NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE expenditure of the Government has become the greatest danger and by far the most important question of the day. The one word "economy" includes the whole of the Law and the Prophets when the future course of the Government is being considered. The very significant debate on Mesopotamia in the House of Commons on Wednesday was a test case. To say that Mr. Lloyd George was in excellent form is only to say that he tripped his opponents up right and left, impaled them on sharp dilemmas, and generally made his points with great verbal success and to the satisfaction of the majority behind him. But when one rids oneself of the glamour of his debating prowess one is left with the sickening feeling, indeed with the sickening certainty, that the Government are prodigally spending money although they have not got it to spend.
