Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-18
Performed Great Service in
Guarding Allies interests
During War.
THWART MANY FOE SCHEMES
British Official E%xpunged "Lord OF
\ Hosts" From Lloyd Georges Speech
as Kalser's "Ald dc Camp"
-SmupoIlnQ Prevented.

cisDts 10 America, such as that OF the
Merchints' association to the postmas-
ter general, the going of this wal In
stitution will be just as 1oyousiy well
coined abroad as in England. But
whatever the petulance of those who
think war restrictions have held over
too long, the postal censor, in the opin-
ion Of those who have watched his
work from the viewpoint of British and
allied security throughout the war,
has been of the greatest service In
defeating Germany.
The nearness Of the date Of the de-
mise of this institution has called forth
considerable information about Its
work. Thus far, however, there has
been no amusing side such as was
shown during the obsequies for the
cable censorship.
Just .afscr MFR. Lloyd George succeed
I'd Lord Kitchener as secretary for
wal it Is related that he provided the
ammunition for the censor to give the
paragraphers q lease on wal life. Mr..
Lloyd George went to Bramshott to
bid good by to o Canadian division
about to cross the channel. After
the inspection he made a speech from
bis motorcar, concluding with a quo
tation from the Bible: "And may the
Lord Of Hosts be with you" Core
spondents who sent their dispatches
FIRST TO the censor were surprised to
find the final words of the secretary
running In this fashion: "And may
49, be with you" IL
was amusing, but also serious, In the
minds of the news writers, so they
protested. However, they got their re-
ply from the censor's department.:
sThe kaiser, having claimed the Lord
as his aid-de-camp. no reference must
be made to the Divinity in this connec-
tion.n
Enemy Schemes Thwarted.
AS / said, the postal censorship has
ag vet turned up no morsel of rela-
five c~hoiceness. The postal censor
ship, however, has thwarted many en-
envy schemes that make just as In
ferestfng or more interesting read
Ing. Furthermore, the British postal
censorship was a much farther reach
ing organization than was attempted
In America, simply because England
was the channel through which virtu- |
ally all questionable mail matter flowed. |
The postal censor In London was the
dam which held theAsaod Of continental
mai until each portlurr or 1t could be
passed upon and approved before be
ing scattered over the wide world.
An idea Of the impensity of the task
nj be obtained from the fact that a
staff OF nearly a hundred expert lin
guists was constantly employed to ex-
anime and approve mail matter writ
ten and printed in more than a hun
lared languages and dialects. Manu-
scripts In every conceivable tongue
found their place In this great mass
Of mail, estimated at about 10000 let
tiers daily.
Much Of the mail was passed with
only mechanical inspection, so sure did
the examiners become Of certain cate
rories Of communications. But con-
siderable more than the time saved on
harmless mail vas consumed In ex-
haustive examination and tests OF
questionable matter, some OF when
was subjected to all n of acid
and x-ray inquiry to detect hidden
messages.
Smuggling Prevented.
There was also for a time @ great
Smuggling campaign, harmless looking
bundles such as newspapers contain
ing various commodities then obtain
nble in enemy countries, such as cot
fee, rice, tobacco, sugar. and 80 on.
Some even contained rubber hiddtn be-
tween the pages Of the papers.
The most-sought-after evidence was
that Of military character. and the
censorship Of mails more than repaid
Is expensive outlay in detecting In
formation that might have wrought
Aavoc with allied arms, or at least
helped Germany in no uncertain de-
gree. There Is little doubt that none
of that character Of information which
the censorship obtained win be made
public, but officials directing Britain's
war machines have not been slow to say
that thanks to the postal censorship
much valuable military information, of
every conceivable character, came to
their attention.
Propaganda was the greatest and
most constant effort of the Germans.
The most harmless appearing sets OF
and magazines, some OF
Them with covers dated before the
war. dispatched from neutral nations
ID individuals or societies, such as sci
eztifc organizations, were often ound
10 contain the latest German accusa-
lions of British mismapagement In
Egypt, India or Ireland. Books, not al
ways In German, were found to con-
tain everything except what the title
proclaimed. The postal censorship TO-
day possesses an intensely interesting
museum of many Of the propaganda
carriers the Germans sent out, OF
caused to be sent out from their agents
In neutral countries.
II. c. /. Hasn't Reached Mountains.
The high cost Of living makes little
difference to the mountaineers down In
Tennessee. A Columbus man who
made a trip through that region re
Gently and remained ove night and
through the day at the home OF a
mountaineer, was asked to pay 81 for
his lodging and three big meals. And
the head Of the household wanted TO
know If the charge was too much. Al
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