DARDANELLES REPORT
FULL TEXT FOR PARTY LEADERS i Londonj March 2. Speaking ill the House of Commons, in reference to the announcement that the full test of tho Dardanelles report would only be supplied to party leaders, Mr. It. W, Essex asked why preference was given to party leaders. Mr. fionar Law admitted that this was a new precedent, but said he considered it right that tho leaders should know tho omissions. They did not affect tho substance of the report and were not made in anybody's interests. Mr. Dalziijl asked'vif tbo leaders would bo allowed to communicate the matters to their colleagues. Mr. 'Conar Law said that the completo reports would be confidential.
The "Manchester Guardian" protests against tho publication of the censored Dardanelles reports, and said it would perhaps be better to withhold them till after tho war. It asks if tho Government has power to withhold the full report from members of the House of Commons, and suggests that the consent of the Commissioners should be secured before the wording of the report is altered; otherwise it will not be $&> Commissioners' report.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3019, 5 March 1917, Page 5
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187DARDANELLES REPORT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3019, 5 March 1917, Page 5
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