30 JANUARY 1909, Page 17

A Reuter's telegram from Calcutta dated Tuesday, the 26th, runs

as follows :—" Lord Morley has sanctioned the abolition of the Military Supply Department, and the change will probably come into force on April 1st. By the abolition of this Department effect is practically given to Lord Kitchener's original army scheme, his proposal being that both personnel and supply should be concentrated under the control of the Commander-in-Chief." The issues involved in this change are of such far-reaching importance, involving incidentally the placing of a vacancy on the Viceroy's Council at the disposal of Lord Morley, that we prefer to withhold comment until a detailed or official statement is forthcoming.