17 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 14

It was a groat device, but if the Home of

Commons keeps its head it will tell Mr. Lloyd George, that it understands his game, and that it does notintend that he shall getabsolnte andsupreme control over ors• military policy by the ingenious expedient of transferring the seat of consultation from London to Versailles Once more, we do not accuse Mr. Lloyd George of unworthy motives, though we do accuse him of dangerous methods. No doubt ho sincerely believes that he, and he alone, can win the war, and therefore regards any opposition to his will as something like treason to the State. It is the duty of the House of Commons to teach him that herein he is mistaken. He and his supporters have apparently not yet discovered that there is no such person as ['herniae necessaire.