White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-11
BY CYRIL BROWN.
tIn New York worid.)

Gated by some statistics OF U mill
tary censorship. which In turn Is only
one of the numerous activities of G-2
section of the Third army, functioning
unostentatiously but effectively under
the direction of Col. X. H.. Williams.
chief of military intelligence of the
army of occupation. This interesting
department alone employs the services
OF 81 officers, 10 field clerks and 25S
clerks, while Colonel Williams expects
that at least 200 men more will be
needed in order to achieve the ideal of
thoroughnesS.
The work of our military censorship
In keeping a prudent watch on the
mail. telegraph and telephone when
used by the German population has
reached mammoth proportions only
because of our broad-minded. liberal
policy toward the Germans. Not mo-
tivated by altruism. but by common
sense economic reasoning, the Ameri-
can military policy has from the very
start been. and continues to be. to
grant the natives the utmost limit of
liberty of communication consistent
with our naturally supreme military
interests.
Allowed Notable Freedom.
The basic idea of our military
formuiAtors Of policy has been that
the less the Germans are hampered
In the free use of the mails, telegraph
and telephone and, In consequence. the
less they are economically shackled,
the better will be the economic life OF
the American occupied req and the
greater will be the chance for every
German In Il to earn an honest living.
It Is not in our best military inter-
est to have the economic life Of this
American oasis 10 Germany throttled.
o to wake up some fine morning
with n pauper population on o
hands. The healthier the economic
life of the area. the more smoothly
win our occupation function.
The practical result of this general
policy is that the Germans in our
AGRA OF occupation enjoy a freedom in
the use Of the mails. telegraph and
telephone to a degree not enjoyed by
their fellow Teutons In either the
French, British or Belgian areas.
Germans in our area may send let
tiers. including registered mail and
post matter. to u%noccupied Germany
as well as to the French. British and
Belgian occupied areas. Similarly
Germans in II area may receive mail
matter from unoccupied Germany and
the other occupied areas.
They may send kilograms to unoc-
cupied Germany and the other occl.
pied areas. and may likewise receive
telegrams from unoccupied Germany
and the other ~unoccupied areas.
Most liberal OF all, Germans in the
American area may communicate by
telephone with unoccupied Germany
and the other unoccupied areas.
The simple commOn-sense general
rule of our military censorship merely
ban everything detrimental to our
interests or those of our allies. If they
mind their own business and don't at
tempt to violate this simple. reason
able rule, Germans In the American
area may go as far as they like In the
use of the mails. telegraph and tele-
phone.
Our military censorship Is on the
Job twenty-four hours of the twenty
four, and Military Intelligence" I'M
der the direction of Colonel Williams,
watches like an International hawk to
see that no Teuton gets away with
anything against the interests Of
America and the allies; but beyond
this the square deal spirit Of justice
and tolerance which animates the
American brand Of occupation crops
out In the military censorship in a
very human way-paradoxically, too,
since censors are not generally
credited with being human. Our com
petent military authorities are proud
not only of the fact that the censor.
ship Is effective In safeguarding our
legitimate interests. but that 1t does so
with the irreducible minimum of delay
and hardship TO the Germans II they
don't attempt to abuse our square-deal
policy.
Long Distance Phone.
Most interesting, perhaps. is the
long distance telephone proposition
Germans In Coblenz today can talk
with Berlin-if the bolsheviki will lie,
them. IL the operator here can't gel
Berlin or Munich or Dresden II won't
be the fault of the American army oil
occupati0o.
When our army irst occupied Cob
LEM all long distance trunk telephone
lines nj Of Cobienz. sixteen Of then
were Immediately cut ~ q self und@r
stood military measure. Colonel wa
Hams then let II be known that. Sub
ject to u c~ensorsAip. Q eestais nun
ber ~ long distance telephone trssl
lines "se"'d he permitted 70 eesuol