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The constant newspaper attacks upon the War Office -- Often arise
from misunderstandings or sheer ignorance -- The mistake made
with regard to war correspondents at the start -- The pre-war
intentions of the General Staff -- How they were set on one side
-- Inconvenience of this from the War Office point of view -- A
breach of faith -- The mischievous optimism of newspapers in the
early days -- Tendency of the military authorities to conceal bad
news -- Experts at fault in the Press -- Tendency to take the
Press too seriously in this country -- Some of its blunders
during the war -- A proposal to put German officer prisoners on
board transports as a protection -- A silly mistake over the
promotion of general-officers -- Why were Tanks not adopted
before the war! -- A paean about Sukhomlinoff -- A gross
misstatement -- Temporary officers and high positions in the
field -- A suggestion that the Press should censor itself in time
of war; its absurdity -- The Press Bureau -- Some of its mistakes
-- Information allowed to appear which should have been censored
-- Difficulties of the censors -- The case of the shell shortage
-- Difficulty of laying down rules for the guidance of censors --
The Press and air-raids -- A newspaper proprietor placed at the
head of the Air Service -- The result -- The question of
announcing the names of units that have distinguished themselves
-- Conclusion.