27 SEPTEMBER 1919, Page 3

For the rest, Lord French refers to the compliments paid

to him by Mr. Asquith as showing that Mr. Asquith must have trusted him implicitly, and he argues that these compliments are a contradiction of Mr. Asquith's subsequent attitude. Every sensible person will see that they are nothing of the sort. What would any sane man do who found himself in the relation of a Primo Minister to a Commander-in-Chief ? He would, of course, try to create or maintain confidence In the Commander- in-Chief by the language of loyalty and trust. There is in this relation no place for semitones and for phrases which give and take. The Prime Minister must either make his Commander- in-Chief believe that he is trusted absolutely or he must gel rid of him.