One newspaper finds a pretext for retrampling on Mr. Asquith
; another for pursuing Lord Grey of Fallodon into his temporary retirement ; another for hounding Lord Hardinge permanently out of diplomacy because he failed in another branch of affairs. If all demands of this nature are to be satisfied, there will be something like the proscriptions of Sulla (though in the interests of party hatred instead of in those of aristocracy), and the business of getting on with the war will be eclipsed. We are far from saying that in military affairs punishment is not meet and necessary. The sentry who sleeps is shot whatever his excuses, and those who go to sleep when they have accepted the charge of managing military affairs cannot claim the privilege of immunity. But it is obvious that the utmost care, discrimination, and self-restraint are needed.
