QUESTIONS ASKED IN COMMONS

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 179, 26 April 1941, Page 11

QUESTIONS ASKED IN COMMONS

Ministry Of Information And 8.8. C. Criticized (Received April 25, 7 p.m.) LONDON, April 23.

“Why was the Ministry of Information 24 hours late in denying the German reports that the British were evacuating Greece?” “Will the Government order an investigation of the 8.8.C.’s misleading,' inaccurate ami stale news about Libya?” These were among questions which were asked iu the House of Commons today regarding the campaigns in Greece and Libya. The Minister of Information, Mr. Duff Cooper, replied that he was not aware that the German reports had gained widespread credence. He did not feel that an investigation of the 8.8. C. would serve a useful purpose; it had done its best to give an accurate account of the events. A temporary easing of German pressure in Greece bad enabled the Empire forces to consolidate their new positions, but the respite was not expected to last long, the Minister added. The Germans were feeling their way cautiously toward the new positions, but their planes continued to dive- * bomb and machine-gun the troops from sunrise to sunset. The “Daily Express” today says: “The anxiety of the peoples of New Zealand and Australia for the welfare of their troops in Greece is wholly understandable. All things cannot be told during war, and much must be suppressed for the safety of the soldiers themselves; but a full explanation should now be given to the New Zealand and Australian people regarding the reasons for the secrecy.”