20 OCTOBER 1928, Page 2

If only from the national point of view, and without

regard to any man's private troubles, it is most un- desirable that anyone who has directed the policy of the country should be driven when out of office to earn his living by either undignified or doubtful occupations. Further than that, the experience of any one who has served his country for a considerable time in high offices ought to be thereafter at the service of the public. He ought to be regarded as a kind of Elder Statesman whose knowledge and abilities are 'Worth retaining at a com- paratively moderate national cost. We have not space to discuss this matter further, but we hope to return-to it.

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