We are glad to see that a Committee is being
formed to erect a statue to the late Lord Salisbury in the Foreign Office. For more than thirteen years be was Minister for Foreign Affairs, and during that time, as Englishmen of all parties will admit, he showed how deeply he valued the blessings of peace, while he recognised the need for maintaining our strength in order that we might play a resolute and upright part in the world. He left a lofty tradition behind him at the Foreign Office, and it is not too much to say that he made easier the admitted success of Lord Lansdowne and Sir Edward Grey. The proposal is approved by the two last- named, by Lord Rosebery, and by numerous past and present Under-Secretaries and private secretaries. Lord Sanderson and Sir Eric Barrington are acting as honorary secretaries.
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