Why did French censors suppress L’Homme Libre in 1914?

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French censors suppressed the newspaper L’Homme Libre in September 1914 due to Georges Clemenceau’s "plain speaking" regarding the conduct of World War I.1

Clemenceau had founded the publication in 1913 to advocate for French rearmament, but his critical commentary during the early stages of the war led to government intervention. Following the suppression, Clemenceau quickly circumvented the censorship by relaunching the paper under the title L’Homme Enchaîné (The Chained Man), a name that served as a pointed commentary on the restrictions imposed by the state.1