§ 33. Mr. FELLasked the Solicitor-General if newspaper correspondents are 1804 allowed to accompany the Expeditionary Forces at the Dardanelles and send for publication long detailed accounts of the operations there which appear in the Press promptly; and if he will say what is the reason why this theatre of operations is alone given this privilege of publicity?
§ Mr. TENNANTYes, Sir. A very limited number of correspondents has been sent to the Dardanelles. The admission of correspondents with the British Forces in France has been regulated so as to comply with the conditions being followed by the French military authorities in regard to the presence of correpondents with the French Forces. From time to time British and French Press representatives have been allowed to pay visits of limited duration to their respective Armies. The circumstances in which the operations are being conducted in France and the Dardanelles are essentially different for these purposes.
§ Mr. FELLAre these correspondents in the Dardanelles there with the sanction of the French authorities?
§ Mr. TENNANTThat really does not arise there in the same degree as on the Continent.