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Show oo HOLDING DOWN PUBLICITY. When General March, on returning homo, declared tho censorship should be relaxed, Tho Standard said tho general gen-eral was making a mistake, as wo pointed out the great military advantages advan-tages the Germans would gain, it they were to bo put in possession of our casualty lists on each sector of tho front held by Amorlcan troops. Since then our govornment at the request re-quest of the French, has ordered that all information in connection with tho casualties, which would dlscloso losses In any ono engagement, bo kept from the public. This is sensible aolion. Tho American people are not craving news which, if made public, would make possible pos-sible greater and more distressing casualties. cas-ualties. This war is a gamo of wita, quilo as much as a contest of strength, and the more we conceal from tho Germans, the greater will bo our prospects of adding tho element of mystery which is a military asset. |