The censor in times of war is not popular with anyone. The newspapers and the public have no good word to say for him; the and naval authorities ar ready to condemn him for giving the public information. Mr. F. E. Smith has found the position anything but a bed of roses and, it may be, he will not find actual eampaigning more trying to the nerves. But the censor has very important duties to perform and however much we may feel disposed to abuse him for withholding information, it must always be remembered that he does so believing such action to be in our own interests. What the British public has reason to take exception to is that the men appointed as censors in many places have had no experience in exercising discretion in the publication of news, and there is good reason to believe that the Home Government recognizes the justice of the complaint and will, if possible, make use of the services of an experienced journalist
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