16 FEBRUARY 1918, Page 3

Lord Beaverbrook has been appointed " Minister in Charge of

Propaganda " in succession to Sir Edward Carson, and will hold the sinecure office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Lord Cawley of Prestwich has resigned. Lord Beaverbrook, the young Canadian who represented Ashton-under-Lyne for some years, has acted as the Canadian Force's " Eyewitness," and published two volumes describing the gallant work of the Canadians in France. We are not told what kind of propaganda he will take charge of. Sir Edward Carson, when in office, seemed to be very uncertain as to the nature of his propagandist duties or the extent of his re- sponsibility for the various Departments nominally under him.