Mr. Boner Law announced in the House of Commons on
Friday, March 4th, that Sir Eric Geddes would resign office in August next, when the Government control of the railways came to an end. The Cabinet, he said, had prevailed upon the Minister of Transport to ntay longer than he meant to do, so that the settlement with the railway companies might be conducted by an expert. Mr. Boner Law expressed the opinion that Sir Eric Geddes had rendered a great service to the country. Whether a country impoverished by war is a fit subject for the Minister's grandiose experiments we take leave to doubt. Mr. Boner Law did not say what would happen to the Ministry of Transport which was specially constituted, with a large and costly staff, for Sir. Erie Geddes. We trust that it will disappear with him, so that the railway companies may be free to reorganize their services without needless interference from Whitehall.
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