10 AUGUST 1945, Page 14

LORD SAMUEL'S EPIGRAM

SIR,—In The Spectator of July 20th Lord Samuel's epigrammatic phrase on Campbell-Bannerman is quoted with appreciation: "His premiership was common-sense enthroned." I wonder who remembers Benjamin Jowett's characteristic comment when Campbell-Bannerman went to repre- sent England at the Peace Conference at the Hague: "I have no doubt he will regale them with glimpses into the obvious."—Yours faithfully,