A change of the editorship of one of the six
principal London dailies is a matter of some importance. Mr. Gerald Barry (who is a brother of the Bishop of Southwell) has been editor of the News Chronicle since 1936, and it is announced that though he is relin- quishing the editorial chair at the end of the year he will remain a director of the paper. He has been prompt to deny a statement that his resignation is due to specific differences between him and Lord Layton, the Chairman of the News Chronicle. That, of course, must be accepted without question. At the same time fully har- monious co-operation between an active proprietor and an inde- pendent minded editor can never be easy to maintain on any paper. The name of Mr. Barry's successor has not been announced. I shall be surprised if it does not turn out to be Mr. R. J. Czuikshank, who was editor of the Star from 1936 to 1941 and during the war head of the American section of the Ministry of Information.
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