27 SEPTEMBER 1919, Page 3

As regards the dispute as to the supply of munitions,

there is a complete conflict of evidence. Lord French tells us again that he never made any such statement to Lord Kitchener as Mr. Asquith quoted in his Newcastle speech. As Lord Kitchener is dead, there is no fresh evidence to be looked for in that quarter, and we have to fall back upon the not very satisfactory, but not quite valueless, devioe of balancing the credibility of Lord Kitchener against the credibility of Lord French. On this subject we can only say that, though of course Lord French would not have deliberately made any mis- statements, his book has enough inaccuracies to make us doubt the precision of his mind.