News of the Week
THE surprise of the Budget came not from the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, bid froM Mr. Snowden. In the debate on Tuesday Mr.. Snowden made some astonishingly inopportune: and ill-conditioned remarks about the settlement of War debts. Most members were instantly aware of the far-reaching arid mischievous effect his words might have. Mr. Snowden apparently thought it a light matter to raise questions and hold language which will certainly • be interpreted abroad as a wavering of British good faith. This matter strikes right down to the foundations upon which peace has gradually been built up. For all his temperamental acidity, and frequent exaggerations in invectiVe, Mr. Snowden generally weighs his words carefully on finance, and particularly on international finance, but now by his loss of control he has done inexcusable disservice to his country and also to his own party. * * * *
