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CENSORSHIP UPHELD. |
Enemies Glean Valuable Information
From I*ress Reports.
Only a few years ago it would
have been thought impossible to impose
such a strict censorship of the
press as that exercised at the present
moment, declares Answers. Yet
that imposed by the Japanese was
latitude itself in comparison.
Even so long ago as the Napoleonic
wars, when news travelled
slowly, items of intelligence in the
press helped our enemies. Wellington
complained about it again and
again, once remarking that, if the
? public chose to have such news, they
ought to know the price they paid
for it.
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He pointed out that the French
knew exactly what he was going to
do from the English papers, and obtained
the information of his forces
* and his positions. A French general,
writing to another then fighting Wellington,
stated that Napoleon read
the English papers and was, therefore,
much better informed of the
plans and movements of the British
army in Spain than he was, although
he was actually opposing it.
There are letters written by Napoleon
showing the immense value
the news in the home papers was to
the French army. In one he sends
a journal to a general and asks him
to copy the important items and send
them on to others.
It was the same in the Boer war.
The Dutch agents bought our papers
and sent information to South
A Vsl?
Aiixva, in. uuc v<*oc a 1C5iciauic iuudent
being brought about, thanks to j
a letter from a soldier at the front
published in a local paper by a too
zealous editor.
Whether it is true or not, it has I
been said that certain information!
concerning the Boer position which :
appeared in a French journal gave I
our army an idea which was put into
practice during the fight which re-:
lieved Ladysmith.
We know that even our friend, the
Mad Mullah, profits by reading the;
f*. English and Indian newspapers, and
recently particulars concerning ouri
operations to keep him in check were;
refused for that very reason.
Perhaps, it might even be said that j
French and English journals hadj
some result on the issue of the last.;
Franco-Prussian war. At one time
the Germans were rather hazy about
the French plans, and when they
saw their own ideas were not in accord
with those faintly shadowed in j
London papers they began to doubt.
When the same news appeared in <
sundry French newspapers they !
thought they had better see if such
a plan were being put into execution. <
Acting on these lines, they soon ,
found their own ideas had been j;
f wrong, but the information obtain-!
ed allowed them to alter their dis- i j
^ ' position before resuming operations, j
It was the same in the civil war in, j
-?i America. Each side found the opposing
press to be of the greatest .
glV-;; use.
Tactics were altered, new schemes;
planned, of advances countermand-',
j ed. The news of Sherman's march j
I' t published in the Confederate press :
b: enabled Grant to follow his route,',
> and provide supplies for him when j,
he reached the coast.
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Again, it was the newspapers ?
which enabled Russia to make such j
a prolonged stand at Sevastopol in I ]
the Crimean war. The Russian gen- j ]
eral did not think the allies would ]
make an attempt to capture it, all ,
' things considered; but, after seeing ,
what was written, he thought it best |
to prepare and so defences were <
greatly strengthened.
An interview with a Russian gen- ,
eral gave the Japanese the composi- <
tion of a force they had been trying
to obtain in vain by the ordinary :
methods of war. Anxious to attack. <
they had not attempted to do so be- ,
cause they were doubtful of the ]
strength of the opposing troops. 1
i < Many other examples might be
given, but those above show how .
very necessary it is to publish noth- ,
ing that will help the enemy. What ,
to the ordinary man is a matter of ,
po value at all may be of the utmost ,
importance to the general trained to (
arms. \
Capt. Smith, 17th Lancers, means j
little to the general public, but it ]
may tell an enemy's intelligence de- ?
"partment that the 17th Lancers are ]
at the front, which, in turn, reveals ]
V fhft romDosition of a cavalry brigade. | j
Same Thing.
"Does your husband keep a scrapbook?"
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"Not exactly; he keeps a check- j
book and we have a scrap every time ,
it is used for my benefit."?Boston .
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RATTLER GOES FOR RABBIT.
Hunters on Congaree Tell Big Snake
Story.
"The dog caught the rabbit on the
leg, but the rattler disputed possession
of the rabit and started to swallow
him."
Above is an excerpt from an unseasonable
snake story three hunters,
J. F. Lloyd, S. J. Sligh and J. H. Derrick,
brought back to Columbia with
them' yesterday on their return from
a three day hunt on the Spigner
place, ten miles down the Congaree
river. Besides the story, they
brought back the rattles from the
snake's tail. There were 17 of them
"and a button." '
Yesterday morning the hunters in
a boat were coming out of a slough
in the Congaree swamp that the
river has flooded in spots as a result
of the recent freshet. Locally the
scene of the rabbit-rattler episode ]
is known as "Little John Simon"
slough.
Mr. Derrick saw the dog catch a "J
rabbit that had taken refuge on a J
log in one of the dry spots which the
boats passed. The bateau was paddled
to the shore, and the hunters C
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something had happened.
"I never expected to see a rabbit, C
log and snake so mixed up," said Mr.
Sligh, in describing the occurrence
yesterday. "The dog had hold of the
robbit, which was still alive, while "
the snake was twisted around the
Jog and the log. with the rabbit's
tieead in its mouth, swallowing its
body as fast as it could."
As soon as the dog was called
iwav Mr. Lloyd made an end of his
snakeship. who really had no business
out of his den at this time of
the year, by blowing its head off
ft'ith his shotgun. The hunters cut
off the rattles. The body of the rattlesnake
measured five feet ten
nches. The hunters think that the
ugh water in the swamp flooded the
snake's hole, although the springike
weather of the last two days may
nave deceived the reptile into thinkng
the time of hibernation was over.
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"Why. I thought I told you?"
"Yes. I told him, she replied, "but
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