On Friday, December 15th, Parliament was prorogued. The King's speech
showed that the whole programme which was contained in the King's speech when Parlia- ment met on November 23rd has been accomplished. The items were (1) giving ,effect to the Constitution of the Irish Free State, (2) Estimates, (8) Measures to relieve unemployment. As a matter of fact, the Government found time also to redeem the promise that the embargo on Canadian cattle should be removed. It is a real comfort to have in office a Government who Say exactly what they mean and who have such a wholesome dislike of rhetorical promises that they understate rather than overstate what they hope to do. After a long course of precisely the opposite treatment the nation appreciates the change. One need only look round to see the-remark- able growth in confidence which has occurred since Mr. Bonar Law became Prime Minister. It is not that all the difficulties have been removed—the nation, like Mr, Bonar Law himself, is only too conscious of them. It is rather that everybody knows now that the difficulties will be treated calmly, coherently and practically.
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