Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1919 — Censor Hun Telephone Talks. [ARTICLE]

Censor Hun Telephone Talks.

At first, all use of telephones was forbidden to the inhabitants of occupied towns (of Germany}, but this rule has been relaxed also. In the French zone the natives are allowed telephone calls within their own city: while in Coblent the Americans allow this and also permit the use rtf five trunk lines from the occupied territory nto Germany proper. Thus a German in Coblenz may talk directly to a German in BerUn. Except In gpses of extreme personal necessity, all such calls are supposed to be confined to the transaction of important business, and of course American army censors "listen In" on every call. This privilege was gWen to the Germans of Coblenz because it was found that the sudden and complete Interruption of contact between the two banks of the Rhine caused a grctet leal of inconvenience and sufferlng.*r Gregory Mason In Outlook.