25 MARCH 1916, Page 1
The grievances, or rather alleged grievances—for the most par* they
are not grievances in the true sense, though they are hardships —of the married men have not yet been dealt with in any authoritative Ministerial statement, though such a statement is daily expected. In these circumstances we cannot usefully write of the matter in detail. We desire, however, to point out one or two factors in the problem. In the first place, all fair-minded men must, we think, by now admit that absolutely no case whatever can be made out against Lord Derby for breaking, evading, or ignoring, even in the slightest degree, his pledges to the married men. Those pledges have been kept in the spirit and in the letter.
