Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-07-12 | Page 27 | Newspapers of Brazil Edited under Censors

OF NEWSPAPERS-OF BRAZIL EDITED UNDER CENSORS RIO DE tE JANEIRO JA Brazil July 11 AP AP-A AP A staff of ot censors has ha been distributed among the local newspapers ers by the Brazilian government gov gov- In order to prevent the publication of ot attacks on on President Arthur Bernardes and the Brazilian government An unofficial stat ment secured at the foreign office explained the move as a a. guarantee at for n p public H Order Yh The public for n p public H Order Yh The public at present Is an easy prey to newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper propaganda It was ex- ex lamed and some Brazilian editors take unjustifiable advantages of ot the freedom of the press If It the newspapers newspapers news news- papers were not restrained th their r contents would create a bad Impression Impression impression Im Im- im- im about Brazil when read abroad Editors say that most of ot the cutting cutting cut cut- ting is in copy dealing with adminIstration administration administration admin admin- policies and revolutionary plotting The Tho governments government's power to stop publication of an unfriendly newspaper newspaper news newspaper news news- paper was checkmated recently by Octavio Kelly a Judge of the federal federal fed fed- eral courts In Rio de Janeiro who made a decision which permits the reappearance of ot the Correio da Manha Manha-a t ab n ot of nine nin months The T e newspaper pez was w s closed close last year shortly after the revolutionists revolution revolution- wei were driven out out of ot the city of Sao Paulo and manY of ot the editorial edi edl- tonal torla staff have been In Jail Jan The owner and editor Edmundo Bittencourt Bitten Bitten- court escaped after alter seven months and ana Is now a political refugee e at atthe atthe atthe the Chilean embassy His son part owner and managing editor has I been confined for br nearly one year The rhe de decision of ot Judge Kelly was based on the the opinion that the tho closIng closing clos cbs ing of ot a newspaper by the government government govern govern- ment meat Is a violation of the private property rights ts g guaranteed citizens of ot Brazil by the constitution Mr BIttencourt claims to have lost Jost as a result of ot the tha ba bl against his hll newspaper J J The city editor of 0 O Journal a ar Important commercial paper x r j. Rio de Janeiro was arrested a fj days ago the day after the censo cense stopped the appearance of ot a stor dealing with one of the candidate for tor the forthcoming president election 1