| Description | He has been anxious about the matter in Larmor's letter. From the outbreak of war, the continuance of telegram exchanges has been under constant consideration by the censor. What was issued to the public might be communicated to the enemy by post, and if so telegrams would be stopped. Telegrams are only allowed to be sent to France and Belgium. For fifty years the [Meteorological] Office has been doing everything possible to expedite distribution and many depend upon the data. Shaw woudl favour limiting distribution of the daily weather reports by the 5 o'clock post, but does not know if this would be possible, and they could 'easily be got by the unscrupulous'. The matter is again before the Admiralty. Principal members of staff are also special correspondents for newspapers, giving htem a substantial increase in salary - they could either evade censorship or lose pay. Shaw has no objection to being pressed into action on this, if the Admiralty or the War Office asked him to restrict information. He has asked for such a notification several times, as they are under longstanding contracts to supply such information. |