On Sunday last Lord Curzon arrived at Dover after an
absence from England of five and a half years. He travelled to London on Monday, where he was met by a large number of friends, including the Prime Minister, and lunched with the King at Buckingham Palace. The Viceroy of India certainly deserves his holiday, for he is an indefatigable worker. Save for the Tibet Expedition, his tenure of office has been a period of pacific internal development for India. Lord Curzon, too, has shown both courage and good sense in his efforts to reform the administrative machine in the direction of despatch and economy. Special interest must attach to Lord Curzon at this moment, for he is one of the few politicians of import- ance who have taken no part in the fiscal controversy. Both sections of the Unionist party regard him, therefore, with a certain proselytising curiosity.
