The Archive · 1924

Freedom of the Press

'The whole newspaper fraternity in Canton has been aroused by the arrest of Mr. Lee Chok Dor, of the Canton "Yan Kun Pao," a popular local daily, August 24, for having' prepared matter for his paper which the police censors did not approve of for insertion. The Canton newspaper men, including those belongig to papers supporting Dr. Sun, believe that, the suppression of news and comments by prohibiting their publication should have served the purpose of censorship by the Government and that the punishment of authors whose manuscripts do_not meet with the views of the Gov-

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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