MOTHER COUNTRY.
THE FIFTH ARMY. STATIiIEST BY MR. BOXAR LAW. Reuter Service. Received April 25, S p.m. London, April 24. in the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law, .replying to a rjuc.-tion about tlie withdrawal of the lifih Army from St. Quentin, said there was not the sdifthteut justification for the supae-tinn that this portion of the line had heen taken contrary to the judjAnent of Sir Win. Robertson or Sir Roughs Tlaiar. Arrangement* were iiaJe entirely by the English and French authorities. It was untrue that K.t Douglas Kai<; protested against taking the extra line from the French. MEW GERMAN EXPLOSIVE. A irCRTHRTOUS SUOUESTIOK. received April -G, 12.5 a.m. London, April 2-!. There was a mysterious nujjcesuon in jie Hou«e of o>mjn<wn that t:ie Gern.ans in the mont. rei-eni fighting were lisimr a new explosive or chemical. Mr. Oilbert. touplil a statement regardlag the nature of the wound. Mr. J. I. Maeji!ier»on (Parliamentary Secretary for War) said that consequent upon Mr. Gilbert's information he had instituted urgent inquiries, which had not yet been completed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1918, Page 5
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175MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1918, Page 5
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