The Nation of last week quoted the exact sense, if
not the exact words, of the passage in Sir Frederick Maurice's recent statement in the Daily Chronicle which had been deleted by the Censor. There can be no doubt that the editor of the Nation was writing of what he knew, as he stated that the censored article in its original form was before him. It will. be. remembered that Sir .George Cave explained that the reason why Sir Frederick Maurice')
statement was censored was that it referred to " a secret document." What Sir Frederick Maurice said, according to the Nation, was that, although he was not actually in the Council Chamber at Versailles when the extension of the British line was being discussed, he was in the building, and was acquainted with all that was going on and had access to the papers. In other words, Sir Frederick Maurice made a general statement that he had access to papers, and was therefore well informed about what happened at Versailles. Mr. Lloyd George's point against Sir Frederick Maurice, of course, was that he was not in the room when the extension of the British line was discussed, and was therefore ignorant of the subject.
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