5 NOVEMBER 1910, Page 2

In this context we may note the very interesting statement

made in Thursday's Daily Mail to the effect that before long the Government intend to split the Colonial Office into two offices of Cabinet rank. One will have to deal with the self- governing Colonies, and the other with the Crown Colonies and tropical Dependencies. The attitudes of mind respectively required to deal with these two sections of the Empire are so different that there is clearly a great deal to be said for the creation of separate Ministries.