Whatever else may be said about them, the speeches of the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, and the late Secretary for War, Mr. Leslie Here-Belisha, on the subject of the latter's resignation of office cannot be said to have thrown very much light on the subject. While possible reasons were denied ad seriatim, the speeches were wholly negative because the reason why Mr. Here-Belisha was called upon to resign was not stated, and Parliament and the world at large are left almost as completely in the dark as they were before the statements were made. Mr. Here-Belisha devoted much of his time toward justification of his policy as Secretary for War, and emphasized that, during the two-and-a-half years that he had been in office, he had directed his attention to the reorganization and development of the Army, which had been carried out with a degree of agreement that offered a remarkable contrast to the stormy history of most reforms. There can be little doubt that in his endeavour to bring the Army completely up-to-date, Mr. Here-Belisha did things which were bound to be resented in some quarters, and though, whatever decisions were made were reached by the Cabinet as a whole, he could not escape the responsibility in the eyes of many for initiating the reforms with which he has been credited. It does not much matter Cables Telephone
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