The papers of Wednesday published a statement by Lord North.
cliffe, who had been asked by a repreeentstive of the Press Associa tion whether it had been proposed that he should take the place of Sir Edward Carson in the Cabinet. Lord Northcliffe said that there was not a word of truth in the suggestion. " I have quite enough to de in expediting through the British War Mission American war supplies without attending to anything more." We reproduce this statement, as it might possibly seem to some of our readers to detract from the reality of what we have written elsewhere about Lord Northcliffe. In our opinion, however, it detracts nothing at all. We have no doubt that Lord Northcliffe expressed his exact intention in indicating that he would not take Sir Edward Carson's place if it were offered to him. What we had in mind in writing our first leading article was that if the present Ministry should fall suddenly—and no one can rule out that contingency, though per- sonally we should regret it—a bewildered public might be rushed into accepting a Northcliffe Ministry for want of seeing at the moment anything better.
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