James Douglas (journalist) explained

James Douglas (1867 - 1940) was a British critic, newspaper editor and author.

Douglas edited The Star from 1908 to 1920, then the Sunday Express until 1931.^[1] He was a supporter of censorship, and called for several books to be banned, most notably The Well of Loneliness.^[2] He was mocked by P. R. Stephensen and Jack Lindsay in The Sink of Solitude (1928).^[3]

Notes and References

1. [Randolph Churchill|Randolph Spencer Churchill]
2. James Armstrong (1931) "The Publication, Prosecution and Re-Publication of James Hanley's Boy", p.353 The Library (1997) s6-19 (4):351-362.
3. Web site: FANFROLICO PRESS.