17 JANUARY 1925, Page 1
The powers which we are describing belonged in an eminent
degree to the late Lord Cromer. Inexperienced persons, noticing with what directness and plainness of language he did his work, were sometimes uneon- : vinced of his overwhelming. capacity for affairs. They expected something more magnificent in language, some patently tremendous feat in ratiocination, a more formid- • able parade of technical equipment. And yet they were treated to something which looked elementary-- almost childlike ! We must not seem to overpraise. Mr. Churchill by the comparison, for we confess that we do not yet know exactly what his method was, but it is evident that he has done very well by striking the. direct and simple note from the beginning.
