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Show FRENCH EDITORS ASK FOR MORE FREEDOM Paris, Aug. 23. A petition was presented to the senate and chamber of deputies yesterday requesting tho houses to obtain from tho government a modification of tho censorship restricting re-stricting Its operations to questions directly concerning tho national de-fonse. de-fonse. At present, tho petition says, tho press Is provented from recording of commenting" upon parliamentary proccdlngs, although tho parliament-nry parliament-nry roglmo Is bused on tho supervision supervi-sion ot tho government by representatives represen-tatives ot tho nation nnd supervision of Its reproBontntlveH by tho nation, which can bo nssured only by tho freedom of tho press. Tho petition is signed by Georges Clomoncoau, Gabriel Hnnotnux, Stephen Ste-phen Plchon, tho editors of tho Tomp tho Journal dos Debats, tho Flgnro, tho Gaulols and tlio principal provi Inclnl papers. |