14 FEBRUARY 1914, Page 3

It was announced last Saturday that Mr. R. 0. Munro-

Ferguson, M.P., had been appointed Governor-General of Australia in succession to Lord Denman, who has resigned the post owing to ill-health. Mr. Munro-Ferguson combines the three important qualities of ability, moderation, and popularity. He is, in short, an excellent representative of the Left-Centre mind, and as a member of the Liberal Imperialist group he has always shown himself alive to the need of continuity in Colonial as well as foreign policy. His wife, Lord Dufferin's daughter, is sure to be not only popular in her new home, but an inspirer to good work in good causes.