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MESOPOTAMIA INQUIRYI

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MESOPOTAMIA INQUIRYI SWANSEA MEMBER'S AMENDMENT¡I AQiki'TEt) tif GOVEkNMEnT In the House of Commons on Thursday, during the proceedings in Committee on the Special Commissions (Dardanelles and Mesopotamia) Bill, Mr. Asquith moved to insert in the clause the following a.s the names of the Commissioners for inquiring into the operations in Mesopotamia: The Kight Hon. Lord George Francis Hamil- ton, the Earl of Donouglimore, Lord Hugh Cecil, M.P., Sir Archibald Williamson, M.P., and Mr. John Hodge, M.P. SIR ALFRED MONO. Sir Alfred Mond moved that Lieut.-Com- mander J.C. Wedgwood, M.P., be added to the Commission inquiring in to affairs in Mesopotamia. He said: Personal dis- cussion in this matter is somewhat in- vidious; but, able as the members of this .Commission are, there is not one of them who has seen any kind of active service or, to my knowledge, has had any special ex- perience of recent campaigns. We all know that my hon. and gallant friend, Lieut.-Commander Wedgwood, has seen service both in the Dardanelles, in East Africa, and in France. I emphasise the Dardanelles and East, Africa, because it seams to me that a great many points on these campaigns must turn on what I may call more or less tropical conditions. Therefore, I have felt that it would be a v-iiy great advantage to the Commission to have Commander Wedgwood upon it. I am sure no one will question the ability of my hon. and gallant friend as a mem- ber of the Commission, and he has seen recent warfare in similar conditions and in similar climates 1o those in which the campaign in Mesopotamia took place. Fur- ther, as originally arranged, the Meso- potamia Commission only had five names, compared with six for the Dardanelles Commission, and I do not know why origi- nally a smaller number of members was put on the one Commission than on the other. Now, of course, the Dardanelles Commission has seven members, and the Mesopotamia Commission has only five. Therefore, I do not think it is unreason- able to maintain a balance. I hope the Prime lTinister-vill accept this amend- ment so as to avoid the necessity of going again to a division. "NO MORE POPULAR MEMBER." I The Prime Minister: On the last occa- sion with regard to the Dardanelles Com- mission I took no exception whatever to the qualifications of my hon. friend who was proposed on the Commission, and I was very careful that the Government should take no part in the division on the question. The only objection it seemed to me was that it was adding to the. size of the Commission. Here the Commissioners consist of fewer names, and that objection, therefore, does not apply with the same force. As regards the personal qualifica- tions of Commander Wedgwood, I do not think there is anyone in the House better fitted to take part in an inquiry of this kind. We occasionally have little breezes and troubles with him, but there is no mere popular member in any quarter of ,the House or one who has distinguished himself more in this war, in the Darda- nelles, in East Africa, or in France. He has seen all the various theatres of war and all the various varieties of operations The amendment was agreed to, amid c heers, without further debate. DARDANELLES INQUIRY. Pembroke Member Added. -Sir H. Dalziel (Kirkcaldy Burghs, L.) moved that the name of Mr. Koch (Pem- broke, L.) should be added to the Com- mission. He was really the author of the inquiry, which he had suggested six or eigiit months tltel- was as yet no Welsh member on the Commission, and that ought to be a consideration, as Welsh soldiers fought at Gallipcli. M; A&quitu said it was an invidious tiling to discuss the claims of a fellow member. He did not in the least question the fitness of the hon. member, who was one of the ablest of the younger members; but the Commission had not been ar- ranged on any consideration of nation- ality, and lie would much prefer that the Commission should be kept in the form in which it was introduced to the House. Mr. Williams (Carmarthen District, L.) and Mr. John (Denbighshire, E., L.) tirged the appointment of a Welsh repre- sentative. Mr, Williams said it was well known that at SuvJa Bay the Welsh Divi- sion met with great disaster. i The House divided, and there voted:— 1 For the amendment 105 Against 92 Majority for 13 the announcement of the figures was re- ceived with cheers.

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