The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

JOHN BULL TELLS CENSOR
SOME THINGS WE KNOW
Horatio Bottomley's Weekly Review Serves Up List of
Admiralty Blunders and Examples of Official
Stupidity, and Demands More Light.

Special Correspondence TO THE Sry.
LONDON. Oct. 2.--While the censor
continues to object to dispatches to the
United States containing anything in
the nature of disclosures regarding
is actually going on in the Government
and in those phases of the war which
are deemed to be detrimental to the
national cause, weekly reviews are per-
mitted to print attacks Of the most vio-
lent nature on the British Government
and on those responsible for the con-
duct OF ,he war.
Horatio Bottomlcy in his John Bull
which IL now circulated at the rate
OF one and a half million copies "A week.
publishes this week "A startling article
entitled Some Things We Know and
Which We Think the Public Ought to
Know" Mr.. Bo,tomley presents "A
strong plea for moro light. arguing that
the public is entitled to be told at least
those things which are known to the
enemy. lie insists, i'm - opening lines
Of his article. that he will not attempt
to disclose anything calculated in the
most indirect way to assist the enemy
Of England.
In this connection he makes a vague
reference to the loss of the AudaCious,
saying he ~refrains from mentioning "a
certain naval disaster of the first inn
.oi'"N.e III, :" wy ,ai'
- - ~,
49, ann,ha. LIZ go, aa.,u %,
the disaster, are to be found in foreign
journals, copies of which can be OBJ
tanned in public reading rooms through
out England.
IA'f"e'o vi "'' "o''o""es ""N'0
follow:
we know approximate! no" many
herman SUBMARINES haNc oeeh seh' "
'ne po'toh Oh ,hc sea ""a' 'ai,ns
opJectioh can there nc W 'he puoii,
knowing also? The idea MAJ germany
Is In ignorance or the tacts Is 100 gro
tesque for consideration we are aware
too. of the spots where many OF these
sunken submarines are now lying thht
information II may possibly I've desirable
to conceal, but II the authorities could
see their way to publishing the total
of German submarine casualties to date
there would be fewer long faces 10 be
seen In the streets.
Might See Captured ubmnrtnes.
..v. ,,;ch, .lso lao told how MANY
a.a 80. 80 hcan c,r.urcd nv
~. and hroupht INTO drv dock. and the
-. -, ,h. Admiralty NIGH, do
,,.n-so en- i..,e ch.an excursion ticket,
90 n ca,,ain EnoIish nor, vher,f some
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.'s,,,a ~, 10 hi.Liy .,fr,uI,tiu. 10 Ia,
ia ~. fv,i &c., n, tho sinktry ,f a,
-, s,,hmnn,o ,,hi,. its osfcers
-. ~ - :. pri,i.h iiro- .x,mintry
~ - ana nrararinr In bIoy 4, nm
a p"arn"sa rn,anco =, tho f,,e nf
80. Ir,oars I, would too he int,r-
80, "a 49, ~.,ms,hing NOR. Of the
eSn ~. nnr 60 .lhrrar incs
W. 49,. ,h,. ,1,,, hostile air ,r,ft
.,, No.. hsan hrn,vb M dunn but for
-, 20, .,,,ions .gs'rst nrinp a, them
Svvu ~ 49, - %, r,cn IN ,.hnrr,
-, ha;,~ o,,,~w,rti,Ilsd for shoot.
,na ~, , Znrne,,n ui,hoi,, ofini,l orders.
ne e -. dn,tn haar1 % a, las, ON,
- Sntrr IN, in n,,rauI, ~ a
za,nait, n,onna n,eJ q across The water
80 .,,nnn,an, rl,,s and other nar,iru-
- -, nvr co,s,.i d..ences in his nos
Sas ~ . ~ g. Ter,v Srott has noTy been
Mad IN control OF Ioudou's anti-air
cratt oetences pernaIT IN VIII LUZ ~
hubble such information as he may con-
slider they are entitled. t.. And perhaps
he will revise the list of inspectors who
go about after air raids reporting upon
the damage done.
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