24 DECEMBER 1910, Page 3

We should like to endorse the comment of the Times

upon the extremely able report of its correspondent, published on Thursday, upon the rat plague in East Anglia. The epidemic has lasted for three months, and no adequate inquiry has yet been made. The matter is one which can only be dealt with by the central authority, and as a preliminary measure a thorough investigation is essential even though the cost is, as the Times estimates, as much as 220,000.