27. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he will say what is the objection to permitting a number of approved war correspondents to accompany the Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium under conditions which would secure that everything which they wrote would be subject to strict censorship; and whether, in its refusal to permit war correspondents to accompany the Expeditionary Force, the War Office is influenced by any motives other than a desire to prevent news of military value from reaching the enemy?
§ Mr. TENNANTI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Yarmouth on the 13th of this month, to which I have nothing to add.
Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTDoes the right hon. Gentleman propose to allow a number of properly accredited correspondents to go to the Front?
§ Mr. TENNANTI can add nothing further.
Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTCan the right hon. Gentleman not say whether, in the opinion of the War Office, it would not be greatly to the advantage of this country that the public should be well informed on these matters by being able to read such articles as are being communicated by Mr. Buchan; and, as Mr. Buchan has been made an exception, will others be allowed?
§ Mr. TENNANTI regret I cannot answer.