18 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 18

In regard to Mr. Bonar Law's statement on Tariff Reform

we shall only say that we cannot follow his argument. That, however, is not going to prevent us from following him in his determination to maintain the Union and get rid of an " incapable and guilty Administration "—John Bright's phrase may be appropriately used in the week of his centenary. We are quite satisfied that in the end the policy of free exchange will prevail by its own inherent strength. At any rate we are not going to attempt to preserve it by destroying the United Kingdom and keeping in power a Government which violates every principle of industrial and individual freedom. Though it may sound a paradox, it is in truth no paradox to say that Mr. Lloyd George is a far greater enemy of free exchange than Mr. Bonar Law.