A SOLDIER SLIGHTED.
SIR DOUGLAS HAIQ'S POSITION. FRICTION WITH MR LLOYD GEORGE UNITY OF ALLIED CONTROL. SUGGESTED BY SIR DOUGLAS. NEWTORK, Dec. 21. Canadian correspondents in London state that there has been a general fooling recently that Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has been deliberately slighted. It is recalled that the king and Prince of Wales went to Southampton to meet Lord Roberts when returning from South Africa, and Parliament took the earliest opportunity of offering him a warm tribute. It is believed thai, relations have boon strained between Sir Douglas Haig and Mr Lloyd George since the Paris Conference. The Prime Minister claims tho credit of securing unity of command, but it is stated in military circles that it was Sir Douglas Haig's original suggestion, he effacing himself and offering to place his services at Marshal Koch's disposal. Further friction is believed to be duo to the withholding of Sir Douglas Haig's despatch dealing with the German Marcli offensive, which was returned to him for alteration and tho omission of certain passages. A demand will probably be made for the publication of the full despatch in due course.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1153, 24 December 1918, Page 5
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188A SOLDIER SLIGHTED. King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1153, 24 December 1918, Page 5
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