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In the House of Commons on Thursday week there was

a debate on the Cambrai affair, and Mr. Bonar Law deprecated discussions in the Press on strategy and the qualifications of individual officers. Mr. Faber asked whether any member of the Government wai behind the Press attack on the Higher Command. " Not so far as I am aware," Mr. Bonar Law answered. Mr. George Lambert then asked why no member of the War Cabinet had been present the night before to defend Sir Douglas Haig. Mr. Bonar Law replied that as such discussions were undesirable, he could not see wby he need be there to listen to them. He assured the House that Sir Douglas Haig and Sir William Robertson retained the confidence of the Government.

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