WAR OFFICE
A QUESTION AND A REPLY. By Tt»legrapb —Press Association —Copyright ’ LONDON, July 12. In the House of Commons, Sir A. B. Markham asked, seeing that the operations of the army and the Allies had been crippled and hampered .by the War Office’s failure to provide tho necessary ammunition, whether Mr Asquith -would give an assurance of dismissal for all who proved incompoteni. Mr Asquith said that no further information could at the moment _ properly bo made public. He was satisfied it would serve no good purpose, and would be detrimental to the best inter•esrs of the nation. (Cheers.) Sir A. B.,Markham: Must we understand that incompetents will be retained ? Mr Asquith (warmly); The honourable gentleman must understand nothing of the sort. The Government’s determination is in accord with the overwhelming sense of the House. (Cheers. 1
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9095, 14 July 1915, Page 7
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138WAR OFFICE New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9095, 14 July 1915, Page 7
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