sentences:  Wakefield offered to resign only if Plummer did so as well; this was unacceptable to Strachey and Wakefield was dismissed.Plummer and Wakefield had a lengthy exchange of public statements, in which Wakefield accused Plummer of suppressing his suggestions.Plummer was criticised in an editorial in "The Times" for "failing to restore confidence (even among his staff) in the higher conduct of the scheme".