THE ROBERTSON MYSTERY
PREMIER'S STATEMENT TO-MORROW ANNOUNCEMENT IN PABLIA- . MENT. ' (ADSTRAUVri-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIMOHT.) .(Received February 19, 3 p.m.) LONDON, 18th February. There was much -excitement; in the House in expectation of the clearing up of the Robertson mystery. Mr. Lloyd George, however, is suffering from a cold, which made it impossible for him to .attend. Mr. Dalziel asked whether Sir William Robertson had offered to accept an important military post. Mr. Bonar Law : Yes. He has accepted the Eastern Command, which was offered to him to-day. Mr. J. M. Hogge intervened : "Why not the command of the Boy Scouts?" Mr. Bonar Law added that the Premier would make a full statement tomorrow, and the House would have an opportunity to discuss the question.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 43, 19 February 1918, Page 8
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127THE ROBERTSON MYSTERY Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 43, 19 February 1918, Page 8
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