17 JANUARY 1925, Page 3

The Times of last Saturday published a welcome letter from

Lord Rosebery protesting against the removal of Queen Victoria's statue from the Princes Gallery in the House of Lords, in order to make room for the War Memorial. One thing puzzles us. Lord Rosebery says that the Lord Great Chamberlain voted against the removal. Lord Curzon, however, who defends the removal, said that the Lord Great Chamberlain approved of it. How can this contradiction be reconciled ? In addition to the reasons against removal which we men- tioned last week, we should like to suggest that the Princes Gallery, where peers are accustomed to engage in friendly small-talk, is a most unsuitable place for a memorial which would be charged with sacred and harrowing reminders.