Lord Haldane's disclosures as to munitions have been followed by
an incident which is very strange, and one which should be very deeply regretted. Thursday's papers contain the following notice, which we must give verbatim :—
"Mr. Lloyd George has authorized the issue of the following statement with reference to 'Lord Haldane's speech on Monday last: Lord Haldane's version of what took place some months ago at a Committee of the Cabinet on arms is incomplete and in some material respects inaccurate. At the proper time it will be necessary to go more fully into the matter, though Mr. Lloyd George hopes that he will not be driven to do so at this stage. But he would like to point out that the very fact of this conflict of memory having arisen shows the unwisdom of these partial and unauthorized disclosures of the decisions of highly confidential Committees of the Cabinet.'"
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