OLD GENERAL DEPOSED
IMPASSIONED PLEADING
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
Australian Press Association—United Bwrlek
(Received 14th February, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 13 th February. , Mr. Jowitt, K.C., in a two-hour speech, combining legal argument and impassioned pleading, read a letter from General Booth offering a fresh compromise, allowing the Council to choose his successor, if he retained command in a slightly modified form. Mr. Jowitt urged the Council not to dismiss a man who had been ill and nigh to death. Many listeners were moved to tears.
General Booth's doctor and two eminent physicians, and also two friends, including Mr. Pollard, the Army's exChancellor, gave evidence that General Booth should be physically fit to resume his duty in a month or two.
The vote resulted in five for General Booth, and fifty-two against. Four abstained. "
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 36, 14 February 1929, Page 11
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