13 MAY 1922, Page 3

We have ourselves supported the embargo for that reason. We

did not know then, however, that Lord Ernle had promised the Canadians that their cattle should be admitted, nor had we then before us all the evidence that has since accumulated that Canadian cattle are practically free from disease. As Free Traders we should always have liked Canadian cattle to come in. The more the better ! Cattle which come here to be fatted up are a source of considerable profit to a very large number of farmers. Before we leave the subject of Lord Northcliffe we should like to put on record his statement that the acrimony of the Government Press was due to the fact that " in November, 1917, he addressed a letter to the Prime Minister declining to join him in response to his repeated invitations."