18 MARCH 1922, page 1

The Consideration Of The Question Of When And How To

resign with which we have dealt naturally suggests the problem of Mr. Lloyd George's resignation, which still, to use Burke's Hibernian blunder, "hangs like a threatening meteor......

Mr. Montagu's Resignation Recalls The Parallel Case Of...

decessor in the direction of Indian affairs—Lord Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control in the Derby Ministry of 1858. Lord Canning, the Governor-General, had issued a......

If Mr. Lloyd George Is Wise He Will Make A

virtue of necessity and go at once with a good grace. If he decides to do that, no one will want to make his departure unpleasant. There will, indeed, be a great deal of......

The Curious Historian In The Future Will Record That Mr.

Lloyd George's star reached its zenith in February, 1922, and began to decline on March 1st (St. David's Day), the day of his proposed conditional and limited liability......

The Only Consolation One Can Derive From This Unpleasant...

is to be found in the way in which both Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Curzon behaved. They upheld, as one was certain they would, the very best traditions of our public life. Lord......

News Of The Week.

T HE event of the week has been Mr. Montagu's explanation. It was the crowning discredit of a discreditable episode. We have never wavered in our opinion as to his tenure of the......

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