Mr. Lloyd George, in reply to interjections, warmly denied that
paragraphs found their way from Downing Street into the Press. When Lord Hugh Cecil, pursuing the same topic, said that there was either collusion between the Government and the Press or surrender on the part of the Government to the. Press, and pointed to the campaign against Lord Jellicoe, Mr. Lloyd George declared that it was monstrous to accuse him of inspiring newspaper articles. In the course of the debate Mr. Boner Law was asked point-blank whether Sir William Robertson had been dismissed or had resigned. He said that there was no truth in such rumours, afterwards qualify- ing his statement with the words " as far as I know," on the ground that " one should never deny anything except with absolute certainty "—an admirable principle which Ministers have seldom observed.
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