At the last meeting of the Central Executive Committee in Nanking, it was decided, says the Kuo Min News Agency:—That the Government Council be instructed to order:—
(1) The suspension of censorship. of the press and (2) that the Propaganda Department of the Central Party Headquarters be instructed to notify all newspapers to exercise care and prudence in the publication of news, as petitioned by Mr. Yeh] Tsu-chang, Acting Director of the Propaganda Department.
In connection with the foregoing, Mr. Yeh Tsu-chang, Acting Director] of the Propaganda Department of the Central Party Headquarters, reported that "he had received a petition from the Party Affairs Directors for the Special Municipal-of Nanking stating that, in order properly to safeguard freedom of ouch and palation, the.
orities of the different] localities should be prohibited from censoring the press on their own initiative.
"The Propaganda Department of the Central Party Headquarters had drafted set of Tegulations governing examination of Publications and direction of news-Paperp, but the regulations were re: Jected'by the Revision Committee.
"Now during the transition stage from the Period of Military Conquest to that of Political Tutelage, it is fitting and proper to petition the Central Executive Committee to determine the fundamental policy as: to what attitude should be adopted toward press comments and reports for the guidance of the Propaganda Department."
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