The Commissioner who has been inquiring into the charges against
Sir Richard Squires (who was Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 until July, 1923) and some of his colleagues has issued his Report. It is very painful reading. Mr. Warren, Sir Richard Squires' Attorney-General, was perturbed by charges of corruption against various Ministers, and he demanded the dismissal of Mr. Campbell, the Minister for Agriculture. Sir Richard Squires refused to dismiss Mr. Campbell (who, by the way, had left the country on the ground of ill- health), and the result was the resignation of so many Ministers that the Squires Government fell, and Mr. \\Terrell himself became Prime Minister. Mr. Warren then appointed a Commissioner to make " a thorough investigation into all matters affecting the downfall of his predecessor."
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