Arizona republican., 1916-09-16
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 LLOYD GEORGE
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 LONDON, Sept. 15. = David Lloyd George, British secretary for war, to- day gave the Associated Press the fol- lowing statement:
 There appears to be a deliberate campaign, set on foot in the United States by German agents, to throw doubt on the good faith of his maJes- tvs government in regard to the use of information obtained through the censorship.
 These German agents appear now to have resurrected my statement in the house of commons, August s, although that statement was fully eX- plained by Lord Robert Cecil minister of war trade. on August g. and most explicit assurances on the subject were given by him in later interview on August 20.
 Tn spite of this. these propadandist5 are trying to dress out my statement as something new, nullifylng Lord Robert Cecirs assurances which fol- lowed it. Let me now say on behalf of the military authorities that when information is passed on by the cen sorship to other departments it is for the sole purpose of guiding the action of the government in the conduct Of the war.
  nation that an American firm to whom the foreign office has given permit for the export of certain goods from Rotterdam, on the ground that these goods had been paid for before the war. is using that permit fraudulently, as frequently has been the case, we pass the information on to the foreign office in order that they may cancel the per init.
 Again, when we find that neutral firm is using British banking facilities for the purpose of trading with our enemies and Is deceiving the British banks in question as to the real pur- pose of the transaction. we pass that information on to the proper depart ment in order that they may refuse to license the transaction. or, again, if we learn that q shipment of contra . band, ostensibly rom one neutral firm to another. is really destined for the enemy. we see that the contraband committee gets that information. That, frankly stated, is what we do. i But We affirm and challenge any one l to deny il that honest business inter | ests and trade secrets of the American merchant or manufacturer are as safe 1 in the hands of the military censors and of every other government depart ment as they are in the hands of the American postoffice'
 ! In the house of commons, August $ 1 Mir Lloyd George. in answer to ques- l tions concerning the use made of a let ter written by q neutral manufacturer and examined by the military censor 1 said. according to the London Times ! report of the debate that the letter 1T question was not stopped in the sense that it was not allowed to proceed t' its destination.
 But" the war secretary added, "it
 is of course, the practice to communi
 cate 10 the public department con
 cerned any information on matters O
 public interest which may be obtained
 through the censorship. This Wal
 done in this instance"
 Lord Robert Cecil. in his statemen of August 9, said that neutral core
 spondence in no single instance ha'
 been used to assist British cometitioi
 with peaceful neutral commerce. II
 his statement to the Associated Press
 August 25 Lord Robert reiterated tha
 data from trade letters had been use'
 solely for government purposes, "an
 never for the purpose of substituting
 allied trade for neutral trade