1 MARCH 1913, Page 2

At the end of last week Lord Haldane, as we

are very glad to learn, accepted the invitation of the American Bar Association to deliver the annual address at the meeting at Montreal which will open on September 1st. The President of the American Bar Association, who is in London, says that the visit will be " an event of international importance." Lord Haldane intends to visit New York on his way to Montreal. The King's permission had, of course, to be obtained for the absence of the Lord Chancellor from the United Kingdom. The Times reminds us that when Lord Loreburn was Lord Chancellor be visited Quebec in 1907. But such exceptions to the rule that the Lord Chancellor must not leave the country are rare.