Mr. H. Samuelson brought before the House of Commons On
Wednesday the extremely unsatisfactory character of the inquiry into the death of the Times' correspondent, Mr. Ogle, showing that there was strong reason to suppose that he was seen alive after the retreat in which he is said to have lost his life, and indeed that he was deliberately murdered. Mr. Samuelson made out BO strong a case, that the Government had to agree to order a fresh inquiry, which they did, however, with a somewhat doubtful-looking pro- viso, for Lord Salisbury has only promised that the Government "would be ready to supplement the deficiencies of the evidence by a further investigation, whenever the state of the country shall be such as to enable all the Greek witnesses to come forward without fear." But when will that be ?
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