23 NOVEMBER 1907, Page 3

Much public attention has been attracted during the week to

a Military Court of Inquiry which was opened at Chelsea Barracks on Monday to investigate complaints made by Lieutenant H. C. Woods, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Mr. Woods alleges that he was boycotted by his superiors and prevented from properly studying his profession, and declares that his severe condemnation cannot have been just or reason- able as it was not pronounced till he had served seven years in the Army. A good deal of the evidence has turned on confidential reports, and though we cannot comment on the case till it is finished, we would mention as an interesting point the very lucid evidence given on the uses and character of these reports by Sir John French.