“OUR PAPER” SOLDIERS!”

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3493, 22 May 1920, Page 7

“OUR PAPER” SOLDIERS!”

E A DIGGER ON THE_ GALLIPOLI CONTROVERSY. Writing to the Christchurch Sun in regard to the Sir lan I~lamiltoll—Keith Murdoch controversy, E. Gregory, late “of the -A.I.F_, states:—-“It is rather puzzling to Inany_of we 1-ankers who ,‘were only able to serve our countr)‘ jVVith the rifle, that a newspaper corrr=sporTdent, admittedlfv of no military ability, -should have {been able to size up the situation as well as at least one of the Gallipoli “war” correspondents was able to. We also wonder where this “war” correspondent got -the pull that enabled him to squash the Peninsular campaign and how both Hamilton and Birdwood not only won, but also retained the confidence of the Anzncs. if_ they were so deplorably incompetent, as some of the paper soldiers would represent,_theln to be. I think. sir, we in New Zealand have much to be thankful for in‘ that our papers, generally are run decently and in the interests of the public as a whole, and that political considerations cut little ice”