10 JULY 1915, Page 3

We agree with Mr. Lloyd George as to the great

unwisdom of partial, or indeed of any, disclosures of Cabinet secrets ; but we think that even if Lord Haldane has shown himself indiscreet, as we hold him to have been, in raising the matter, it would have been better for Mr. Lloyd George to leave it severely alone. In cases of this kind retorts, courteous or discourteous, only lead to further " spilt-milk " discussions, and that at the moment is the thing most to be avoided. To discuss how we are to escape in the future dangers and difficulties which we have fallen into in the past is good business. Mere recrimination in regard to what is over is at the best useless and at the worst highly perilous.