That is all very well; but is kr. Asquith quito
Surd flint the "great procession of the poor and rieceasitciiii dha unbefriended" will not be increased by the terrible bUrdon df taxation which he is preparing to lay upon the country ? Does he forget that it is on the shoulders of the poer and trio necessitous and the unbefriended that that burden in the ens always falls ? The rich man can in a very large measure evade the consequences of the taxation which he pays a the first instance. He can often pass the burden on. In the last resort, liowevet, theta stands a man at the very edge of the river of destitution, With no one behind him to whom any of the burden can be transferred. The ground is slippery, and hid foothold is weak. To thousands of such men the imposition of an extra burden means that they will be hurled into the turbid waters below them, and rise, not as free men, but as paupers. On a division being taken; only 29 Members bad the courage to vote for Mr. Cob's amendment, 417 voting against. Yet in private there is hardly a Unionist who dcies net proieiiia his detestation of the scheme. Mr. Balfour Walked out of the House Without Vdting,—ti course neither *fee tier courageous.
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