The Timm of Wednesday published a long letter from Lord
Askwith, accusing the Prince Minister of bringing about the present discontent by crass misgovernment. At the end of his letter Lord Askwith says :—
" I have accused the Prime Minister of opportunist prodigality, with which principle he has imbued the colossal staffs surrounding himself and his Ministers ; of interfering with good government in the country, and particularly with the moral of the Civil Service ; of entering into and supporting a systematic inter- ference of the politician- in industrial disputes, and thereby achieving the double result of fomenting trouble and degrading Government ; and of promoting and condoning lavish waste and expenditure. A system of doles and political bribery for the maintenance of personal political power can never last, but it may irretrievably injure this country before it comes to a dishonourable end."
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