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London, Sept, 12.
The ofMeial revelation' that British troops and aeroplanes are already in France, while widely welcomed. by the public, has served to emphasize the serious problems still confronting British newspapers and news agencies as a result of the activities of the newly-formed Ministry of Information andthe censorship.
Sooh after its inception, the Minis try was widely taken to ask for considerably delaying two items. of important news, namely, the sinking fof the liner Athenla and facts about the widespread air-raid alarm last Wednesday.
fresh cause of anxiety was given newspaper editors on Monday night "when the Ministry' first. approved for publication an' announce: ment that British troops were now in 'Franco, and then Jess than an hour later' withdrew the sanction. Subsequently, at 255 on Tuesday morning, came an announcement that the Ministry did after all sanction release of this news, Apart from the confusion caused in British otices of newspapers and news agencies by such activities of the Ministry, there is a growing fear that the "British case abroad is ing hampered by tack of informa Moreover, British news agencies, who comply with all the diverse requirements of the Ministry, are being placed "at a serious disadvantage compared with American and other agencies not so bound.
There was one instance of this yesterday, when all London evening newspapers displayed stories from non-British sources saying that British "Tommies" were fighting side by side with the French, while a few hours later the Ministry Information issued a statement that British troops were not. yet in ac-
Commenting on the Ministry's activities in ® recent leader, "The Times" said: "We wage this war in the sight of all neutral nations: believing our cause to be just. We court their judgment, and desire them to have the fullest material for forming It.""—Reuter.
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