Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-11
PRESS BUREAU BARS
HEARST NEWS SERVICE
CarbGng Of Dispatches and
Other Disreputable Con-
duct, Cause

London, Oct. 1l.-Because of econ
tinued garbling of messages and breach
OF faith, Hearsts International News
Service has been debarred from the
press bureau and use of "all other ia
cilities for the transmission of news
which includes cables and mails CON
trolled by the British government.
In an official statement issuel by
the press bureau last night, specific
instance of publication of "various
false statements, purporting to have
come from London, "bv International
News Service" was cited. These con-
cerned an air raid on London.
Following is the text of the press
bureau announcement:
"1n the house of commons. on the
twenty seventh day of June last, the
secretary of state for the home depart
ment stated that his attention had been
drawn to an alleged telegram relating
to the Jutland battle which appeared
in cerain American newspapers as hav-
ing been sent from London by cor
respondent of the International News
in any telegram sent from this coun-
try.
"The home secretary referred on the
same occasion to previous cases where
in messages which were purported to
come from the London correspondent
of the international News Service bore
no likeness to the cablegrams actually
despatched.
''On the first occasions referred to,
the manager of the international News
in New York gave categorical assur-
ance that such an incident should not
happen again. On the second occasion
he made a like promise, stating that
orders had been given that eXtraneOus
statements should NOT be inserted in
cable dispatches.
con September 3 cablegrams were
published i'll the United States purport-
ing to have come from London by In
ternational News Service giving vari-
Gus false statements about the air raid
the previous night None of these state
ments in question was, in fact, contain
ed in any cablegram dispatched by the
London correspondent or the lnterna'
tional News Service.
SIN view of this continued garbling
of messages and breach of faith OH
the part of the International News Ser
vice the secretary of state has directed
that no representative of the lnterna'
tional News shall be be permitted to
use the official press bureau, and that
the agency shall be debarred from the
use of all other facilities for the trans
mission of news until further notice.
The incident in the house of commons
On June %, referred to in the press bu
reau statement, is reported in the par
Iliamentary debates of the house of that
date. Herbert Samuel, secretary ot
state for the home department was ask
ed if his attention had been called to a
telegram to the New York American
from the London correspondent of the
International News Service in which il
was stated that the admiralty admitted
an overwhelming defeat by a portion
of the German high sea fleet. Samuel
replied in part:
"No such telegram was passed by
the press bureau and I have ascertain
ed that the passage in question was not
included in any telegram sent from this
country. but was composed in the New
York office of the International News
service, with the exception of the word
overwhelming which was inserted in
the office of the New York American.
"There were several cases at the
time of the disturbances in Ireland in
which messages appearing in the New
York American and New York Jour
nal which purported to be from the
London correspondent Of the Interna
tional News Service bore no likeness
to the eablegrams actually dispatched
and in some instances gave information
which was opposite to that which had