17 JULY 1920, Page 2

On Sir Edward Carson's amendment to reduce the vote on

the Indian Secretary's salary by £100, the Government majority was only 101; 230 were against the reduction and 129 for. The minority was practically made up of Unionists. That is a most serious event, and surely should lead to a steady demand on the part of the Unionist Party for Mr. Montagu's resignation. In any case, it bodes very ill for the Unionist Party, which cannot now be.said to be in power. The power has passed to Mr. Lloyd George and his Liberal henchmen. Last year we wrote on the Vampire in politics, and pointed out that. Mr. Lloyd George -had sucked the blood of the Liberal Party, and that he would do the same with the Unionist Party. We little thought our pre- diction would come true within fourteen months.