MUNITIONS SCANDAL
A SENSATION IN CANADA
By Telegraph—Press Assooiotion-Oopyriglit
. London, April 21. Tlis Ottawa correspondent' of .the "'rimes" says that Major-General Sam Hughes, Minister of Defence, vigorously replied ia tho House of 'Commons to cue charges by Liberal members that enormous profits had been mado by middlemen in connection with contracts let to America by the Canadian Shell Committee. s He courted the fullest inquiry, -and anuoujcod his intention to devote all his time to the investigation prior to a Royal Commission being sot up. In the meantime he asked .tho Premier (Sir Robert Borden) to take charge of the Department of Militia. Sir Robert Borden, on behalf of himself and Cabinot and Major-Genera] Hughes, expressed his intention of probing the matter to the bottom. .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 5
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125MUNITIONS SCANDAL Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 5
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