At the dinner to the Government given by the Lord
Mayor at the Mansion House on Wednesday, Lord Salisbury spoke with more than usual strength and dignity. He said the Elections had proved that all the classes of the nation had pulled together, and that there was no division between the people and the classes. The differences of opinion elicited depended on geographical, not on class bias. The Metropolis, too, in the larger sense had shown that it followed the City proper. When the City proper was in former days Liberal, the Metropolis was Liberal. Now that the City proper had become Conservative, the Metropolis had followed in its footsteps by giving the most Conservative vote of modern times. Lord Salisbury recognised the immense strength of the desire for peace among the peoples of Europe, and hoped that there were none among the rulers of Europe who would ignore the eager wish of the various peoples for rest. To Lord Rosebery's diplomacy he did honour in the most cordial spirit.
