CHURCHILL S BOOK
QUESTION OF BREACH OF OATH,
(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)
LONDON, February 20. (Received February 20, 9.15 p.m.)
Apropos of the serial publication of Mr Winston Churchill’s forthcoming book, Sir F. Banbury inquired in the House of Commons whether the ex-Minister’s revelations of Cabinet deliberations were not a breach of the Privy Council oath.. Mr Bonar Law said: “Taken on the whole, I should consider the revelations as such, a breach.”
Colonel Murray remarked: “If ex-Mmis-ters are allowed to make money out of publishing confidential information, will the same privilege should be extended to ex-civil servants.”
Mr Bonar Law said: “It is clearly understood that secret documents should not be published, especially relating to Cabinet, without His Majesty’s consent.” Later Mr Bonar Law said that he was not prepared lo take action in reference to the recent publications beyond repeating the rule regarding the matter.
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Southland Times, Issue 19772, 21 February 1923, Page 6
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