§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, in view of the fact that military censors are not in any way responsible for the accuracy of the facts alleged in telegrams passed by them, their duty being limited to the prevention of the publication of statements or intelligence which may assist the enemy, whether their duties will be subject to modification in the light of recent occurrences. I beg also to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state what, if any, are the rules regulating the exercise of the military press censorship in South Africa.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe duties of censors are regulated by the general officers commanding in the field, and the instructions issued to them are necessarily varied in accordance with the military exigencies of the moment. I am not aware of the instructions now in force in South Africa.
§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the censorship regulations referred to by General Maxwell in his proclamation of 419 14th March, 1901, have been published in the Pretoria Government Gazette, and whether he will lay them upon the Table.
§ MR. BRODRICKThese regulations have not been published in the Pretoria Gazette. I will ask for them.