23 JUNE 1917, Page 3

We note that there is a good deal of disappointment

in the public mind just now in regard to the eminent men of business who were brought into Mr. Lloyd George's Cabinet when it was formed, and who, it was expected, would show tho politicians that, trained as they were in the habits of business, they would be able to con- duct the work of the great Departments much more efficiently than men who had had no experience of affairs. Without wishing to disparage the able and devoted men who have taken up un- accustomed duties, we are bound to say that we are not surprised at this disappointment. We expected that failure would attend the high hopes formed at the beginning of last December.