16 DECEMBER 1922, Page 2

On Monday in both Houses it was proved how rash

it is to complain without being sure. Lord Birkenhead, Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Lloyd George had all to- admit that after all they had received the correspondence. Lord Birkenhead, in a frank apology, explained that his eyesight had been bad at the time and that he was not able then to read many doeuments. Mr. Lloyd George said that he accepted the assertion of the Foreign Office and "assumed " that he had received the correspondence. He was, however, ill at the time and for a few days saw no papers.