Although those who - have led -the anti-alien agitation profess to
be delighted with the-recoramendations of the House of Commons Committee, it is impossible to believe that they will -be satisfied when the recommendations are put into operation. -The formidable character of the resolutions will then become less apparent than the loopholes--neeessart and even justly so,- as we believe. We write them notes on Thursday, the day on which a debate on the whole subject is promised in the House of Commons, and the circumstances may all have changed by the time these words are published; but we may safely make a few general remarks on the effect of the anti-alien agitation on the Prime Minister's position. Even if the Prime Minister should satisfy his critics in the debate, there is no longer a possibility of the former unquestioning support which the Northcliffe Press gave to Mr. Lloyd George. The tone of Lord Northcliffe's organs during the past week seems to us to have already passed sentence upon Mr. Lloyd George.
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