31 DECEMBER 1927, Page 3

Matthew 'Arnold in Friendship's Garland chaffed' the "...young lions" of

the Daffy Telegraph, and parts of the paper ',U?: generation ago were written with a verbal inflation which gave an unnecessary point to the critieisin that there Was a difference between journalism and ordinary educated writing. The fashion passed. The Daily Telegraph has never been better than 'Under the.. present Lord- Ilirnhafn. The Wonder is that he has been able to 'control the paperwhile conducting an immeasurable -amount of fiublic work. He may be assured that he takes with him the good wishes of all his colleagues, intimate or remote. Readers wi'.1 now watch anxiously, yet hopefully, to see whether a paper that is transferred to a " syndicate " can retain those virtues of personality or character which in the past have generally been the peculiar possession of privately owned papers.