Marshal Badoglio is able to record fan achievement, which unless his: calculations are sadly. awry, places! the Mahan troops in Bthiopla ina more favourable position for the summer than was at one time considered Ukely. Confirmation of the completeness of the encirclement of the Ethiopian forces in the 'Tembien aren has yet to be received, but the capture of Mount Alogi is apparently an accepted fact.. It shows that the Hallan forces hive made n definite advance southward of Makale, but more cannot be claimed until' information is forthcoming regarding the manner of consolidating the lines of communication between. the vanced position on the mountain and the rear. Obviously the loss 80,000 men would constitute a serious blow to the Ethiopians, but experi-fence shows that preliminary state. ments of that Kind have a knack of requiring modification in the light of subsequent adjustments, Even now it]
admitted that Ras' Seyoum has evaded the cordon and Ras Kassa may successfully ght his way out of the trap into which he was been lured, Generally Marshal Badoglio thas been conservative in his a nouncements, but more than once the emphasis Laid on political oF sentimental factors in reporting suc-esses has aroused doubts which later Information has justified. Rome is apt—naturally perhape—to, talk in terms "revenge" for the defeats of forty years ago, That titillates popular enthusiasm, but it does not, the long run, minister to strategic As the result of a woman being charged in a coroner's court at Weymouth, with a murder which had never' been committed, the Home Office, early last year, set up a commission of inquiry which has just published its report. It is q blunt and outspoken document, making revelations which it is believed will force the government to act quickly secure the passing of remedial Tegislation. Some of the more im-Poriant aspects of the report desi with coroners holding what are prac tically experimental murder trials, and {t is recommended that where the police are for the time being unable to take the responsibility for making an arrest it shall no longer be the duty of the coroner to ask for or accept a verdict of guilt against any articular individual, and It is also Fecommended that for the future no coroner shall have the power to commit any person for trial on a charge of murder, manslaughter or infantlolde, nor shall the inquisition name anyone guilty of these offences, If the anticipated legislation follows the principles set forth In the report, coroners will be required to adhere strictly to the rules of evidence, by which at the present time they' are rot bound, while they will have to obey a rules committee selected the Lord Chancellor and the Home Secretary, in addition to which they will be subject to a Disciplinary Committee to curb what Is described as "their practical Srresponsiblity. The toffee of coroner in Great Britain, Wke Topsy, "Just growed." and me cumbents acquired a degree of power utterly foreign to the root principles of the British administration of justice. They were permitted to, and often did, animadvert upon the charact-ets of persons called before them in various capacities, In cases where the unfortunate individual had no redress. There have been cases where innocent Persons have been committed for trial, and having been put to great expense, have finally beer. able to rove an innocence which should ever have been in doubt. There is also a recommendation by the commission to the effect that the Press shall be admitted to inquests but that It shall only report the fact that an Inquest has been held, the name and address of the deceased, and the verdict that he died by his own hand, while no references shall be made to Of the deceased's mind at mended that shall be abolished. While the Press will always look jealously upon any attempt to restrict its rights and privileges, there can be little doubt that such imitations on its activities would do little but suppress a certain degree of unfortunate sensationalism, fand at the same time do much to re-Neve the sorrow and. pain of those related to the person on whom the inquest is held.
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