16 DECEMBER 1916, Page 3

We feel concerned to do at the change of Ministry

what we did at the formation of the Coalition Government—to bring before the public the question of Ministerial salaries. Whether those salaries are to be pooled by private, arrangement, as in the late Administra- tion, we do-not lmow. As nothing has been said on the matter, we presume not. If so, then we are once more face to face with a condition of things which is distinctly contrary to public interest. In our opinion,. the heads of all the chief Government Departments ought to be paid generously and at the same rate, so that there should be no distinctions in a Cabinet, and no placing of the square man in the round hole because the square hole for which he is suited has a salary below his deserts or supposed deserts.