31 MAY 1919, Page 3

Any reader of these words who had only Lord French

for a guide would suppose that Lord French was a Samson who killed himself in pulling down the temple. But as a matter of fact what Lord French did, according to his own showing, was not to bring about the overthrow of Mr. Asquith's Government, but to cause it to expand into a Coalition. And even that process by no means meant the instant end of Lord French's military career. He stayed on as Commander-in-Chief till December, 1915 ; that is to say, seven months after the " over- throw " of Mr. Asquith'e Government with its consequential end of Lord French's " career in France."