We greatly regret the announcement that Mr. Sadler has resigned
his post at the Education Office. We do not feel convinced by the official explanation of the incident given in the Commons on Thursday, and prima facie it is difficult to believe that no means could be devised to keep so valuable and so high-minded an official in the public service. Mr. Sadler's chief work at the Education Office was to build up an Intelligence Department which kept within its view all the best educational movements and developments abroad, and it is greatly to be feared that if he leaves the Office this valuable work will be left undone or only half done. We cannot help thinking that arrangements might still be made under which Mr. Sadler's services should be retained, and we trust the matter may be reconsidered by Lord Londonderry, on whom, of course, the sole responsibility must rest.
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