The feeling is growing (stated a cable message in the Sydney “Sun” recently) that the British Foreign Office should no longer be controlled by one man. Mr. A. Ponsoby, M.P., in a letter to the Nation, says: “We are not taken into the conlidence of the Government at critical times. We are told only of the results, when it is impossible to alter them.” The Economist declares that Sir Edward Grey would do better with the country if he took it a little more into his conlidence. “His. failures are due we think,” the “Spectator” says, “to a, well-intentioned but ill-concealed reticence. The penalty of secrecy is a constant leaking of secrets.” St •anger still are the comments of the “Star,” which writes: “To-day the only watchdog that is mi'iiir-.zmd is the press ft is now the stern duly of tiie Liberal papers to do what ought to be done on the floor of the House of Commons and to say plainly what ought to be said there. The secrecy of the Foreign Office must be smashed and the Commons regain its liberty. The Liberal party is not going to stand it any longer.* It must have more of the real facts out about Germany.” The “Star” adds that there is no cause for any enmity between Germany and Britain. The “Pall Mali Gazette” declares that after Mr. Lloyd George had delivered ; his memorable “Cabinet of Nations” speech at tiie Mansion House, Germany insisted on the dismissal of the | Chancellor. The Government, however according to the “Gazette”, absolutely declined to comply with the request. Good things are often tied up in very small parcels. Because an individual or article docs not measure up to normal size it docs not necessarily follow that good qualities are lacking in proportion. This truth is emphasized in the “Ensignette” Camera, a miniature camera that will slip into a man’s vest pocket or a lady’s hand bag. It measures but 3|in. by 13d, when closed, yet it takes splendid clear pictures 2jih by It in. Those pictures can then be enlarged to any size. For everyday use the “Ensignette” is an ideal Camera. It takes up no more room than a cigarette case or box of matches and is the only really small Folding Camera that• is self-contained. It is sold complete in a limp leather case for .15s or if fitted with a Goerz Lens, £7. Posted free to any address by Harringtons N. Vi. Ltd. (successors to Imperial Camera Company) !2, Willis Street, Wellington.* You can easily get rid of that cold by taking Tonking’s Linseed Emulsion. From all chemists and stores — is Gd, 2s 6d, 4s 6d.*
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, 12 December 1911, Page 2
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