In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Mr. Churchill read
the findings of the Army Council in the case of General Dyer. In the Army Council's opinion General Dyer cannot be acquitted of an error of judgment, and they note that no further employment will be offered to him in India, nor do they con- sider it right that he should be employed outside India. Now that he has been removed from his command, General Dyer
Is automatically on half-pay, but officers on half-pay are techni- cally eligible for further employment. "A. P. N.," who is always well informed, writing in the Daily Chronicle, says that the Army Council will not accept the responsibility of "retiring" General Dyer, though that is the course Mr. Montagu desires. The position of the Army Council is, in short, that if General Dyer's retirement is necessary, it should be required on Imperial and not on military grounds.
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