We have dealt elsewhere with the new naval appointments. In
our opinion they are sound, timely, and appropriate. They mark, as they should mark, the Government's appreciation that the time has come for 'increasing the influence of sea power in the war. In this context we must refer to the brutal manner in which Mr. Balfour has been treated by the Daily Mail. For example, on Thursday it had a feeding article calling for his retirement with the insulting title, "When is Mr. Balfour Going to Greenwich Hospital 1 " Mr. Balfour may be the wrong person to preside ever the Board of Admiralty, and a man who thinks he is may feel it to be his duty to say. It.is, however, incumbent on him to speak of a great and. well-trusted public servant- with decency as well as plainness and force. It is an outrage to speak of Mr. Balfour in the terms employed in- the "-leader" in question.
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