There have been many rumours of dissension in the Liberal
Party. Some newspapers have told us that the party is split from top to bottom, and that there will be a great secession, if the word " great " can be used of a party that is none too big. It has been said that Mr. Asquith in private conclaves of the party has been accused of lethargy, and Mr. Lloyd George of mis- chief-making. Most of these stories, we imagine, are untrue. In any case when things happen in secret, and outsiders, even when they stumble upon a fact, never get the details quite right, it is quite safe to brand all the versions of events which are floating about as untrue. The Liberal Party, however, has been per- sistently snubbed by the Government ; it has not been effective in the House of Commons, and it has suffered a slump in its prestige. In these circumstances it is obvious that the party cannot be feeling comfortable, and recrimination is therefore probable.
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