Lord Cave is to be heartily congratulated on having succeeded
in his libel action against the proprietors of the Daily Sketch. Messrs. E. Hutton and Co. apologized publicly in Court and paid £500 to a Prisoners of War Fund. The libel published by the Daily Sketch to the effect that Lord Cave had been neglectful of British prisoners, and had even betrayed their interests, was a gross one. Particularly cruel was the insinuation that Lord Cave had been influenced by his relationship to Sir Max Waeohter. Lord Cave's sister, who married Sir Max Waeohter forty-five years ago, has been dead for many years. Sir Max Waeohter himself was naturalized flfty.four years ago, is now eighty-three years of age, and has a son who is a distinguished soldier in the British Army. Every one should be grateful to Lord Cave for having taken action in a case in which the emotion or passion of a jury might easily be worked upon to the defeat of justice.
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