applied without difficulty, in others they require great special
knowledge and careful thought, and their application will involve
serious risks unless very great care and skill are used. To appear
dogmatic in speaking of these subjects is inevitable if one would be
definite; mistakes may be made, but "truth emerges from error more
readily than from confusion."


FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 9: The last report of the Select Committee on Expenditure
shows some of the grounds why this is urgent, and that very strong
resolution will be needed to effect reform. The Prime Minister's
determined action in insisting on unity of command for the Allied forces
has already saved the country from enormous losses and done more than
any other action of the Government to bring victory nearer. Any layman
of average intelligence could see that the step was necessary; where did
the opposition come from? There are politicians who would use their
country's troubles to secure a party triumph.]

[Footnote 10: The abuse of the power of asking questions in Parliament
has become a scandal. There are a few persistent persons whose desire to
embarrass a Government they dislike, in carrying on the War, makes them
indifferent to the injury they may do to the national cause. Some check
is necessary. The right to question Ministers is one of the most
important safeguards against improper action by the executive, but the
House of Commons is discredited by the manner in which that right has
often been exercised of late. A report of proceedings in question-time
constantly brings to mind a scene in "Alice in Wonderland," and the
retort made to the arch-interrogator, "Why do you waste time asking