19 JUNE 1920, Page 3

We have no prejudice against Sir Herbert Samuel either per-

sonal or racial. We believe him to be an honest man and an experienced if somewhat timid and weak-hearted administrator. He is rich, and, unless We are mistaken, is connected with the enormously wealthy and powerful family which under the pseudonym of Montague--a Crusading surname if we remember rightly— oontrols India through one brother and a large portion of the silver world through another. His experience, his wealth, his political adroitness and his capacity for hard work might have been good reasons for putting Sir Herbert Samuel in a home post. To put him where he has been put is an outrage.