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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 18, 21 January 1916, Page 2

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fc -• — ■ "".[ THE 'SUVLA, BLUNDER.

IMMEDIATE INQUIRY SOUGHT. premier exfi*&ins it as i impracticable. . new zeaiianders in the ~-.....,• ..house'. ~."... . ■ ■ ((Received 2*30 p.m.} ' , LQSTDQJT, January 20. In tilo Honse of Commons to-day 50 Ifew.oZealanders from .Hprnchirreh. con...valesceßt.carop the..guests of Mr J. Carthcart Wason X member for Orkney : and Shetland, and an ex-New Zealand legislator. They had seats in the gallery, -and showed the keenest interest in the -Dardanelles.. question,, and afterwards bad tea on the terrace. Mr Redmond asked Mr Asquith whether, in view of the imputations oh the corp3-and divisionalcommanders in the Suvla. operations contained in Sir lan . Hamilton's .dispatch, the Government would ;prder an inquiry to investigate the circumstances attending the loss of life owing to the absence of artillery and the failure of the water supply, and also ■whether General Stopford had asked for an inquiry regarding the circumstances of the landing at Suvla, and if such were the case, if it would be held forthwith. H.T Asquith replied that the Govem- : ident, after careful consideration, had concluded that no such inquiry was practicable at present, as the officers were needed who would constitute the tribunal, while many necessary witnesses could not be withdrawn from active service. General Stopford had asked for an inquiry, he added. ■