7 APRIL 1928, Page 3

In the most exciting and tempting political encounters he would

rely upon the cool discussion of principles. Unhappily it cannot be said that such methods generally win in politics though they deserve or do so. Lord Cave triumphed because there was some appeal in his personality which tilted the scale in his favour. As a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and as Lord Chancellor he more than made good the promise of his earlier career. He added immense ex- perience to his other accomplishments. Temperamentally too firmly attached to the right wing in politics, as we think he sometimes was, he set an example of scrupulous fairness and unfailing industry in political and judicial work which leaves every Englishman his grateful debtor.