HC Deb 31 October 1916 vol 86 c1570W
Captain Earl WINTERTON

asked the Secretary of State for War whether steps have been taken to ascertain who is the official of the Censor's Department who is responsible for allowing the passing of the communication to the foreign journalist or newsagent Raffalovitch which formed the basis of a recent Court decision; and if he can state why this communication passed uncensored when communications from private persons in the United States addressed to private persons in this country with British names are so frequently opened by the Censor?

Mr. FORSTER

It is not possible to identify the official responsible, nor to give public explanations as to how the postal censorship is conducted.