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Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1916, Page 5

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i IIHE SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. , 6CGGESTED PERSONNEL. <' Eeuter Sen-ice. London, July 26. / 'in the House of Commons Mr. As quith announced the personnel of the Mesopotamia Commission: Lord George Hamilton (chairman), Lord Donoughmore, Lord Hugh Cecil, and Messrs Williamson and Hodge, M.P.'s. The personnel of the Dardanelles Commission was: Lord Cromer (chairman), Mr. Andrew Fisher (Australia), Sir T. Mackenzie (New Zealand), Messrs .Cowley, Clyde, and Stephen Gwvnne, ai.r.«. Mr. Asquith said it was necessary in ' choosing the Mesopotamia and Darda- . Delias commissioners that they should : be, if possible, persons not only uncon■j netted directly or indirectly, in the , sense of responsibility, with the matter ;to be inquired into, also that they ■ should be free from bias or party view- ; point. The names given were merely a euggustion, ■ and the Government ivas • Willing to accept any proposal strrngth- ; ening or amplifying the composition of ■ th° commissions. Sir H. Dalziell thought a youngei man than lord Cromer should be chairman. He also objected to Lord George Ha.mil- ' ton. He suggested that the latter 'a inclusion was because he was in receipt of a Government pension. They did not want Government hacks on these com.tnittees. ' Asked whether the commission was fempowered to inquire into the initiation, of the Dardanelles operations and tof the advance on Bagdad, Mr. Asquith said they desired the terms of reference to be as wide as possible, and did not object to include the initiation of the Schemes, although he thought an inquiry ■- into the conduct of the operations included the initiation. f Replying to questions as to why there Jrere no naval or military members, he fcoid the Government considered it better that the commissions should be entirely free from naval or military men. ♦•VICTORY IS OURS." fcORD DERBY INTERVIEWED. WANTS OFFENSIVE TO REACH BERLIN. Received July 27, 10.45 p.m. , New York, July 27. Lord Derby, in an interview with an [American correspondent, said: 'The war Bay be long or short, but I am convinced that victory is ours. The British .voluntary armies have proved equal to the best conscripts. We have no desire to partition Germany. Some of the colonies may insist on the retention of tne German colonies, but that was not what we are in the war for. Personally, I want the present offensive to go as tar as Berlin," THE WAR'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY. A STRUGGLE FOR CHERISHED IDEALS. , Received July 2". 10.4b p.m. London, July 27. Empire-wide meetings have been ar- , ranged to be held.on August 4, to record the second anniversary of the declaration of war, and to pass a resolution that has been approved. Messrs Asquith and Bonar Law will move: "That it is ■ the inflexible determination of the Empire to continue to a victorious end the struggle for those ideals of liberty and justice which constitute the common and sacred cause of the Allies." PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. Received July 27, 8.10 p.m. London July 27. The" Government propose to appoint ■ a committee to review the whole field of education, also a small committee to inquire into scientific teaching, particularly with its application to business. MILITARY SERVICE ACT. London, July 26. .It is understood that the non-enforce-ment of the Military Service Acts against Britishers residing in the colo- . .lies is due to the fact that they are not aj;!>'icabl«atto Ireland • i'li* Post-War Commerce Committee > *H sitting privately, Collecting depart||.?'%enl»! i ;W&nn l atiof' „ ,