The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-05
OUR INVISIBLE CENSORSHIP

Urging that if censorship is enforced the first duty of the federal government is to suppress the crop reports industrial and financial news which has given out daily w. D. Boyce prominent publisher of Chicago delivered an address on Censorship recently at the University of Missouri.
 "Bv Suppressing government industrial financial and crop reports which of great assistance to the enemy said Boyce you would close up the New York Stock EX change and Chicago Board of Trade, although few polk CT and crap games might live The absence of government reports would prevent gambling in food products at least
 q do not believe the kaiser cares rap which com pany of the National Guard is policing certain bridge in the United States. When our army and navy begin to move across the sea- such information should be suppress sed but while developing army, news of it's internal movements cannot aid the enemy and censorship of that kind gives the public wrong impression of the advan tages and necessity of censorship.
 "Of course publisher takes no chances who only uses or reprints what is published in The Official Bulletin newspaper put out by the executive department Of our government am not sure he would dare to reprint parts of the Congressional Record In my judgment the first publication our executive department ought to suppress or censor to be consistent is the Congressional Record the official publication of the sayings and dongs of con- gresS We all know many government leaks come out through the Record"
 In emphasizing the loyal cooperation which the press of the United States has always given the government in
 
 number of instances of big news stories left out of print for the sake of the country when the button pressed at Washington"
 "ThiS country has been saved many an unnecessary shock and much worry by the great invisible censorship put on by the government asking the newspapers not to print so and so and know of no case where good faith has failed to be kept by the press. will give you two examples each of them having bearing upon the present war:
 Real German opposition to the United States was first shown during the SpanshAmerican war; when Ad miral Dewey was on his way to Manila The foreign min ister of Germany sent for Mr. White our ambassador at Berlin and told him that the kaiser had requested the United States government be informed that Germany would not object to taking the Philippine Islands, pro- vded we would give Germany several islands for naval bases.
 Ambassador White told this at once to Capt. Barber, then our naval attache at Berlin Capt Barber asked Mr. White what he proposed recommending to the state de- partment at Washington. Mr. Whites reply was, favor it. We will have three thousand islands and will not miss
 few Germany is great country and we should retain her friendship Capt Barber Obected said this no time for Germany make demands and to set the terms on which we could take the Philippines and that 1t was equal to declaring on the United States and that he would advise the secretary of the navy to send At antic fleet to the relief of Dewey through the Suez canal at once.
 Germany placed battleship between Dewey and the Spanish squadron in the bay of Manila Dewey told the German commander he would get hurt as he going to forget he there when he began firing at the enemy The commander of the English squadron took his position alongside of the United States fleet and the Germans moved away and the battle with the Spanards began You know the results From that day to ths war with Eng