16 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 2

What makes matters worse in the case of Mr. Massingham

is the obvious fact that he is acting from injured vanity. With a pom- posity and folly which only rendered Win ridiculous, he attempted to veto compulsory service. He failed, of course, just as Mrs. Partington failed against the Atlantic ; but instead of taking his beating like a sensible man, he revenged himself by veiled attacks upon Mr. Lloyd George, attacks which, we are sorry to say, have found an echo in that self-styled organ of Liberalism, the Daily News.