WHAT HE DESERVED.
LONDON, Sun(l^
In an article, the Sunday Times assertK that Mr Ashmead Bartlett vras soot Home for his unspoken despatch ing the real position at the Dardanelles. It was not passed for publication .
Mr Bartlett, when in England in September, saw several leading members of the Cabinet, and gave them his views. He was requested to draw up a memorandum, which, he did, declaring that tho position was a dangerous impasse, and could not succeed frontally. Gas attacks might drive us into the sea. He made alternative suggestions, which including the securing of Bulgaria's eoo[ craiicii aud a landing at Bulair.
Mr Bartlett, after the Suvla failure, in defiance of the censorship, sent a strong letter to Mr Asquith by a, courier, denouncing the conduct of the expedition. The British Consul at Marscired tho letter, and Mr Bartlett 's connection with the Dardanelles ceased a few days later, on the instructions of the War Office.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 14466, 28 December 1915, Page 6
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