War memoirs pouring out from various sources have tended to justify the living at the expense of the dead, Examples leap to the mind without the need to be precise in mentioning ames, A victim of this cult has been the late Lord Kitchener who, even at the moment of his death, was subjected to belittlement at the hands of the popular press, There have been so many criticisms made of Kitchener's work that the public may bbe forgiven if it comes to wonder why in 1914 his was a name by which the ation swore and gladly set itself in Gisciplined array. Justice is done to him in a remarkable article in this month's "Contemporary Review" by Mr, Victor Wallace Germains who fakes the criticisms in detail. and demolishes them effectively, "Kit~ chener, he points out, was blamed ¢or many acts of omission and commission for which he was not respon-
Mr. Stanley Baldwin's _prosalcal exposition of the Government's titude toward the sanctions issue may be said to have supplemented the speeches made by him and Mr. Eden on Thursday to the House of Commons, In preparing the ground for tomorrow's vote of censure debate. Mr. Anthony Eden has pointed out to the House of Commons that there is no practical alternative to the allan occupation of Abyssinia as any form of indigenous central government there has ceased exist, That does not imply that recognition of the annexation or, even, the new Italian Empire must' necessarily follow. The League should, however, have the opportunity of bringing the matter within the purview of discussion In establishing the relations which Ttaly may seek to resume her ce-operation in the affairs of Europe under the auspices of Geneva.
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