NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE sensation caused by the publication of the letter from Sir Frederick Maurice in the papers of Tuesday, charging the Prime Minister and Mr. Bonar Law with untruthfulness, has eclipsed all other subjects in the public mind. General Maurice gave three instances of the untruthfulness which he alleged. (1) In regard to the extension of the British front in France, he says that Mr. Bonar Law's statement that "this particular matter was not dealt with at all by the Versailles War Council" was not true. "I tvas at Versailles," says General Maurice, "when the question was decided by the Supreme War Council, to whom it had been referred." (2) As regards the numbers of the Army at the front, General Maurice recalls the words of the Prime Minister on April 9th, when he said that "notwithstanding the heavy casualties in 1917, the Army in France was considerably stronger on January 1st, 1918, than on January 1st, 1917." That statement, says General Maurice, implies that Sir Douglas Haig's fighting strength on the eve of the great battle which began on March 21st had not been diminished. "That is not correct."
