ARMY LIBEL ACTION.
■ o EVIDENCE IN DEFENCE. By Telecraph—Press Association— CopyrightLondon, February 17. . Hearing-was resumed of the'daso in. which Major \Y. A. Adam is ■ suing Sir :E. Ward,' late Secretary to the War Office, for libel alleged to havo been contained in a letter written' in 1910 on behalf of the Army Council to General Scobell, and communicated to the Press, upholding General Scobell's confidential reports' in August, 1910, wlien five offcers, including Major Adam, were removed from the Army List. . | Sir E. Ward gave evidence that it' was his duty to circulate in the news-1 papel-s whatever the Army Council desired to be known. Field-Marshal Sir John Frcnch. In-spector-General of the Army, stated that he did not consider Major Adam possessed a cavalry leader's essential qualities.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1988, 19 February 1914, Page 5
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127ARMY LIBEL ACTION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1988, 19 February 1914, Page 5
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