14 AUGUST 1909, Page 16

THE TRUE CONSERVATISM.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR,".} SIR,—Is not the present an excellent opportunity for the Conservative Party to return to Conservatism ? Let the "yellow" Newspaper Trusts follow Mr. Lloyd George to destruction as they did Mr. Chamberlain in 1903, and let the Conservatives resume their proper work of providing for our national security, conserving our institutions, and, above all, abstain from sordid bribes, whether old-age pensions or "work for all." The vast body of the English people is conservative, and wants to plunder no class, nor does it desire fantastic fiscal changes. Let the wreckers on either side follow every imagined popular breath ; now is the time for the productive classes to get rid of both of them.—I am, Sir, &c.,

Junior Conservative Club.

W. A. HIRST.