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His colleague, Mr. Baldwin, Joint Secretary of the Treasury, is one of the most able of the younger Unionis: Coalition members; and his chief will be one of the first to acknowledge his outstanding ability as an exponent of nationa! finance.

Mr. Churchill has advanced in The Parliamentary Correspon- dent of the Daily Chronicle Parliamentary reputation by con-

of record thesistency as well as by courage," writes:-The session, in output of legislation, and by a newly-developed tolera- is already known. In, the per-tion of criticism. Viscount Feel formance a few Parliamentary has proved himself to be an able reputations have been made. and representative of the War Office others added to. So great a result in the house of Lords, and Lord implies an effort that was bound Lytton's work at the Admiralty to discover new virtnes and capa-has been marked by stability.

Siz Gordon Hewart has ad- cities, especially among the new men of the House of Commons. vanced rapidly as a debater since This is not the place to appraise he proceeded from Solicitor- the reputation of the Prime General: and his adroitness has Minister. It is sufficient fo the confounded the critics of the purpose of the present review to Government on several notable say that his untiring energy in occasions.

Lord Birkenhead has added to another sphere of responsibility was a continuous incentive to the gaiety of the House of Lords those whose duty kept them at since he climbed to the Wool- Westminster. His rare visits to sack, which he adorns with grace, the House of Commons served "to and whether on the Woolsack or accentuate the depth and strenght off it he has dispensed law and of that marvellous influence. policy with both wisdom and

Not less remarkable has been wit the great advance made during

Sir Robert Horne has been the the session in the regard and success of the new Ministry. the respect of the House of Although new to Parliament, he Commons by the joint leader of was not new either to politics or the Coalition. Mr. Bonar Law to administration. His appoint. has grown strong in his leadershipment to the Ministry of Labouri under the strain of his dual res-was a test of a new element in ponsibility to the Paris Conference the Coalition combination-the and the House of Commons. His blending of philosophy with tactfulness, a temper that no pro- the art of government-of which vocation could ruffle, and a steep-Sir Auckland Geddes and M. H. less attendance on the House. A. L. Fisher are examples. Sir have been the characteristics of Robert has so far justified the: a really brillian: leadership of the application of the new adminis Commons, and at the close of the trative amalgam in the solution He has session no Minister stood higher of Labour problems. in the estimation of Parliament placated Labour, even the Labour members, and the calm of the as a whole.

industrial atmosphere at this moment is to his credit.

THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. Mr. Bonar Law has found ad- mirable support in Mr. Shortt.

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RESTORING THE FOOD MINISTRY.

The Home Secretary's exchange Mr. George Roberts has had of the Irish Office for the Home a trying time at the Ministry of Office has been a fortunate one Food, which he was sent to bury, for the Government.. His but found too lively a body to be calm courage, unflinching pursuit, disposed of prematurely. He is of..

and now engaged in revivifying it. policy. downright scorn of all humbug, and promises to succeed by sheer have marked him as a strong perseverance. His coadjutor, Mr.j man. His qualities as a debater McCurdy, has made his Parlia) have been most thorough.

mentary reputation as Parliamen- The establishment of the tary Secretary; his speech on the Ministry of Health has kept Dr.second reading of the Profiteering Addison a good deal out of Parlia-Bill was a very remarkable effort mert, and the housing campaign and helped materials to secure has made him still more busy the rout of the Opposion, with administrative matters since As the author of the Hundred the Ministry of Health came into Million Pension Budget, Sir L. being. The Local Government Worthington-Evans achieved in Board that was ficeded a good deal a few indhths a very distinct He not only evolved of remodelling in order to adapt success.

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the its organisation to the furtherance a of the great social reforms which disabled, but be placed on the Ministry of Health brought a solid basis the whole adminis with it from Westminister. trative machinery of the Ministry,

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of modern and made it the most efficient of legislation could not be poured all the new departments. with safety into the worn-out Sir Eric Geddes, Sir J. Maclay vessels of & supeseded Poor Law and Lord Inverforth have main- administration. New receptacles tained the wisdom of the Prime and new men had to be added. Minister's innovation cf the busin. changes in personnel made, and less man in Parliament. Each office accommodation rearranged. Minister has carried great This task was superimposed on schemes against strenuous op- that of securing the passage of position, in or out of Parliament, the Ministry of Health Act, in which has not always been well- itself a very notable achievement informed, and both their works for the Minister, and one that live. will always be associated with

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I hope my country is treating its disceded soldiers better than such men, from all one sees, are teing treated in Berlin.. As I have already said. the War- damaged soldier is here the most international-minded of all pro letarians and it may be that his hard lot has driven him to the right conclusion when he thinks that the return of prisoners and the general treatment of rank- sud-file fighters is a matter for the consideration of the workers of the world.

I know that in union the war- damaged are strong in Germany. They have done more to get their sad lot little bit ameliorated than: the magistrates and other rulers would willingly have done. But individually the damaged and discarded soldier is pro- minently, even obtrusively. pitiable.

I have before me a Berlin sketch. Types of the Alexander- platz" consisting of about eighty figures drawn by a talented artist. Taking them all together. boys, girls, babies, dogs, and other little oddments to fill up. 10 per cent, of them are crippled soldiers.

The second figure on the sheet is & wounded soldier playing a concertina, while the third is his companion singing for charity. A little further on. one on two crutches looks hungrily at a vendor of cookies; another sits one-legged and stares mournfully before him; another is blind and fails to see the exquisite joke of a dog running off with a sausage that his little guide tries to show him; and the last figure on the page is double-crutched but cheerful as he listens to the jokes of a cheap-jack.

BEGGARS EVERYWHERE. When I go out of the Adlon. turning right down the Linden, I must pass three or four palsied victims of shell-shock sitting on the

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If instead of coming this way, I had turned left into the Tiergar- ten I should have had to run a stiff gauntlet through the Brand- enburger Tor. and in all sorts of places under the trees should have encountered the mournful airs of. barrel-orgaüs, groaning and squeaking, "Give, give." My first: view of Berlin was when the train stopped on a vaiduct by the Zoo, while charitably-minded

pas- sengers threw a copper or two to a soldier playing a barrel-organ in the goods yard below. Unlike many first views, it could not have been more typical of the prevailing aspect of the streets to-day.

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