The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-11
CENSORSHIP RULES 81
IOIC0ME lBEEORER
commerce. BODY
Action Looking Toward Rigid En-
forcerhent BY All PubIica- /
30 !, lions Expected Soon J
QUESTION lNv0LVEp y,
ONE OF PATRIOTISM
Publishing Arrivals and Depar1
lures OF Vessels Arpuses In
diohatloni okMenIbers 4

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Action looking toward the rigid en-
foreement Of the censorship rules as APP
piled to newspapers and other organs
Of publicity Is expected 10 be taken
soon by the chamber Of commerce, mem
bers Of which body have expressed
themselves as Indignant at fragrant
violations Of the censorship rules in
Honolulu. W.
}7sThe matter will be laid before the
chamber by its secretary, r. g. Brown,
in compliance with requests that have
been made Of him. A.lz #l
a The question that the chamber Of
commerce will be called upon TO pass
on is whether or not the newspapers
should comply with the request Of the
President o. the United States and re-
frain from publishing information con-
corning the arrival and departure Of
naval and merchant vessels. PY n
The alternative question Is whether
or not the chamber shall take steps TO
try to have the restrictions, which APP
ply not only locally but throughout the
United States, raised. 3 =, > A.. -. 81.
:. The matter came up for discussion
at the board of retail trades yester.
day, and there were only one or two
feeble voices raised in favor Of def
ance or evasion of the censorship.
Secretary r. @. Brown said that O
request had been made of him that he
I lay before the chamber of commerce
certain mainland publications which
give shipping information, and 70
compare these publications to the
restrictions which at the request of the
government the newspapers have vol.
unfairly imposed upon themselves, and
get the opinion of the chamber. !,
Chamber May Act " h.i Tn 81 .aEi
IA The secretary stated he was not in
q position to make any answer to the
suggestion, as IL must come from the
chamber itself. He asked what pro!
eedure should be taken. D1@ ~
~ After the meeting the secretary was
informed that one source Of informa-
tiun on the subject would be from the
head of the naval intelligence bureau
here, which is conducted in conjunc.
ten with similar bureau of the army,
in the Young building, and that the
information, in substance, would be
that the request had been made Of the
newspapers by the President and others
in authority, to impose upon themselves
a censorship of any marine informa.
stion which would hee Of value. to al
enemy, and that the publication of news
of the movements, including arrivals
and departures and names Of vessels
was considered such an aid to the
enemy + .1+s' 'f' J9Tsfu-,' " ~ l'Jt
~ Furthermore, the intelligence office
had previously said. when the rquesI
ton was laid before it, that it was en-.
tirely almatter of patriotism and loyal.
,ty to the country, and particularly to
the government engaged in waging
war upon the enemy, and that after the
war it would be a feather in the cap
of the press, generally, if it had adj
hered strictly to this self-imposed CEN
sorship. ..4t $nif ht,&Rt, g. )
~ At the meeting, where the discussion
Of the subject was informal, there were
some who said that the information
about shipping should be given to the
public, just as some disloyal papers on
the mainland was giving II, Others
were not so certain that the news be
given out at all. ',''@ - ~~' a.
II was stated by some that the naval
officials here had no direct authority to
compel publications TO cease giving
out such news and could not unless
there was martial law. The same speak.
err said he had discontinued his publicai
tioa Of steamer movements at the re-
quest Of the postmaster, because the
latter said he would bar IL from the
mnils. II p ,.;'r-"rh3 - y
The subject promises to be one Of
deep interest at the next meeting, par.
ticularly if statements are secured
from the local representatives of the
war and navy and Postofriee depart.
ments. =.
AS the Organization before which the
subject was brought informally yes
terday did not have the subject up
formally for consideration, and it being
one for the entire chamber to consider,
no action was taken. :-a d..
Advertiser Backs Administration r.
I The Advertiser has for months strict.
~ complied with the request Of the ad.
ministration to cease publishing move
ments of shipping, which accounts for
lack Of that class Of information in
the paper. In doing this, without at.
tempting transparent efforts to dodge
y the obligations involved in the govern
ment' request. The Advertiser saeri-
fees a, news, feature for the sake of
loyalty backing the administration. =