyo
and he has among his aids a few lit
erary men. journalists and dramati
authors. During every hour of tn
twenty-fomr, the blue pencil is bus
on cables. From 9 to IL a. m. tn
proofs of noon papers are read. Fror
1 to 4 the proofs of the evening pa
pers and from 9 p. M. to 4 a. m. tn
proofs of the morning papers, be
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newspapers. every n Of the Weekl
and monthly reviews, illustrated pa
perS and magazines are carefully rea
after publication in order to detet
any i~nfraction of the aW, not omittin
: the advertisements, for papers ha,
played the censor the double jOk
!, of putting prohibited information int
/. this form.
:. Newspaper forms r general
: made up before the censor's verdi
, is received, and rather than make U
= again the incriminated articles, par;
> graphs or words are chiSe1ed out
the s~tereotyped plates, leaving viii
blanks on tire page sometimes cove
= ing a column-or two-sOmetines
line or two. This gives rise to m
; ing Incidents. General CherfilS Wro
II an interesting review Of Gener
Maud'huy's operations. The Gems
s cut out the details and what the rea'
. err found on the page next morni1
was this: General Maud'huy is
hero-he has not washed himself f
fifteen days.
n The editor Of a socialist orgs
= wrote an article regarding a certa
y country that he said was threaten
'e with a revolution" The foreign c
fee forbade any such reference to t
re internal affairs of a friendly natio
and the censor conceived the bril]ia
j.. idea that the article could be made |
offensive by simply cutting out o
n letter. He made the editor say t
{, country was ~"threatened with an ev
d. luton"
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