THE DARDANELLES INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 179, 28 July 1916, Page 6

THE DARDANELLES INQUIRY.

NAVAL AND MILITARY MEN ADDED. INQUIRING INTO ORIGIN OF CAMPAIGN. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) (Received 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 27. in the House of Commons Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux moved as an amendment to the bill appointing Commissions of Inquiry concerning tho Dardanelles and -Mesopotamia, that on the Dardanelles Commission a naval ofiiccr and a military olliccr to be selected from the retired list be added. This was carried by the house. Mr. Winston Churchill, in moving that • the Commission be instructed to inquire into the circumstances under which the naval and military operations at the Dardanelles and on Gallipoli were undertaken, said there were certain simple salient facts which the nation was entitled to know. These facts could be ascertained without any long delay. Mr. Asquith agreed to accept another . amendment inserting the words "origin, I inception, and conduct of the campaign." I Mr. Churchill acquiesced in this and I withdrew his motion, the amendment accepted by Mr. Asquith being agreed to by the House. The name of Mr. Walter Roeh, a member of the House of Commons, was added to the Dardanelles Commission.