MR. G. B. SHAW.

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33. Mr. HUNT

asked the Solicitor-General whether Mr. George Bernard Shaw's pamphlet, called "Common Sense about the War," has passed the Censor; and, if so, can he say why the Censor allowed it to be published in its present form?

Sir S. BUCKMASTER

I have never seen the document referred to; it was not submitted for censorship.

Mr. HUNT

Is the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that the statements in the pamphlet are not only very false, but are very injurious to this country; and are we really to understand that any conceited person of the Bernard Shaw type is at liberty to publish anything he likes, however detrimental to the country, although in the case of the "Globe" newspaper—

Mr. SPEAKER

The hon. Member forgets that this is Question time.