In the House of Lords on Wednesday Lord Saye and
Sale made a personal statement in regard to the censures passed upon him at the Central Criminal Court during the hearing of the Army Canteens Case. After reading Lord Saye and Sele's apologia, we are bound to say that it is quite uncon- vincing. We agree with Lord Newton's most able defence of Mr. Justice Darling, who performed a public duty in his con- demnation of the action of Lord Says and Sole, Lord Saye and Sele, remarked Lord Newton, declared that he was waiting to be called, but counsel would not call him. On that Lord Newton's comment was one to which there is no answer. He supposed "the noble Lord had a will of his own." The handling of the case by Lord Crewe, the Govern- ment's spokesman in the House of Lords, can only be described as hopeless. He accepted Lord Saye and Sole's version of the facts, and suggested that the House should not take any further action in the matter, and accordingly the incident closed!
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