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Mr. T. McKinnonWood. Mr. Ellis Griffith, M.P. Sir A. A. Haworth. 



New .Socrctnry for Scotland. New Uncler-Secrelary to the Home Oftice. New Junior Lord of the Treasury. 



mortal man, was that Germany and Britain rcspmhk'd 

 each other in that each of them had a branch of 

 ImiK-rial defence which was vital, and another which, 

 although important, was not essential. For instance, 

 ihc British Army is a luxury, whereas our Navy is a 

 necessity. With pcrmany the case is reversed. With 

 her it. is the Navy which is the lu.xury, whereas her 

 .Army is the necessity. Of course, neither Germany nor 

 Great Britain could dispense with their respective 

 luxuries, but if Mr. Churchill had bracketed them no 

 offence could have been taken. 



'I he visit of Mr. Winston Churchill 

 Mr. Churchill to Belfast passed of! quite peace- 

 Belfast, fully.' Instead of meeting in Ulster 

 Hall, where his father had spoken, 

 a marquee was rigged up on the football ground, 

 where, under a soaking deluge of rain, a faithful 

 multitude listened to Mr. Churchill's plea for Home 

 kulc. It was a very good speech, hut whether it was 

 worth while going to Belfast to make it is another 

 matter. Troops had to be sent into the town to protect 

 the right of free speech at a cost of £2,730, a sum 

 which, being di\ided by the number of words uttered 

 by Mr. Churchill, averaged Out at iss. a word. It 

 would, of course, have been right to spend ten times 

 that sum to maintain liberty of speech, and it is 

 to l)c hoped that Mr. McKcnna and London police 

 magistrates will remember that truth when next they 

 have to deal with rowdy mobs of students and fish- 



Ministerial Changes. 



porters who desire to vindicate orthodox Christianity 

 by dipping a Frcethought lecturer in the pond of a 

 London park. Lord Pirrie, who was .suffering severely 

 from the malady which afterwards necessitated a 

 severe surgical operation, accompanied Mr. Churchill 

 to Belfast. Mrs. Churchill also went with her husband, 

 and it is possible her presence did more to prevent a 

 iireach of the peace than all the cavalry and infantry 

 which were quartered in the town during his visit. 



Lord Pentland, C.-B.'s favourite, 

 and Lord .Aberdeen's son-in-law, 

 has now exchanged the Secretary- 

 ship for Scotland for the Governor- 

 ship of Madras. Lord Pentland justified C.-B.'s 

 decision to make him a Caiiinet Minister. Quiet, 

 unobtrusive, diligent in business and always abounding 

 in good works, he will take to India the bright memory 

 of a blameless record. His successor at the Scotch 

 Office is Mr. McKinnon Wood, who vacates the 

 Financial Secretaryship of the Treasury. He was suc- 

 ceeded by Mr. Masterman, Mr. Ellis Griffith becoming 

 Under-Secretary at the Home OlTice. The new Junior 

 Lonl of the Treasury is Sir A. .\. Haworth. A change 

 quite as important as any of those just mentioned is 

 the retirement of Sir Charles Ottley from the Secretary- 

 ship of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Sir 

 Charles Ottley ha.s suicumbed to the temptation 

 offered by the Armstrong Company, who can pay their 

 directors twice as mu( h as the Government pays its 



