4 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 2

For our part we have always thought that the stories

about Jewish plots, in the form in which they usually appear, are gross exaggerations. But whatever the truth may be, it can only be served by publicity. It is curious, to say the least of it, that Mr. Lansbury, with his frank principles about taking no sides when it is " only a matter of business," should take a side suddenly and uncompromisingly when the question at issue is a book hostile to the Jews. He loves Jews, to judge from his action, infinitely more than he hates capitalists. For a man of his avowed convictions this is very odd indeed. We wonder what the explanation is. Does Mr. Lansbury think, for some reason, that it is inadvisable to draw attention to the stories of Jewish plots ?