We shall not trouble about the rest of the attacks
upon Lord Kitchener, for they were of little practical value, but we must not close our account of the debate without mentioning that at the end Mr. Tennant announced that Lord Kitchener would• be glad to meet members of the House of Commons at the War Office on Friday morning. Members, said Mr. Tennant, would be allowd to put questions to Lord Kitchener. That, we venture to say, was a very wise move on the part of the Government. It would; however, have been a much better plan if Mr. Asquith had asked the House to agree to a motion requesting the Secretary for War to appear within the bar in order that he might answer questions as to military administration put to him by members of the House. If that precedent were once set, the motion would soon become a formality, and arrangements could be made when necessary for Ministers in the House of Lords to attend debates in the House of Commons and speak on matters concerning their own Depart- ments. The House of Lords would, of course, extend a similar courtesy to Ministers in the Commons.
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