Throughout his speech Sir Edward Grey dwelt upon au alleged
" leakage " to the Press of information unfavourable to Sir Redvers Buller. In our judgment, there is no good ground for this innuendo, and Sir Edward Grey was, we think, most ill-advised to use it. The Spectator was accused by Sir Redvers Buller of having been specially unfair and rancorous in its attacks on him. Yet in our "attacks "- Le., in our protest against his being given the command of the First Army Corps—we were most careful to base our contention on Sir Redvers Buller's public form and on the public documents. We mentioned as a matter of news the story of the heliogram, but we pointedly refrained from using it as an argument against General Buller's appointment. In truth, the plea of unfair "leakage" is "on all fours" with Sir Redvers Buller's plea as to spies and conspiracies. A case that cannot stand without such buttresses is seldom a sound one.
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