Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-05-26 | Page 9 | Kaiser is Criticised for Censoring Anti-U. S. Press

KAISER IS CRITICiSm CRITICISED I i FOR CENSORING t 6 ANTI ANTI U.S. PRESS BERLIN May 25 Via London London London Lon Lon- don May 26 6 Th lh United lS l'S States played a large role In in inthe 1 the censorship debate in the reichstag i today Two of the principal Conservative l M dM d speakers Deputy Oertel Conservative and Deputy Hirsch National Liberal t severely criticised the government for measures which they allege were adopted to suppress suppress suppress' criticism of or the United States In the newspapers and toa to a put brakes on the agitation for a more i vigorous i orous submarine campaign Deputy Oertel who is editor of the Deutsche attacked the authorities vigorously for their at attempt attempt at- at v tempt to suppress the gigantic petition got ot up by Prof Deitrich Shaefer of Berlin university against Germ Germanys Germany ny s yielding Ing to the demands of the United 01 State State- Deputy Oertel also attacked the government for tor the censorship which had been exercised over editorial fl r comment on the Ameri American an note an and for lot I prohibiting the republication of an anti-American anti article written by the Conservative leader I Foreign Minister von Jagow jn in reply re reply re- re ply declared emphatically that both the military and political authorities had agreed that negotiations with America must not be impeded by press ti comment The minister said that a to temperamental article such as that of Di woul l certainly have stirred up public feeling and that he hee e therefore accepted full tull responsibility for its suppression tf ti Deputy Hirsch resumed the floor after 1 Minister I von yon Jagow had 0 ed He lie reiterated the complaints made by Deputy Oertel and alluding to the possibility of ot American mediation declared declared declared de de- de- de it would woul l be impossible to accept ac accept accept ac- ac the good offices ortices of an ostensible I neutral who soiled Its hands with blood i I by using its best efforts to prolong the War H ar Iiii Deputy Hirsch concluded by assertIng asserting asserts assert assert- s l ing that all parties both of ot the right and left ar are in accord in their criticism criticism criticism i cism of ot the political censorship ceJ He lie said that the spokesmen of ot the reg 1st and Conservative p parties r differ In Inno Inno iol no way In regard to the principle of pj free discussion although they naturally naturally IT ally chose different examples to illus- illus I their complaints sub