THE CAMPAIGN IN EAST AFRICA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 102, 24 January 1919, Page 5

THE CAMPAIGN IN EAST AFRICA

lIS PROLONGATION .CRITICISED

.CQMMISSIOJM OF INQUIRY

PEMANPEP

By .TelegrftplHPxess Association—Copyright

(Pec. January 28, 7.40 p.ni:)

•Cqp.e Jpwn, January 21. /Now -.that Ahe war.is over, the ;proilongatio.il i.of -Jibe East' African cam--paign is ..becoming the .subject pi in-: preasing criticism. A .strong article-in. ■the ".Gape Times," ...by Mr. .Owen Letcher, \the ivell-Jmb.wri -authority 'on.i Central' Africa, demands the appoint--■ment .of a commission ..of inquiry. 'It, lasserts'tiat the itotal .strength of the (enemy ; at .the ,tiipe.of General. Northey's: (departure .-scarcely' , outnumber;d .-;tho. .motor-cars ipqssesse'd 'by. our mechatii-; .pal -,transppr,t. "We .lia(l $n .over-; whelming superiority in liumbevs, be-i isides i»n .organisation extending from! ;Gape Toivn ito Nairobi. AYe ,also ]iad :two -.main ' headquarters at Darres;Salaam and Zomba,-.and the3o ;employ- ; ,ed a much .larger number ,of officers •than the Avhole of .v.on Lattoiv's Euro-, •pean force. It .is commonly under■stpod 'that the 'East .African campaigii; cost much ;more Ahan the : Boer War'.. Only a strong committee of unbiased •men'.can give ia satisfaotoiy ; answer :to the question why .the campaign was not finished months and .months ago. Banquet speeches <and congratulatory telegrams must .not '.be allowed' to obscure the issue."—-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. .