Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 3 | Tighten Clamp on Hun Center

vTIGBTEfMP 01 HUN CENTER Censorship Placed on the Newspapers and Thea-ters Thea-ters in Coblenz. i C'07:1J:XX. Tuesday, Dec. 17. fBy the1 Associated lTsJ-iH-rman propaKnda ; and tho tendency to critisizc conditions in tho distrk-t occupied ly the American; forces have bten abrupt!; checked hy the establishment of a censorship by Major General DicWman upon the newspapers and the theaters. His action was the first Indication that the Americans pur-U'jsd pur-U'jsd tightening their grip on local affairs. af-fairs. The regulations g-ovcrning the press were, formally made public, but those v.-Inch apply to the theaters were com-mummied com-mummied verbally 1.Y Colonel X. H. M'illiain-s chi.-f of the intelligence de-prtrtmeni, de-prtrtmeni, who also explained person-ti? person-ti? tli ufwspaper owners what was1 --peeir'il of tlnt. Th managers of the VT;ieat'-rs. randim irom opera t .""vms JPf T.iftnrc productions were informed flit i then- was no objection to their giving W 'crf;rrn'iti''f5 except in rases where at tempts were made to inject propaganda or criticism, either directly or by innuendo, in-nuendo, into the productions. Not even .ippareiitly friendly comment. If it were otherwise undesirable, would bo toier-v toier-v atcj, it was rxpbuiied. To the newspaper owners, r waa fXt pointed oct that the question of whether thrv orfci.ded or not lay with them Nhiit the Americans would rot be bothered both-ered with censoring the publications before be-fore they were issued, but that the first Fix copies from the press sliould.be delivered de-livered to American headquarters. Meanwhile Mean-while the running off of the edition could be continued. If it were then discovered dis-covered that the regulations had been violated prompt punitive action would be taken. - A memorandum delivered to the newspaper news-paper owners specifies that the following matf.r shall not be published: "All articles, editorials, dispatches and news items which, from their naturw are calculated to or might inflame the people or incite them to disrespect and disobedience or insuborflir.atiou to the armies of occupation. "Comment or articles which reflect discredit upon tho United States government gov-ernment or the governments of the allies al-lies or the. military forces of those governments." gov-ernments." Comparisons between the army com- mandera of thoso governments or the V military governments of occupied terri- tory is forbidden. Toobviate any dis-1 dis-1 ciissiott of regulations made by the 9j French or British forces, it is stated I specifically that nothing must be printed "rolnting to the regulations for occupied 9 territory outside the zone occupied by trie M Americans." J A fur! her indication of tho intention ( of the AiKerlcan authorities to curb any Mmj.sp of their leniency was afforded by the roundup of discharged German sol-, sol-, t!iers who had failed to receive civilian I clothes and by the arrest of a merchant i who had been found profiteering in (mot v exchange. There has been little of this sort of thing, however, and so i Jr the public appears disposed to con-4 con-4 j form with the. order thai prices mini w be l he Kime to the Americans ad to the JF (Jcrmunfr".