26 FEBRUARY 1916, Page 2

There is a story of how Talleyrand, during one of

the many :evolutions in which ho was an interested spectator, had always on his lips during the fighting the words : " We are winning I " When, however, an injudicious friend, supposing that he had special information, asked which side was winning, he received the answer : " I will tell you later." There are probably a good many people in tho world at this moment who share Talleyrand's. attitude. When wo have beaten the Germans we shall make the agreeable discovery that there were millions of people who were really on our side throughout the war, though somehow or other they were unable to draw attention to the fact till the guns had ceased firing.