On Wednesday Mr. Herbert Samuel was under examination. It is
a pleasure to record that he had no revelations of any kind to make in regard to the purchase of Marconi shares either in America, in England, or in any other part of the world. We do not want to do what would no doubt be very painful to Mr. Samuel, that is, to appear to contrast his evidence with that of his colleagues, but we cannot give a fair account of the proceedings to our readers without stating that Mr. Samuel made a very favourable impression in the witness- chair. It was quite clear that apart from the questions whether he made a good or a bad bargain for the Post Office, and whether he made a mistake in not insisting on doing what he apparently would have liked to do—to bring an action at once against the Eye Witness—he took no personal action of a kind likely to arouse suspicion or capable of being described as unbecoming a Cabinet Minister. It would be most unfair to confuse the case of Mr. Samuel with that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Attorney-General.
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