7 OCTOBER 1916, Page 2

Evidently Mr. Clauichill is of Dogberry's mod. that when vdu

see the enemy you should sit still and call upon him to stand, and if heavill not stand you presently call the Fleet together and thank Cod yOu are rid of a knave. We are more grateful than we can say to Lord Sydenham for so ably nailing such a false shilling to the counter. Mr. Churchill's case is indeed a strange one. He seems determined to make his 'return - to place and power impossible. Frankly, we are very glad that this should be so, for we hold him the most dangerous of political gamblers ; but it is seldom that a politician digs his own grave so openly.