ROYAL OAK AFFAIR
MENTION IN COMMONS INQUIRIES ABOUT COURT MARTIAL CHARGES NOT TO BE REVEALED (By Telegraph.—Press Aesn —Copyright.) London, March 22. Lieut .-Colonel Headlam, answering a question, said the Royal Oak court-martial would be held at the earliest possible date. The Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet would settle the charges in public. Commander Bellairs: Will the officers go to Gibraltar not knowing the charges? Lieut.-Colonel Headlam: No. Mr Bellairs: Then why not inform the House ? Lieut.-Colonel Headlam: It never is the custom to reveal charges of a court-martial. Commander Kenworthy: In view of the extraordinary stories in the Press ought not the whole facts be available to the public at the earliest moment? Lieut.-Colonel Headlam: The Admiraltysees no reason why this court-martial should be different from any other. Commander Kenworthy: As we must go back a century to find the case of a RearAdmiral being forced to haul down his flag is not this more than an ordinary courtmartial? There is no question of the fairness of the court-martial, but if the reference to the court is restricted the matter cannot prbperly be examined. Lieut.-Colonel Headlam: All this is as clear to the Admiralty as it is to you.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20445, 24 March 1928, Page 7
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