24 FEBRUARY 1906, Page 3

As a result of his action in supporting the Liberal

and Free-trade candidate in Chelsea against Mr. Whitmore, the late Unionist Member, the General Conirmittee of the Constitu- tional Club have removed Lord Balfour of Burleigh's name from the list of members and trustees of the Club. The corre- spondence which appears in Thursday's papers makes it clear that the Chelsea Free-Trade League, formed in 1904, and composed of methbers of all parties, did not issue the incriminated circular which Lord Balfour of Burleigh signed until Mr. Whitmore bad, in response to their invitation, declared himself to be a Tariff Reformer in the fullest sense of the term, and had thus rejected Mr. Balfour's appeal for unity contained in his Newcastle speech.