THE O’DONNELL CASE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16613, 10 December 1919, Page 3

THE O’DONNELL CASE.

A DELAYED REPORT. OP MR. DEVLIN’S STRONG LANGUAGE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright. (Received Dec. 10, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Deo. 4. In the House of Commons, Mr. Devlin, in moving the adjournment to discuss the O’Donnell case, said he took action in consequence of the intolerable outrage. He demanded the dismissal of all responsible for the insult to a bravo officer and the Australian army. Ho asked Mr. Churchill to express condemnation of the arrest and the treatment of O’Donnell and state what reparation was to bo offered for the insult and humiliation. He also asked that the expenses he paid. Ho understood that it had cast O’Donnell £IOCO. Mr. Churchill replied that he could not be expected to express regret when neither he nor his subordinates had 'acted wrongfully. When ho declared that O’Donnell’s treatment throughout was strictly in accordance with regulations Mr, Devlin interjected: “Who supplied the tissue of lies?” Mr. Churchill said there was every reason to suppose that ’the statements were furnished in good faith and that they wore strictly accurate. _ Ho deplored the attempt to make a trivial episode the cause of a quarrel between Britain and Australia. Forty Labourites and some Liberals supported Mr. Devlin. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.