[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIE,—A careful study
of General Sir F. Maurice's letter of the Eth inst., and of Mr. Lloyd George's speech of the 9th idem, reveals some important facts, amongst which are: (1) That the Director- General of Military Operations was not aware the extension of the British line in France was in active operation before the Ver. sailles meeting of February 1st, at which he was in attendance, and, moreover, that after the Council meeting he was led to believe the decision had only just been arrived at. Why was the Director- General thus misled, and by whom ? (2) That for the purpose of his own self-defence Mr. Lloyd George, in his estimate of our fighting strength, boldly lumps in all labour, thus presumably including the thousands of Chinese, natives of India, and negroes who are in France. Sir, is not the first fact extraordinary P Was Sir William Robertson equally ignorant and misled ? Was our Chief of Staff indeed already ignored by the Versailles Council, to whom, according to Mr. Lloyd George, Sir Douglas Haig reported
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