MESOPOTAMIAN INQUIRY.
LORD HARDINGE'S POSITION
NOT TO BE RETIRED.
Australian, and N.Z.-Cable Association. (Received 10.30 p.m.) LONDON. July 2.
Referring to the report on the Mesopotamian campaign, Mr. Bonar Law stated in the House of Commons that Lord Hardinge had not yet resigned from the Foreign Office and he would not be temporarily retired It had never been the intention of the Government to transfer Lord Hardinge to Paris or to any other diplomatic post. Mr. Bonar Law added that the Commission's report could be debated next week.
Lord Hardinge is now Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
REFORMS TO FOLLOW. Eeuter. LONDON, July 2. The Daily Telegraph states that in consequence of the report of the commission which inquired into the Mesopotamian campaign, the Government is pre- • paring a scheme of administrative reform in India, especially in the Military Department. Important decisions are expected when Mr. Lloyd George returns to London from Scotland, I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16582, 4 July 1917, Page 7
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