1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132

The degrees of blame apportioned by the Commission are various.

Several of the most important members of the present Government are involved (Mr. Lloyd George, for instance), and to demand a con- dignpunishment for all is simply to bring justice into ridicule. The question is whether the public and the House of Commons will show steadiness in this heady and electrified atmosphere. The Government have not been remarkable for the quality of steadiness of late, and there is a remarkable opportunity for the public to call itself in to redress the balance. That, we hope and believe, will be the result. The main object should be to regard the Report, not as an excuse fti digressions, but as a clue to the best methods of avoiding or remedying the causes of disaster.

Next page