14 JULY 1928, Page 2

Mr. Lees-Smith seems to have censured the police hi many

respects and to have argued that the whole episode was significant of a serious loss of personal liberty by British subjects. We cannot, of course, comment with any accuracy on these Reports until we have read them, but we must say that where there is an issue of credibility we trust to the judgment of the majority rather than to that of Mr. Lees-Smith as to who is to be believed. It is difficult to see how the Director of Public Prosecutions can prepare a case without preliminary inquiries. On the other hand, it is possible to protect the liberty of the subject, even so.