3 DECEMBER 1921, Page 3

Mr. Asquith, whose loyalty to his old colleagues is one

of his finest and most engaging traits, contributes a noteworthy " Appreciation of Kitchener " to the December issue of Pearson's Magazine, in reply to Lord. Esher and Lord French. He admits that Lord Kitchener was " disposed to be secretive" and was " not skilful in handling figures," so that he sometimes " worried his civilian colleagues with the bewildering combinations and permutations of his numbers." But he maintains that Lord Kitchener fulfilled the task of raising the great armies required, and of clothing, feeding and arming them, and remained active and vigorous to the end.