§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Home Secretary whether on the 16th July, the official 248W Press Bureau issued a notice to the Press of Great Britain forbidding them to publish any letters or extracts of letters from Mrs. Sheehy-Skeffington without previous submission and stating that extracts from American newspapers quoting letters from or speeches of Mrs. Skeffington should be similarly treated; and by what authority under any Regulation of the Defence of the Realm Act a person is prohibited from using the Press to state their grievances when such statements are not seditious?
§ Sir G. CAVEThe Press have been requested to submit these letters and extracts to the Press Bureau before publication, but if they contain nothing which is contrary to the Defence of the Realm Regulations they will be passed for publication.