The question who is to succeed Mr. Bryce at the
Irish Office has been discussed at considerable length in the news- papers. The greater number of the amateur Cabinet-makers indicate Mr. Winston Churchill. No doubt his great Parlia- mentary abilities and his intellectual quickness would do him good service in so difficult an office. It was said by a witty Irishman some twenty years ago that the most important requirements for a Chief Secretary were "the heart of an iceberg and the bide of a rhinoceros." Whether Mr. Winston Churchill possesses these qualifications we cannot profess to say, but we do not doubt that they are still as useful as ever, both in Dublin and in the House of Commons. Should Mr. Winston Churchill be sent to Ireland, there must be a by- election in a Manchester seat, a contest which at the present moment will be watched with no little interest.
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