[3] Sir Edward Grey, speaking at a public meeting in 1911, when he was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, humorously objected to being referred to as the “Foreign Secretary.” “I am told,” said he, “it gives the impression that, if I am not in the service of foreigners, I am at least an alien.”
[4] Three other Ministries were temporarily created for the purposes of the War—Munitions and Shipping and Food. They were brought to an end in 1921.
[5] A Committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the salaries of Ministers, owing to the great rise in the cost of living, following the World War, recommended, in 1921, that the salary of the Prime Minister be raised to £8,000, that the salary of all Ministers of Cabinet rank be £5,000; that the salary of second class Ministers be £3,000, third class Ministers, £2,000, and that Under-Secretaries and Parliamentary Secretaries be paid £1,500.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
[Pg 21]: ‘emanate fron the’ replaced by ‘emanate from the’.
[Pg 25]: ‘by a votor’ replaced by ‘by a voter’.
[Pg 29]: ‘petitions impunging’ replaced by ‘petitions impugning’.
[Pg 37]: ‘in order to forestal’ replaced by ‘in order to forestall’.
[Pg 38]: ‘in still in vogue’ replaced by ‘is still in vogue’.
[Pg 41]: ‘the custon for’ replaced by ‘the custom for’.
[Pg 82]: ‘seemed eminent’ replaced by ‘seemed imminent’.
[Pg 92]: ‘appropriating portion’ replaced by ‘appropriating a portion’.
[Pg 95]: ‘It weights’ replaced by ‘It weighs’.
[Pg 98]: ‘not tongue to’ replaced by ‘nor tongue to’.
[Pg 163]: ‘George Cornewell’ replaced by ‘George Cornewall’.
[Pg 174]: ‘red dispatch box’ replaced by ‘red despatch box’.
[Pg 198]: ‘or the prefessions’ replaced by ‘or the professions’.
[Pg 228]: ‘the House wi hout’ replaced by ‘the House without’.
[Pg 247]: ‘said Joseph Cowan’ replaced by ‘said Joseph Cowen’.