6 JANUARY 1923, Page 11

An Honours list was issued on New Year's Day. It

may be described as mainly a Departmental list ; the political Honours list has been postponed, apparently in order that it may be subjected to the new tests recom- mended by the Royal Commission. Sir Nevil Macready, lately in command in Ireland and formerly head of Scotland Yard, becomes a baronet. We are glad to see that Sir Robert Baden-Powell's splendid work with the Boy Scouts is recognized with a G.C.V.O. Sir Charles Harington, the Commander-in-Chief at Constantinople, receives a G.B.E.