SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON.
PARLIAMENT KEPT frH SUSPENSE. LLOYD GEORGE INDISPOSED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, February 1. Tncrs was much excitement in the Hoosfc of Commons in of a oleanng up of the Sir William Robertson mystery* Mr Lloyd George's cold, however, made it impossible for him to attend. Sir J. H. Dalziel asked whether SiT William Robertson had been offered and accepted an important military post. Mr Bonar Law replied : " Yes; he has accepted the Eastern command, which was offered to him to-day." Mr Hogge intervened : " Why not command of the Boy Scouts?" Mr Bonar Law added that the Prime Minister would make a full statement tomorrow, and the House would have an opportunity for discussion. Reufcer's Telegrams. LONDON, February 18. Mr Bonar Law, in reply to a question by Mr Pemberton Billing as to whether General Robertson had resigned or was dismissed, declined to anticipate the discission.
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Evening Star, Issue 16663, 20 February 1918, Page 3
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