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Show 1 h TWO VIEWS OF THE r CENSORSHIP. Back from the scene of fighting, Major 'General Peyton C. March has arrived in Washington with a message of confidence in the soldier boys. But the major general sees no good in the rigid censorship which prevents the sending of news of the army life in France. General March undoubtedly knows his line of work, but wo doubt he is advocating ad-vocating that which will advance the military strength of our troops in the trenches. He should bo more explicit. If-he favors sending out mora details of battles, disposition of troops, losses in battle, etc., then we take issue with him. For instance, the Germans made a raid on the Americans north of Toul. Now one thing of much importance to the Germans 1b to accurately determine deter-mine the effect of their bombardment and the general damage Inflicted. If that form of attack is ineffective, the Germans must turn to other tactics. If the results are clouded, the Germans are kept In suspense. 1 The allies at times are intensely' ,' eager to learn the results of their shell- L Inir onrl tVir looc ciifforoH hv hr rra io h and heavy artillery fire. They may be ' pursuing a campaign which is almost t, a waste of ammunition. If Berlin, by ' satisfying a public craving for news, would mako known how effective or Inoffectlvo the allied guns are performing, per-forming, they would bo doing an Inestimable Ines-timable service for our cause. Tho Japaneso, in the wnr with Russia, Rus-sia, had tho right Idea. They kept their movements shrouded in deepest myfltory, neither publishing total casualties cas-ualties nor giving tho outside any Information In-formation on which to determine their strength or weakness. All news of the war is acceptable, but wo demand nothing in the form of news which will Jeopardize one American Amer-ican lifo or offer encouragement to tho enemy. . |