16 NOVEMBER 1912, Page 18

One word more. We would ask our readers to remember

that the action taken by the Opposition in regard to Mr. Asquith's motion was perfectly different from the puerile, un- dignified, and altogether to be condemned action taken by a minority in the House of Commons when in 1911 the Prime Minister was refused a hearing. That, indeed, was a breach of Parliamentary good manners and good sense for which there was no excuse. It was merely a case of insult, and could not and did not lead to any result. What happened on Wednesday night was a perfectly different thing. It was action, not insult, and action fully justified both by the circum- stances that gave rise to it and by the result.