Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-18

Of regarding every instance of a stop ped cable as an act Of wrong you ought. by the letter of the law. to recognize every passed cable as an act of grace "s < The number of mfssages which we stop. delay or otherwise deal with is negligible compared With those We pass ri9hi away.
 "In quoting The governments noti. fication was dealing only with rights. Tn interpreting thf notifica- ten in p'aeticp we do not l assure you, say when a message is put ID fe us: Here is an American mes sage; come, let u~ kill it; we have the right. What we actually say 10 ourselves it: Let us see if this c1n= not be passed as it stands And if it cannot: ct us gee how little need be taken ou
 Sir Edward explained the censor ship is governed by the Defence of the Realm act, by the regulations and by instructions, expl lnatory in detail, which are issued from time to time by the press bureau and by various departments of s.ate.
 The object of the censorship which the British government imposes, said Sir Edward. is two fold: first. to prevent the British press. and the cables over which Great Britain haA control, from being used to dissemi nate military and naval information likely to damage the cause of the entente allies or to be of use to the central powerS: and, second, to pre- vent the British press and cables from giving other assistance to the enemy.
 we have had to turn down a good many stories for naval and military reasons" he said. and there has heen much criticism of the govern ment (and of the bureau, which is it's agenN for the estrictions imposed in the matter of raids.
 "Bu surely it is not desirable to present the enemy with information where he hit and where he missed and so forth
 Sir Edw I'd ecalled on American story which censor had refused. ."The writer" he said, had, iii heed- lessness, given informa ion which, if it reached the enemy. might have en- dangered many lives"
 What about your second cate gory?" the correspondent asked What sort Of things do you censor on the ground that, otherwise than by disclosing military information, they give assistance to your enemy?'
 Ir Lite and Death Struggle.
 "We are engaged in life and death struggle with very powerful and 9 very resonrceful foe, answered Si5 Edward Imagine the following case. which we will call suppose you found that your cables were being used to send reports which, when not absolutely untrue, were intended to magnify German vic sories; to preach the doc Urine of German l-powerfulness; to depreciate this country and her allies; and to do everything possible to influence Germans throughout the world and neutrals wherever they may be found, to sympathize with Germany and her allies. to push her advance her cause. vllllty England and our allies, and to stir LID hatred against us in every corner of the globe where it seems possible to embarrass us. Suppose you found this to be going on. What would you do?"
 Sir Edward referred to "the very large measure of freedom extend ed to American and other correspon- dents, and asked:
 "Why is your American enterprises which is apt to carry everything be- fore it. unable to tell us more or what goes on in Germany? Many or the American newspapers and news agencies have very enterprising cor respondents in Berlin. Why. wonder. do they tell us so little about wha. goes on in the reichstag and generally about political discus sions."
 Do not forget" Sir Edward con-, cluded, "that while on one side this office is destructive, on the other it is the means of supplying a great