These statements were, of course, made by refugee= themselves, but
General Laidoner says that the state- ments were confirmed by the ". absolutely pitiable state" of the depOried people, whom he interviewed after they had made their way into Iraq". The papers of Wednesday " referred to a further statement" by the colleagues of General Laidoner who remained in the disputed territory after he had left it. The special correspondent of the Times 'at Geneva says that this statement is " far more poignant " than the summary by General Laidoner. " It conveys a picture of the most ghastly and shocking bni- talities to helpless villagers." We, are not surprised that such information as this produced a deep impression upon Liberals in the House of Commons, who were - contemplating a condemnation of the British policy in .Mosul. At all events those Liberals who remain true to the Gladstonian tradition admit-that we cannot fold our hands and let such terrible incidents pass as though they were mere economic items in a balance sheet of policy. They have, after all, a remnant of Gladstone's wrath against Bomba, and the atrocities in Bulgaria and the Armenian massacres.
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