Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-12
French Officials Assist Re
porters "Covering
Battles"
BUILDING IS REGAL
Separate Apartments for
Journalists of All
Nations.

(Correspondence Of the Associated Press)
PARIS. Feb. l2-The "Maison de-
la Presse" or the Home of the Press
is the name given to an elegant new
apartment building in the Rue Fran
co.'s that now shelters the war press
service of France. All transactions be-
tween the government and represen-
tatiVes of the press, local and foreign
are done there. excepting the censor
ship of news. The service has been
installed in these more commodious
quarters in order to bring about more
satisfactory relations between the
press and the government and between
the press and the army.
Though the news censorship is kept
apart. the war films are shown there
for the first time and examined by
the military authorities. Everything
else concerning the publicity and
propaganda of the war Is centered
there. including the Photographic
service There are separate depart
ments for the French press and for
the foreign press with commodious
waiting rooms and work rooms for
journalists; there is department on
diplomatic information and depart
ment on military information, the
former subsidiary to the foreign office
and the latter to the war office; 1t Is
there the war correspondent must go
for the rare and persistently sought
permit to approach the field of mill
tary operations.
Limit News Quantity.
Correspondents permits are given
out in patches of six or less at "A time.
and there are about two trips OF a
maximum of four days each and every
1. I...
are upwards of a hundred or more
regular American and English news
paper correspondents waiting their
turn, to say nothing of authors, art
lists, intermittent and special writer's
of all kinds, with considerable num-
Der Of Italian. Spanish, Russian.
Swedish. South American, Norwegian
and Swiss correspondents, 1t is a
great school of patience to the
ardent journalist.
The period OF waiting is not devoid
Of heartburnings for the correspondent
who was here before the war" and
has held the fort every since. He
often sees q "special'man who arrived
in the morning going out with "A party
to the front the same or the following
day. That has frequently happened
for reasons that are best known to
the French foreign office but are sup
posed to be chiefly psychological. The
old war horses have become a little
worn, the new arrival with a fresh
face comes in with a more optimistic
view OF the situation and he generally
has some new argument to prove that
he Is the one man predestined to be
the proper exponent OF the situation
In France to the American public. He
has the further advantage OF never
having yet had occasion to complain
that the time is long between trips.
Requires Hundred Men
II requires something like a hundred
capable men. In large proportion
Paris newspaper men, modified and
detailed by the general staff to do this
work. There are among them such
conspicuous representatives of the
Paris press as Monsieur Robert de
Jouvenel, editor in chief of the Matin,
Monsieur Chaumeix, one of the mem
bers OF the editorial staff of the Jour
nal Des Debats. MonSleut Rene Puaux,
war correspondent and member of
the special staff of the Temps.
There are also number OF men
from the diplomatic service detailed to
look after the propaganda Of the war
to the limited extent that France has
engaged in such work, but chiefly to
take care Of the wants Of correspond
ents Of foreign newspapers This
service Is under tho immediate direc.
ton Of Monsieur Henri Ponsot, q man