Sm,—I hope, seeing that the last time I took a
hand in party politics was as chairman of committee of the South St. Pancras Liberal Associa- tion—some five and thirty years ago to be sure—I may still speak as a Liberal. It is admitted even by people who are not Liberals—by many Conservatives and a few -Socialists perhaps—that the Liberal Party repre- sents the more thoughtful and better educated part of the nation: also at the last General Election this party obtained some 2,000,000 votes. Mani- festly it is desirable that such a party should make its influence felt; manifestly it is improbable that such a party will obtain an independent majority in the House of Commons. Nevertheless, the influence of Liberal thought in politics would be considerable were the Liberal Party fairly represented in Parliament. I suggest, therefore, that our sole object for the moment should be to obtain fair representation, that is proportional. And I further suggest that we take a leaf out of the suffragettes' book, and declare that we will oppose whatever Government happens to be in power till fair representation has been conceded.—Yours faithfully,
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