MRS. ASQUITH'S BOOK.
•'SECRET .STATE DOCUMENTS." QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT, T ~ „ London, Nov, 18. in the House of Commons to-day Mrs Asqmth b famous book of reminiscences as obviously meant in a question by General Sir Newton. Moore to the Prime In ! ,' a . Bk ' n t2jl e «>er the latter*, attent.on had becTuFawn to the fact that certain volumes just published contained copies of secret State documents, and whether he proposed to take steps to prevent further disclosure* in thVf™
Mi. Loyd George replied that he Kad not read the works referred to but it was an obligation on Ministers Ad. mira . and Generals not to dSS coj fidential statements without the prerf. ous consent of the Government P th;irSr iuterjected: " Wl,;t The Prime Minister did not reply. " Preaching , n Durham Cathedral Bishop VVclldon, Dean of Durham H ed that writers must not violnto the sanctities of pivrata life. He <\»>] o red books written by responsible person, in which the veil of delicacy Jd docen " was torn aside. Everybody rcitrette'd that such bad taste should be »££,£ ed even indirectly with the highest polltical office in the land. '
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1920, Page 5
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