Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-31

Washington. July 3O.-A new list of rress regulations making material | changes in the voluntary censorship | rules under which American news | papers have been operating was pro | mulgated tonight by the committee of public information. The new regulations contain the | first general request that there be no published mention of the arrival Of | American troops at European DOT s, | replacing in that respect an express authorization in the old rules for use Of any cable despatches passed by the l European censorS.
 | Other sections of the old regulations | are made more severe by specific stip- ' ulations in place of the more general | language employed in the rules in 1 force until now. Information which. | the government considers might re- veal military movements or policies is i described in great detail.
 | In the statement announcing the ] rew regulations, George Crcel. chair | man of the committee, says that "le- | peated and serious violations of the | voluntary censorship have been at | tempted to be excused on the score | of misunderstanding" and that "a re- | statement is made with the idea that l hereafter there shall be no room for
 doubt as to the committees desires. 1 The instance in which the most se | rious charges of violation have been l made. however, have not resulted
 from misunderstandinRs of the com l mittee's rules but from following
 them implicitly. These instances have | involved publication of deSpatches ] passed by the European censOrs, con | cerning the arrival of American mil itary units in Europe On this sub ject the committees only standing
 rule, contained in the general list promulgated AG~ 2S and never re- placed nor revoked. was as follows:
 All messages received from abroad by cable or wireless are censored at ItI, afrEa int ! are free for publication, unless some especial circumstances arouse the sus-
 picion of the editor"
 The new rules instead of rc-stating this principle, substitute for it a pro l hibition on publication of:
 "Information of the arrival al any | European port of American war yes
 sels transports Or any portion of an | expeditionarv force. combatant or
 non-combatant. unless announcement
 is authorized by the secretary of war
 or the secretary of the navy
 Committees Statement.
 The committees statement follows
 ''The desires of the government
 with respect 10 the concea.ment from the enemy of military policies. plans | and movements. are set forth in the following specific requests. They go to the press of the United State" 'I-
 rectly from the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy and repre-
 sent the thought and advice of their | technical advisors.
 ] For the protection of our military
 and naval forces and of merchant | shipping. it is requested that secrecs | be observed in all matters of: | "1-InformatiOn in regard to the train or boat movements nf troops. | Such information is at all times and l under all circumstances dangerous
 and should be scrupuiousiy avoided | Conformation tending directly or indirectly to disclose the number or identity of troops in the eXpeditionary | forces abroad.
 ''3-Informatfon tending to disclose | the names of line officers in eXpedi- tionary forces and reference to indi- vidual units of these forces. only names of staff officers are permis=i- ble.
 Information calculated 10 dis close location of the permanent base | or bases abroad.
 | "5-Information that would disclose
 the location Of American units or the | eventual or actual position of the ] American forces at the front.
 "6-Information of the movements of military forces toward seapor's or l of the assembling of military forces near seaports from which inference ! might be drawn of any intention to embark them for service abroad. and ] infOrnatiO' of the assembling of
 transports or convoy: and information
 of the embarkation itself
 | "7-Informasi asion of the arrival at ! any European port Of American war vessels, transports or any portion of an expeditiOnary force. cOmhatant l or non -combatant, until announce
 ment is authorized by the secretary of
 war or the secretary of the navy. "S-Tnformation of the time of de- i parture of merchant ships from Amer | ican or European ports or information of the ports from which they hailed. | "9-Information indicating the port 1 of arrival of incoming ships from Flu | ropean ports after their arrival in-
 dicating. limiting at, the port at | which the ship arrived.
 "Io-Information to conveys and as to the sighting of friendly or en-
 emy ships, whether naval mer- l chant
 '11-Information Of the locality, number identity of warships be- | longing to our own navy or to the | navies of any country at var with ' Germany. Papers published in ports l giving information to enemy agents in regard to ships stationed or calling | at such ports. Because dangerous news is known locally, it does not fol- low that IL can be safely published. Non publication of dangerous news l ObIiges the enemy to rely on spies 1 actually in the localities concerned, thus adding difficulties and delay in | it's transmission.
 | T2-Information of the identities of | American merchant ships defending 1 themselves against submarines ard | the identities of their captains. their 1 gun crews, and other crews. No mat | ter from which side of the ocean | comes the news, it is asked that this information be withheld from publi-