20 JUNE 1914, Page 3

In this context it may be mentioned that the text

of the Revenue Bill appeared yesterday. What is noticeable about the Bill, the Times points out, is its omissions—omissions which show that there must have been a fierce fight in the Cabinet, ending in a victory for prudence and good sense. Mr. Herbert Samuel, it may be remembered, told the country that the Revenue Bill would give power to the Board of Agriculture to borrow money to obtain land to build cottages for labourers. All such clauses are absent from the Bill. Even more serious is the omission of the expected rating clauses. Even so, the Times points out, the Bill is a very difficult and complicated one, and cannot be passed through Parliament without a very considerable expenditure of time.