§ Mr. HIGHAMasked the Postmaster-General why personal letters written to American business men in London at their private addresses are not censored; why business letters to the same Americans written to their business address in London are opened and censored; and is he aware that this proceeding is causing great distrust among American business men in America?
Captain GUESTThe mails are divided into "trade and private" mails. From the point of view of breaches by persons in the United Kingdom of the various trade and financial provisions of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the former are much the more important, and in consequence a larger percentage of the "trade" than of the "private" mails is censored. I am unable to see why this proceeding should cause distrust.