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Show SEEK ARREST OF HOUSMDITOR Commander of Regulars at Galveston Gives His Idea Of a Free Press HOUSTON, Te.T , Sept 1 General J F Walters, In command at Calves ton. which has been under martial law as a result of strikes yesterday, formally for-mally expressed regrei and condemned tho action of military police in scekinc to arrei outside (he military zone G V. Sanders a Houston editor, Inst 1 night. ' Continuing, the statement iays ' 1 want to say, however, that when the editor of the Pres? puts his foo" in GalveftOO he will be immediately ar : rested We have full authority to ilo 'so and have auihont to go t the ex-teni ex-teni of arresting him in Houpioh if we should see fit. Whether we will hike that step or merely supprefs the clr culatlon of his paper In Galveston, I cannot say j "I appreciate free paoch, 1 kno the value of the freedom of til pre?s, Dut when newsp3pers a vcenu to rrnn-Inal rrnn-Inal libel, and print incendiary arti cles. their editor- shjuld be liehi ie-ponslble, ie-ponslble, Busings- men of Galveston tell nif that there is no L' is an esting some man who tries io atari Insurrection Insurrec-tion by spcoches on ihe treois if I permit the circulation Of literature in that city that 'nc.ites riot .ind murder It must be stopped, it will be i-lupped." A charge of falsi Imprisonment was filed in justice court here today by Leon SHer, city editor of 'he Houston Press, agajnst Lleuts. J A. Dempsey, R. E Abbott and J R Smith of ihe Texas national guard The complaint I Icharfres them with lllegall re'ri'inlnp , ; V. Sanders, editor of the PruSS, !the Country club las; nr;hi 00 |