We note with no small satisfaction that Lord Derby has
withdrawn his resignation of the chairmanship of the West Lancashire Territorial Army Association. In resigning as he did when Lord Shuttleworth was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the County Palatine, Lord Derby obeyed a not unnatural impulse. When, however, he received assurances from the Government that they had no intention of reversing their original policy in regard to the Territorial organisations, he withdrew his resignation. Lord Derby may have acted too impulsively in the first instance, but he unquestionably showed good sense and good temper in his subsequent. action ; and he has, we are sure, won the approval of sensible men throughout the country. He has set an example and shown a public spirit worthy of the great house of which he is now the head. There is nothing more foolish or unworthy than to persist in a particular course of action merely because one is afraid of saying "I was mistaken."
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