Mr. Baldwin went on to explain that he could hardly
object to such serial publication as a " contribution to the Press," though he might take exception to another article by Lord Birkenhead which was perhaps an " error of judgment." This article was on the enfranchisement of women, and seemed to run counter to the well-known policy of the Government. We agree that it is extremely difficult to draw the line. Valuable contributions to current thought have often been made by Ministers of the Crown writing for reviews and magazines. Mr. Gladstone's efforts are a well-known case in point. It seems to us, however, that the Prime Minister spoke with a too generous restraint of Lord Birkenhead's article on women's capacity for public life. Mr. Glad- stone would have plainly called such an article an act of disloyalty to the Cabinet. •
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