We are informed that no less than four hundred and
one Members of Parliament have signed the petition to Mr. Asquith urging the desirability of an inquiry into the case of Mr. Cameron, whose petition to the Crown was recently described in the Spectator. We may recall the fact that Mr. Cameron asks for no reinstatement in the Army and no reversal of the verdict against him, but merely for an oppor- tunity to state on oath and under cross-examination what were the reasons which prevented his defence from being adequately put forward at his trial. At the trial his mouth was closed lest he should prejudice the interests of his wife. It is very greatly to be hoped that the Prime Minister and the Scottish authorities will see their way to give Mr. Cameron the hearing which he asks for. That Sir Herbert Raphael, who has taken so strong an interest in Mr. Cameron's case, should have induced an absolute majority of the House of Commons (he stopped asking Members as soon as be had obtained four hundred and one signatures, but could, no doubt, have got many more) to support his petition to Mr. Asquith is a very significant fact, and one which we think might well warrant the authorities in taking exceptional action. The gronnda for refusing Mr. Cameron's petition are merely of a technical nature.
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